This document provides an overview of Malaysian music culture and traditions. It discusses the history of Malaysian music, which originated from various genres with influences from India, China, Thailand and Indonesia. Some traditional musical forms described include zapin, ghazal, dikir barat, and bori. The document also outlines the acculturation of music in Malaysia and the rise of popular genres such as pop, rock, ballads, and hip hop among Malaysian artists. It provides examples of influential Malaysian musicians within these genres.
3. HISTORY
Music of Malaysia is the general
term for music that has been made up
from various genres in Malaysia.
The music is based on percussion
instruments and the most
important one is
the gendang (drum).
There are at least 14 types of
traditional drums.
Mostly came from Kelantan-
Pattani region with influences from
India, China, Thailand and
Indonesia.
• Music is traditionally used for
storytelling, celebrating life-
cycle events, and times like
harvests.
5. ZAPIN
• Zapin is also popular in Java
and Sumatra.
• Zapin is made up from a
combination of choreography and
unique musical chants.
• Zapin is an exclusive Johor
experience or cultural heritage.
6. GHA
ZAL• The ghazal is a poetic
form consisting of
rhyming couplets and
a refrain, and each
phrase shares the same
meter.
• The ghazal spread
into South Asia in the
12th century.
• The ghazal in Malaysia
is the most popular
traditional music in
Johor.
7. DIKIR BARAT
• Dikir Barat is a musical form,
native to the Malay Peninsula, that
involves singing in group.
• It is erformed either with percussion
instrumental accompaniment or with
no instruments at all.
• The Malaysian government actively
promotes Dikir Barat as Malaysian
national culture.
8. BORI
A• Boria was first brought to
Penang in 1845 by the Muslim
soldiers of the 21st Madras
Regiment.
• A typical Boria troupe consists of
a leader, a chorus, comedians and
musicians.
• The song-dance group
commonly performs dances such
as rumbas, Cha-cha-cha or
soul.
12. POP• Genre of popular music which
originated in its modern form in
the 1950s in United States,
deriving from rock and roll.
• It often borrows elements from
other styles,
including urban, dance, rock,
Latin and country.
• Famous pop artists include
Yuna, Stacy, and Zee Avi.
13. ROCK Malaysian Rock
reached its peak in the
80s and early 90s. It has
evolved from the mid 90s
to late 00s.
Sub-Genres
-Hardcore
-Post-hardcore
-Metalcore
-Speed metal
- Post-rock
Developed with
local adaptations
and/or with a fusion
of the blues.
Famous bands in
Malaysia include
HUJAN, BUNKFACE,
SEARCH, WINGS,
POP SHUVIT, and
ONE BUCK SHOT.
14.
15. BALLADS
Ballads were originally "dancing
songs”
The form was often used
by poets and composers from the
18th century onwards to produce
lyrical ballads in the United States.
In Malaysia nowadays, they are
often used as love songs, particularly
pop or rock power ballads.
16. HIP HOPHip hop is a music subculture found
in the South Bronx
and Harlem in New York City which
was popular with African-American
and Latino youth during the 1970s.
They represent the different
manifestations of :
-Rap music and Beatboxing (oral)
-Turntablism or "DJing" (aural)
-Breaking (physical)
-Graffiti art (visual).
Hip Hop is trendy in Malaysia.
Altimet, Joe Flizow, and Sona One
are a few Malaysian Hip Hop artists.
20. REFERENCES
• Chang, J.. DJ Kool Herc (2005). Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop
Generation. Macmillan.
• http://en.bedelau.com/our-products/drums/
• HERITAGE: Perfection of the zapin - Sunday Life & Times - New Straits
Times http://www.nst.com.my/life-times/sunday-life-times/heritage-perfection-of-
the-zapin-1.526818#ixzz32MGskE00
• http://www.kahwinmall.com/index.php?ref=detail&ad_id=7544
• Malaysian Ministry of Information Portal. "National Dikir Barat Competition To Be
Expanded Next Year", 2006. Retrieved on 2009-01-30.
• Patricia Ann Matusky, Sooi Beng Tan (ed.). The Music of Malaysia: The Classical,
Folk, and Syncretic Traditions. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
