SOUTHEAST ASIAN
MUSIC
Presented by: Ma’am Abigail M. Arceo
Ma’am Jonnabel Arnoza
Vocal Music
Vocal music is music made specially for voices. It may
be performed with or without instruments while
instrumental music is made solely for instruments.
 Vocal music is a type of music performed by one or
more singers, either with instrumental , or without
instrumental accompaniment (a cappella), in which
singing provides the main focus of the piece.
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CAMBODIA
 One of the most beautiful countries in Southeast Asia.
 It is also known as KAMPUCHEA.
 It was the center of the khmer (Cambodian) kingdom of
Angkor, a great empire that dominated southeast asia for 600
years.
CAMBODIA
 Is a Cambodian musical ensemble or an orchestra that usually
accompanies ceremonial music of the royal courts and
temples.
 Music is always part of their court dances, masked plays,
shadow plays, and religious ceremonies.
PINPEAT
INDONESIA
INDONESIA
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Indonesia is an archipelago in
Southeast Asia comprising
approximately 17,500 islands with over
238 million people,
Indonesia is the worlds fourth
country and is the fourth biggest
the world.
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The capital and the largest city in
Indonesia.
JAKARTA
INDONESIA
TWO BASIC KINDS OF INDONESIA
MUSIC SCALE
SLENDRO
FIVE (EQUIDISTANT
TONES IN OCTAVE)
PELOQ
HEPTATONIC (7) TONE
SCALE WITH SEMI
TONE
Both vocal and instrumental music in
Indonesia use slendro and peloq scales.
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INDONESIA
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Indonesian term for Tempo
IRAMA
INDONESIA GAMELAN
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The Gamelan or Gamelan orchestra is the most popular
form of music in Indonesia.
There are many types of Gamelan but the most famous are
the Javanese and Balinese Gamelan. It contains a variety of
instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, kendang
and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings.
INDONESIA
JAVANESE
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BALINESE
Used for court music• Used for sacred music
• Consist of metallophone and
Percussion dominated
Style of playing gives mostly gongs
solemn character. • Sounds are very bright and
brilliant
PESINDHEN
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GERONG
Is a female soloist • Refers to the unison male
singer who sings with chorus that sings with the
gamelan
a Gamelan.
BALINESE GAMELAN
JAVANESE GAMELAN
MYANMAR
MYANMAR
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MYANMAR WAS KNOWN AS BURMA UNTIL 1989.
The music of Myanmar has similarities with many other
musical traditions in the region, including Chinese
music and thai music, probably because its longest
land border is shared with China.
MYANMAR
The HSAING WAING is Myanmar’s traditional
music ensemble. It is made up mainly of
different gongs and drums as well as other
instruments depending on the nature of the
performance.
MYANMAR
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Myanmar’s musical instrument are categorized into
types, the LOUD SOUNDING and SOFT
SOUNDING.
The loud sounding instruments are performed in
open-air ensembles at ceremonies and festivals.
Most of the Hsaing Waing instruments belong to the
loud sounding category.
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A multiple reed oboe
with a remarkable
crooked form.
H’NE
MALAYSIA
TWO DIVISION
WEST
MALAYSIA
EAST
MALAYSIA
also known a
peninsular Malaysia.
consist of 13 states
and federal territories.
MALAYSIA
Multi-racial groups that influenced Malaysia’s music
genre:
1. Malay (Malaysia)
2. Chinese (China)
3. Indian (India)
4. Iban (Island of Borneo)
5. Dayak (Island of Borneo)
6. Kadazandusun (State of Sabah in Malaysia)
7. Eurasians (person of mixed Asian and European
KUALA LUMPUR
IS THE FEDERAL CAPITAL AND
MOST POPULOUS CITY IN
MALAYSIA.
MALAYSIA
Music of Malaysia may be categorized into 2
types:
Classical and
Folk Music
Emerged during the precolonial period and still
exists in the form or vocal,
dance, and theatrical music.
Syncretic or
Acculturated music
Developed during
thr postPortuguese
period.
KERTOK
This is musical ensemble
from Malay Peninsula that
consists of xylophones
played swiftly and
rhythmically in traditional
Malay Functions.
Instruments used include drums, gongs,
flutes, zithers, xylophones, and Jew's
harps, of which the bronze gongs are the
most significant. Ensembles of gongs of
various sizes are played to welcome guests
and in ceremonies and dances.