Keroncong Music

Keroncong is the name of a type of musical instrument ukulele as well as the name of the type of music that uses traditional Indonesian musical instrument keroncong, flute, and a singer-proposal wanita.Asal

Keroncong come from similar roots Portuguese music known as fado introduced by the sailors and the slaves of the nation's merchant ships from the 16th century to the archipelago. From mainland India (Goa) hop music was first in Malacca and then played by the slaves of the Moluccas. The weakening influence of the Portuguese in the 17th century the archipelago not necessarily mean losing this music. This early form of music called moresco (a dance of Spanish origin, such as polka little slow rhythm), in which one of the songs by Kusbini rearranged now known as Kr. Muritsku, accompanied by stringed instruments. Keroncong from Tugu monument called keroncong. During its development, it makes a number of traditional elements of the archipelago, such as the use of the flute as well as some components of gamelan. At about the 19th century musical form this mixture is popular in many places in the archipelago, even to the Malay Peninsula. The golden age continued until sometime in the 1960s, and then faded due to the inclusion of a wave of popular music (rock music evolved since 1950, and victories Beatle music and the like since 1961 until now). Nevertheless, keroncong still played and enjoyed by all walks of life in Indonesia and Malaysia until now.