An Authentic Music from Indonesia: "Dangdut" is the Music of My Country!

in Music9 months ago

Hello music lovers in this community. How are you doing? Hopefully, you are all doing great. I am very passionate about writing about music and in this community I feel I can express all my perspectives related to music. I can't stay away from music and one more thing, I really like singing.


This is my favorite song from dangdut singer Nella Kharisma and I really like it and the song here tells the sad story of being abandoned by her lover. Dangdut songs always take stories about life that usually happens in our lives. The lyrics are also sad and people will tend to like them because many people have experienced things like those in those songs.

My life cannot be separated from music and singing. When it comes to singing, I can sing various kinds of songs, music genres, and various languages, starting from Indonesian, English, Mandarin, Japanese, to several songs in French. There are also local songs such as “dangdut” music which originally comes from Indonesia. Usually dangdut music, apart from using Indonesian, also uses Javanese. I will share about traditional popular music genre from Indonesia which is the result of a combination of music from Indian films with Malay and pop and rock music. It would be very interesting. It has its own techniques and characteristics that make it blend into music from a new genre and is good to listen to.

This dangdut music genre can be said to be popular in Indonesia, from children to adults, men and women know dangdut music, some even like it. The large number of dangdut music fans can be said to be because the music is good to listen to, especially as a musical accompaniment when the heart is sad. Not only that, dangdut music can also accompany someone whose heart is happy. What's more, when dangdut music is combined with the sound of traditional drums or we called it
"gendang", it produces a melodious sound.


This is a famous dangdut singer who is currently popular in Indonesia and this is an example of a dangdut music performance with all musical instruments and there is dangdut cengkok which is the characteristic of dangdut. This song is also sung in Indonesian mixed with Javanese.

Dangdut music, which can be said to be quite popular in Indonesia, is also popular abroad. With the popularity of Indonesian music, there are already people around the world who are interested in learning about this dangdut musical instrument. Dangdut musical instruments can also produce songs created by dangdut singers.

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In this photo is a legendary dangdut singer named Rhoma Irama who is nicknamed "King of Dangdut". His appearance is cool, it reminds me of the world famous singer Elvis Presley. Am I correct?

Supported by musical instruments and easy to memorize song lyrics, this dangdut song is popular with many people. Dangdut song lyrics are not just about romance, but some also have messages about life values. In Indonesia, there are already lots of dangdut singers, there is even a dangdut singer who is nicknamed the "King of dangdut" Indonesia, named Rhoma Irama.

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This is a musical instrument that must be present in dangdut music called the gendang. This is one of Indonesia's traditional musical instruments too.


This song is very popular at that time, with 699 billions views attracts the attention of Indonesian music lovers and the songs are easy to listen to and the lyrics are also easy to remember. This is an example of a modern dangdut song with a combination of modern music.

Dangdut music is a genre of music whose popularity is not only in Indonesia, but has reached foreign countries. In Indonesia, dangdut music became popular around the 1970s. In fact, its popularity can still be felt today. There are countless very popular dangdut songs that are still enjoyable to listen to today. Premium Characteristics Dangdut music is very close to Indonesian culture, such as dancing and or swaying. Therefore, when singing dangdut songs it is synonymous with swaying. Dangdut musical instruments can be combined with various other musical genres, one of the musical genres that is often combined with dangdut music is pop.

Dangdut singers have the most important and identical characteristic, named “cengkok”. Almost all the lyrics of dangdut songs have meanings or messages that are easily accepted by listeners, so that the songs they listen to will become more meaningful.

Dangdut music is usually accompanied by several rhythmic musical instruments, generally the traditional drum instrument. Actually, apart from the “King of dangdut”, there is also a "Queen of Dangdut" or the queen of dangdut, nameed Elvi Sukaesih. They are legendary dangdut singers in Indonesia. There is also another famous singer named Meggi Z, yes my father often played his songs when I was little. So to this day I still remember the song. Modern dangdut singers are quite popular, such as Inul Daratista and Dewi Persik.

As time goes by, dangdut music must be able to compete with other music genres. This musical development has also contributed to the development of the Indonesian dangdut music genre, so that nowadays many young dangdut singers have emerged. Young dangdut singers like Via Vallen, Nella Kharisma, Siti Badriah, Happy Asmara and Denny Caknan. Their songs are currently very popular in Indonesia. I like several of their songs and I often sing them, including Bojo Galak, Rarely Goyang, Left by Rabi, sung by Nella Kharisma. I really like that dangdut singer because her voice is good, her face is beautiful and her songs are also good. Besides Nella Kharisma, I also like Happy Asmara because her voice is very suitable for singing dangdut and high voice types.


There is a person from abroad who likes dangdut songs and he can sing them even though the lyrics are in Indonesian. I think he's really cool when he can sing dangdut and memorize the lyrics while driving the car.

Actually, when I was little, my father liked dangdut music and I really didn't like that music because I thought the music wasn't suitable for children and teenagers, apart from that, old dangdut songs seemed sad, whiny or melancholy songs and mostly about love songs. Over time because dangdut music now follows the current developments in music and blends with other genres so that it is more acceptable and enjoyable to listen to, so besides listening to and liking foreign music, yes, I also like several dangdut songs, although I still have to choose which ones I really like.

I also recommend that you try listening to these dangdut songs from Indonesia. I hope you guys like it too and trying something new musically is a good thing. That's all my music content this time guys. Thank you for reading and always supporting every article I write. See you on my next music content here!

Have a nice day! ^^

CharinaKim

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