JAIPONGAN

Jaipongan is also called as jaipong.It is a traditional music of Indonasia mainly used for dance.

How it evolved

Around the year 1961 the indonasian president Sukarno banned rock n roll, rock and other western music forms from entering indonasia.He wanted to develop the traditional music of indonasia which was depleating enormously. He challenged the musicians to revive the traditional music in a way that would be acceptable and enthralling.A musician called Gumgum Gabria took the challenge and studied the traditional music and arts for over twelve years.As a result of his research this style of music called Jaipongan evolved.

STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION

This style of music does not have a constant rythamic pattern unlike the other forms of music.This has one of the most complex rhythm variations.Jaipongan does not have any defined structure.

The essence of jaipongan music was derived from a village ritual music canned ketku tilu.The dance moves were predemonantly from pecak silat which is an indinatioan martial art.The music also had origin from Topeng banjet which is a theater dance and Wayang golek which is a puppet theater.

INSTRUMENTS USED

It uses pot gong and other small gongs.

Rebab-a spike fiddle

A barrel drum

A lead vocal singer who is mostly a female.

                                            REBAB