Sumatra is a part of Indonesia; its best-known musical output is probably dangdut, a rabab/saluang instrumental style. Indonesia is culturally diverse and is home to hundreds of forms of music, with those from the islands of Java, Sumatra and Bali being the most frequently recorded. ... Bali is an Indonesian island that shares in the gamelan and various other Indonesian musical styles. ... The gamelan orchestra, based on metallic percussion with winds and drums, is well-known to many readers. ... Australia is home to several large immigrant communities, including the Vietnamese, Indonesians, Filipinos and others. ... Kecak (pronounced: KEH-chahk, alternate spellings: Ketjak and Ketjack), a form of Balinese music drama, originated in the 1930s and is performed primarily by men. ... Kecapi is a group of string instruments which are plucked, and the suling is a javan flute made of bamboo. ... A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesian origin typically featuring metallophones, xylophone(s), drums, and gongs. ... Gamelan angklung (anklung) is a style of gamelan ensemble found primarily in Bali, Indonesia. ... Gamelan beleganjur is one of the most popular styles of gamelan music in Bali. ... Gamelan Degung is a Sundanese musical ensemble that utilises a subset of modified gamelan instruments with a particular mode of pelog scale. ... Gamelan gong kebyar is a modern style or genre of Balinese gamelan music. ... Jegog is a form of gamelan music indigenous to Bali, Indonesia played on instruments made of Bamboo. ... Joged bumbung is a style of gamelan music from Bali, Indonesia on instruments made primarily out of bamboo. ... Gamelan selunding is a sacred ensemble of gamelan music from Bali. ... Gamelan semar pegulingan is an old variation of the Balinese music genre gamelan. ... Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music which is partly derived from Arab, Indian, and Malay folk music. ... South Africa - Spain _ Sweden _ Switzerland _ Tanzania _ Taiwan _ Turkey _ United Kingdom _ United States Categories: Music genre stubs | Hip hop by nation | Indonesian music ... Gambus (Arabian Oud) is a stringed instrument like a guitar with a body shaped like a pear sliced in half. ... Sumatra (also spelled Sumatara and Sumatera) is the sixth largest island of the world (approximately 470,000 km²) and is the largest part of Indonesia. ... Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music which is partly derived from Arab, Indian, and Malay folk music. ... The rebab is a musical string instrument which was heavily used in old Arabic music its considered as part of the Lute familiy (Oud in Arabic). ... The saluang is a traditional musical instrument in Minangkabau people in West Sumatera, Indonesia. ...

The Sumatran Toba people are distinctive in their use of tuned drums to carry the melody in their music; this practice is very rare worldwide. The Toba also use an instrument similar to the oboe and several kinds of gongs. Ensembles include the gondang sabangunan. Toba can be: T. O. B. A., the Theater Owners Booking Association, a major black vaudeville circuit. ... Look up melody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Modern Oboe The oboe is a musical instrument of the woodwind double reed family. ... This article is about a type of musical instrument. ...