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    Malaysia has a multi-ethnic population that has influenced its diverse musical traditions. Music is largely based on percussion instruments and there are two main types - classical/folk music from the pre-colonial era and syncretic styles that developed later and blended different influences. Some traditional musical ensembles include Agung and Kulintang gong ensembles for funerals and weddings in East Malaysia, Kertok xylophone music for Malay functions, and Dikir Barat competitive singing groups sometimes accompanied by instruments. Silat Melayu is a martial art that incorporates dance and music. Singapore, as a melting pot of Asian cultures, has folk music reflecting its various ethnic groups, and also maintains orchestr

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    Malaysia has a multi-ethnic population that has influenced its diverse musical traditions. Music is largely based on percussion instruments and there are two main types - classical/folk music from the pre-colonial era and syncretic styles that developed later and blended different influences. Some traditional musical ensembles include Agung and Kulintang gong ensembles for funerals and weddings in East Malaysia, Kertok xylophone music for Malay functions, and Dikir Barat competitive singing groups sometimes accompanied by instruments. Silat Melayu is a martial art that incorporates dance and music. Singapore, as a melting pot of Asian cultures, has folk music reflecting its various ethnic groups, and also maintains orchestr

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    Music - Malaysia and Singapore

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    Malaysia has a multi-ethnic population that has influenced its diverse musical traditions. Music is largely based on percussion instruments and there are two main types - classical/folk music from the pre-colonial era and syncretic styles that developed later and blended different influences. Some traditional musical ensembles include Agung and Kulintang gong ensembles for funerals and weddings in East Malaysia, Kertok xylophone music for Malay functions, and Dikir Barat competitive singing groups sometimes accompanied by instruments. Silat Melayu is a martial art that incorporates dance and music. Singapore, as a melting pot of Asian cultures, has folk music reflecting its various ethnic groups, and also maintains orchestr

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    MALAYSIA


    MALAYSIA

    multi-ethnic and multi-cultural country
    Influences: Malay, Chinese, Indian, Iban,
    Dayak, Kadazandusun, Eurasians
    music is largely based around percussion
    instruments
    TWO TYPES OF MUSIC OF MALAYSIA:

    a. Classical and Folk – pre colonial
    period
    b. Syncretic or Acculturated – developed
    during post-Portuguese period
    MUSICAL ENSEMBLES AND
    TYPES OF PERFORMANCES
    AGUNG and KULINTANG
    a gong-based
    musical ensemble
    commonly used in funerals and weddings
    in East Malaysia
    similar to kulintang of the Philippines,
    Brunei and Indonesia
    KERTOK

    a musical ensemble that consists of
    xylophones played swiftly and
    rhythmically in traditional Malay
    functions
    DIKIR BARAT

    performed by singing in groups and often in
    a competitive manner usually with
    percussion instrumental accompaniment or
    sometimes without instruments at all
    SILAT MELAYU

    a mixture of martial arts similar to T’AI
    CHI
    dance and music usually accompanied by
    gongs, drums and Indian oboes

    SINGAPORE
    SINGAPORE

    Being the melting pot of
    different cultures in Asia, folk
    music reflects the culture and
    traditions of specific groups
    SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

    SINGAPORE CHINESE ORCHESTRA

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