Dangdut Music

Dangdut is one of the musical genre that developed in Indonesia. This musical form rooted in the Malay music in the 1940s. In the evolution to contemporary forms are now entering the influence of Indian music elements (mainly from the use of tabla) and Arabic (on crooked and harmonization). Changes in Indonesia's political currents at the end of the 1960s the influence of western music opens strong with the inclusion of the use of electric guitars and also a form of marketing. Since the 1970's dangdut be said to have matured in a contemporary form. In popular music, dangdut very open to influences of other musical forms, ranging from keroncong, style, gamelan, harp, rock, pop, and even house music.
The mention of the name "dangdut" is onomatopoeic of the sound of tabla game (in the world of drum called dangdut only) and is dominated by the distinctive sound of sword and ndut. The name is actually a cynical title in an article in the early 1970s to form malay music is very popular among the working class at that time.
Examples of people who use dangdut Genre: Rhythm Rhoma