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Music of Minang is a traditional and contemporary ethnic variety of Indonesian music that grows and develops in the Minangkabau culture. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Music is generally played by musical instruments such as talempong , saluang , Minang rabab , serunai, rebana , aguang ( gong ), gandang , gambus , and violin .
Minangkabau is the native language of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra. [2] There are approximately 5.5 million speakers of the language. It is also spoken in the western part of Riau, South Aceh Regency, the northern part of Bengkulu and Jambi. [2] Along the western coastal region of North Sumatra, the language is also a lingua franca.
Among the Minangkabau musical instruments are the saluang, talempong, rebab, and bansi. These four musical instruments are usually played at traditional and wedding parties. Now, Minang music is not limited to being played using these four musical instruments. But also using modern musical instruments such as organ, piano, guitar and drums.
The Minangkabau language is a member of the Austronesian language family, and is closest to the Malay language, though when the two languages split from a common ancestor and the precise historical relationship between Malay and Minangkabau culture is not known. Until the 20th century the majority of the Sumatran population lived in the highlands.
The saluang is a traditional musical instrument of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is similar to the ney in general, in that it is an oblique flute, but made of bamboo. It is related to the suling of other parts of Indonesia. It is made of thin bamboo or "talang" (Schizostachyum brachycladum Kurz), [1] with 4 holes. The ...
Zainal Abidin Ahmad was a Minangkabau writer who modernized the Malay language. Caklempong, the musical tradition instrument, was brought to Malaysia by the Minangkabau people as early as the 14th century. [40] Muzammil Alias who goes by the stage name Waris is credited for giving fresh breathe to Minang culture in Malaysia.
Minang language, the language spoken by the Minangkabau people; Australia. Mineng, also spelled Minang, an indigenous people of Australia;
Orkes Gumarang (English: Gumarang Band) was a pioneering group in the Indonesian music industry active from the 1950s until the 1970s. The musicians were Minangkabau people, from West Sumatra, but recorded their music in Jakarta, far from their cultural heartland.