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The Malay gamelan (''gamelan melayu'') form is said to have originated at the palace of ] empire in ] between the 7th and 13th century CE brought from ] by the ], and later flourished in the royal court of the Riau kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jalal |first= Ahmad Farid Abd. |date=2008 |title= Gamelan Melayu: The Classical Ensemble|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=e7_O0zzkyBMC&q=malay+gamelan+origin&dq=malay+gamelan+origin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj97qDR6en1AhW9SWwGHdbeDrQQ6AF6BAgKEAM|publisher=Pahang State Museum and the National Department for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Malaysia}}</ref>
The Malay gamelan (''gamelan melayu'') form is said to have originated at the palace of ] empire in ] between the 7th and 13th century CE brought from ] by the ], and later flourished in the royal court of the Riau kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jalal |first= Ahmad Farid Abd. |date=2008 |title= Gamelan Melayu: The Classical Ensemble|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=e7_O0zzkyBMC&q=malay+gamelan+origin&dq=malay+gamelan+origin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj97qDR6en1AhW9SWwGHdbeDrQQ6AF6BAgKEAM|publisher=Pahang State Museum and the National Department for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Malaysia}}</ref>
The Malay gamelan was first performed at the ] royal palace in 1600s CE.
The Malay gamelan was first performed at the ] royal palace in 1600s CE.
===Introduced to Kra Peninsula===
===Introduced to Kra Peninsula===
Revision as of 01:18, 6 February 2022
Indonesian musical instrument and dance of Malay people
Malay gamelan
A Malay gamelan performance performed in Galang island (part of Riau Archipelago) c. 1800s-1900s
Wayang Golek performance accompanied gamelan at the Lebong Donok region of Bengkulu in southwestern coast of Sumatra, c. 1870s-1930s
Etymology
The word of Gamelan derived from the term in Template:Lang-jv, which means "hitting" or "striking" refer to playing of percussion instruments or the act of striking with a mallet, + an (noun-forming suffix). While the word of Melayu refer to the Malays which had its correlation to Melayu Kingdom (a kingdom based in Sumatra island in Western Indonesia).
History
Origin
Malay gamelan performance in Singapore
The Malay gamelan (gamelan melayu) form is said to have originated at the palace of Srivijaya empire in Sumatra between the 7th and 13th century CE brought from Java by the Javanese people, and later flourished in the royal court of the Riau kingdom.
The Malay gamelan was first performed at the Riau-Lingga royal palace in 1600s CE.
Introduced to Kra Peninsula
Malay gamelan performance in Malaysia, 21st century
Gamelan music began in the palace of Terengganu and Pahang in the 19th century when they received a set of gamelan from Riau-Lingga.
The Malay gamelan was first brought to Kuala Lumpur in 1969 in a public performance. Since then, it has become a part of the Malaysian arts and cultural heritage. Gamelan is commonly played during formal occasions like weddings and traditional ceremonies, such as the wayang kulit. In the past, about 80 traditional gamelan music were performed but this has now been reduced to 50, with 12 songs being the common ones, some of them include Timang Burung, Ayak-Ayak and Seri Rama Balik.
Instruments
Based on the gamelan set discovered in 1966 at Istana Kolam, Terengganu, a set of Terengganu Malay gamelan consists of seven basic instruments:
Keromong, also known as bonang (a set of 10 small kettle gongs)
Gambang (a wooden xylophone)
Saron perkin (another set of metallophones, slightly smaller than saron kecil)
Saron kecil, also known as saron barung (a set of metallophones)
Saron besar, also known as saron demung (another set of metallophones, slightly bigger than saron kecil)
According to Tengku Mariam, this dance repository originally consisted of 77 types of gamelan. But today there are only 33 types left as a result of the absence of dance instructors. Among the 33 types of dances that remain are such as Timang Burung, Ayak-ayak, Lambang Sari, Ketam Renjung, Geliung, Lantai Lima, Kending Gajah, Togok Rompin, Kunang-kunang Mabuk, Galuk Merajuk, Silatin, Lolo and Monab.
This dance performed exclusively by female dancers can be staged internally or openly.
Jalal, Ahmad Farid Abd. (2008). Gamelan Melayu: The Classical Ensemble. Pahang State Museum and the National Department for Culture and Arts, Ministry of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Malaysia.
A Malay gamelan performance performed in Galang island (part of Riau Archipelago) c. 1800s-1900s
Various hanging Gongs (gong ageng, gong suwukan, kempul) of Gamelan in Indonesia
Dancers performing a Joget Gamelan dance.svg)
