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Sapeh, also spelled sape, sapeʼ, sapek, sapeik, sapeq, sampeh, sampeʼ, sampek, or sampeq (/ s ʌ p ɛ ʔ /) is a traditional string instrument of Borneo-origin that developed in northern, eastern, [1] [2] and central regions of Sarawak and Kalimantan. It is a wooden-base instrument with strings attached, and works in a manner similar to the ...
Dikir barat, [a] dikir hulu [b] or lebe ulu [1] is a musical form, native to the northeastern coastal region of Malay Peninsula, [2] that involves singing in groups—often in a competitive setting. Dikir barat may be performed either with a percussion instrumental accompaniment , or with no instruments at all.
Music of Malaysia is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres in Malaysia. A great variety of genres in Malaysian music reflects the specific cultural groups within multiethnic Malaysian society: Malay, Javanese and other cultures in overlap with the neighbouring Indonesian archipelago, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Dayak, Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau, Orang Asli, Melanau ...
In music, modernism is an aesthetic stance underlying the period of change and development in musical language that occurred around the turn of the 20th century, a period of diverse reactions in challenging and reinterpreting older categories of music, innovations that led to new ways of organizing and approaching harmonic, melodic, sonic, and rhythmic aspects of music, and changes in ...
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. [1] Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, institutionalized compositional, performing, and aesthetic conventions in music. [2]
In this context, the terms "serious" or "cultivated" are frequently used to present a contrast with ordinary, everyday music (i.e. popular and folk music, also called "vernacular music"). [2] Many cultures have art music traditions; in the Western world, the term typically refers to Western classical music.
Contemporary classical music is Western art music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included serial music, electronic music, experimental music, and minimalist music.
In practice, the two often overlap. Applied arts largely overlap with decorative arts, and the modern making of applied art is usually called design. Examples of applied arts are: Industrial design – mass-produced objects. Sculpture – also counted as a fine art. Architecture – also counted as a fine art. Crafts – also counted as a fine art.