Keroncong Music History

Keroncong roots derived from a type of music known as fado Portuguese introduced by sailors and merchant slave ship nation since the 16th century to the archipelago.
From mainland India (Goa) has been entered for the first time music played in Malacca and later by the slaves of the Moluccas.

The weakening influence of the Portuguese in the 17th Century in the archipelago does not necessarily mean the loss of this music anyway. This early form of music called Moresco is accompanied by a stringed instrument. Keroncong music from the Tugu monument called keroncong.

In the development, signed a number of traditional elements of the archipelago, such as the use of flute and some components of the gamelan. Around the 19th Century form of popular music has been mixed in many places throughout the archipelago to the Malay Peninsula towards.

The golden age lasted until about the 1960s, and then by entering a wave of popular music (rock music that developed since 1950, victories and Beatles music and the like since 1961 to present) faded. Nevertheless keroncong music still played and enjoyed by all walks of life in Indonesia and Malaysia until now.

Music tools used keroncong

In its earliest, Moresco music accompanied by strings, such as violin, ukulele and cello. Percussion is also sometimes used. Set the orchestra of this kind are still used by keroncong monument, which still form keroncong played by the community of Portuguese descendants of slaves from Ambon who lived in kampung tugu, Jakarta Utara.

Keroncong a mixture of art, with musical instruments such as :
- Indian sitar
- Fiddle
- Bamboo flute
- Drums, and Saron kenong as a set of gamelan
- Gong.

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