Malaysian Music
Keeping the roots in the heaven, the braches of music has spread everywhere in
the world to entertain the people. It is the ever-popular mode of entertainment.
Some doctors uses music along with medicine to cure mental illness. Advancement
in musical instruments and changing beats of music has taken it to the peak of
entertainment.
Musicians and composers of all countries are in a sprint to alter their
music to bring it in the top of musical industry. Malaysian music is not an
exception. Like Indonesian music, Malaysian music is a delicious mix of
western string instruments, melodies and local rhythms. Music is the
representation of culture and tradition of a country.
Malaysian music mirrors the cultural diversity of the country. Popular music
forms of Malaysia are influenced from the diverse cultures. Most famous form
of music is keroncong. The most common type of music takes its inspiration
from Hawalian guitar styles, rumba, tango and jazz.
Other musical forms in Malaysian music include ghazals. This was developed
by expatriates of Indians and middle-east. Generally ghazals are lovelorn
songs merged with poetry. Instruments presented in ghazals are violin, tabla,
guitar, tambourine, drums, harmonium, Malaysian lutes and western maracas.
Malaysian music is also rich in classical songs. Mostly used instruments in
Malaysian classical music are kettledrum, suspended gonga, nafiri (trumpet),
gendang (two barrel drums) and serunai (oboe). These instruments remain as
an integral part of Malaysian music since 15th century. Rebabs (fiddle) and
gendangs are the instruments basically used in the folk songs of Malaysian
music.
P.Ramlee is praised as chief designer in revolutionizing Malaysian music. He
is the person who brought modern musical touch in classical music which
helped a lot in popularizing Malaysian music. Other well celebrated singers
are Siti Nurhaliza and Shiela Majid. These singers were famous for singing
all forms of music including love tunes and Islamic songs. Several Malaysian
songs have been shaped from Middle Eastern Islamic songs.
The heart hitting and inspiring rhythms and beats of Malaysian music are at
present available on Internet. So there is no need to bear the busyness of
CD shops in search of favorite Malaysian tracks. You can get it from your
computer without missing the comfort of your room.
What you wish, need and want is there in the ‘net’ of Internet. If you are
the one with extra blink, beat and pulse to heart Malaysian music don’t ride
to nearest CD shop. Instead turn on your computer and make some clicks.
You can find countless sites smiling at you along with some mocking sites.
Most of the sites offer you free Malaysian music downloads. But some will
look at your purse to have some money as registration fees.
It is better to keep the purse in the pocket and to click in the forehead of
free Malaysian music download sites. Make a separate folder to greet the
favorite music downloads. Select you favorite tracks and click download
button. That’s all. Your Malaysian music download is finished. Switch on the
speakers to enjoy the beats of Malaysian music.
