Dondang Sayang

Dondang Sayang (literally 'love ballad') dem originate am for Malacca samtym for 15th century insyd, wey traditional Portuguese folk music dey influence am. Ebe sam traditional Malay form of entertainment wer Baba den Nyonya singers exchange extemporaneous Malay Pantun (poetry), for lighthearted den samtyms humorous style insyd. Dem normally dey accompany de singers plus violin, two Malay rebana (drums), den tetawak (gong). Dese instruments often dey supplement oda instruments wey be available, most notably, accordions, flutes, anaa sam additional violin.

De chief musician usually be de violinist wey dey play sam primary role for dondang sayang insyd, wey dey provide sam counter melody give de vocal melody. Musicians go fi switch instruments between performances insyd, bah de violinist seldom does, although dis be permitted. If musicians dey wey dem for spare, dem go fi use 5 rebana. Samtyms, dem go fi substitute rebana plus de tambour den barrel drum anaa even de kompang. De music be slow, den sam song usually dey consist of 32 bars, beginning plus sam violin introduction, plus de rebana den then de gong entering, den de voice finally dey enter for bar 5 insyd. Ein style be samwat informal wey ein lyrics usually dey consist of love poems. (Ahmad Usop 1984). De musical instruments go fi be augmented plus accordion (Shafiee Ahmad 1992).Musical Malaysia/SYNCRETIC SONG BASED FORMS: Dondang Sayang

Esana be associated plus de Ronggeng dance.

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 Sarkissian, Margaret. Kantiga di Padri sa chang. From the collection "Viagem dos Sons", Tradisom, Vila Verde, Portugal, 1998
 Silva Rego, Padre António da. "Apontamentos para o estudo do dialecto português de Malaca". Boletim Geral das Colônias, Lisboa, Portugal, 1941.
 Musical Malaysia/SYNCRETIC SONG BASED FORMS: Dondang Sayang
 PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO MALAYSIAN MUSIC (TDC Malaysia 1996)
Category:Malay culture
Category:Malaysian styles of music
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