Thomas Arya

Music of Minang is a traditional and contemporary ethnic variety of Indonesian music that grows and develops in the Minangkabau culture. Music is generally played by musical instruments such as talempong, saluang, Minang rabab, serunai, rebana, aguang (gong), gandang, gambus, and violin. However, for traditional events such as weddings, Islamic rebana or gambus are never used. With hindsight, the beginning of Minang music has its roots, as in native folk music, including indigenous songs and Talempong gong music, Dendang as a Minang style of vocal music that can accompanied several forms of Minangkabau oral literature, such as kaba (stories), pantun, and salawat dulang. Minang music is also played to accompany various dances such as the Pasambahan dance, the Payung dance, and the Piring dance. Qasidah which originated as the arrival and spread of Islam in the archipelago from Arabic, Gujarati and Persian, its character was readings of syair poetry and then sung. Therefore, initially the poetry used was originally sung from gurindam, and was gradually used to accompany the dance. Then in the late 19th century Modern Minang music was emerged, when traditional talempong gong style incorporated into its repertoire Minang pop songs. And around 1955 Contemporary Minang popular music was born, influenced by several Western genres.