What comes to your mind when you hear the term “Indonesian music”? Is it the sound of a Gamelan orchestra? The throaty warbling of a Javanese singer? The syncopated rhythms of Sundanese percussion?
Indonesian music is as diverse as the islands that make up this Southeast Asian nation. Each of the more than 300 ethnic groups in Indonesia has its own distinctive musical traditions.
The most common type of Indonesian music is religious in nature. Muslims, Christians, Hindus, …