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Ku Zam Zam Ku Idris (1994)
describes the Malay Nobat, a court music genre originating in the Malay
Peninsular from the days of the Melaka Sultanate.
Essentially a secular form, it is the music of the rites of passage of
the Sultans and 'Anak Gahara' of Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, Terengganu
and Kelantan's Pasukan Gong Gendang Besar Diraja. (Mohd. Anis, 1997). Mohd.
Ghouse (1992) states that nobat music
is played to accompany religious as well as royal ceremonies, by 6 musical
instruments played in ensembles: 2 wind instruments, 2 types of drums
and, only in the state of Kedah, a gong.
Malm (1974) suggests that the nobat
was brought over to Malaysia by Indian-Muslim traders in the days of the
Melaka Sultanate. He also states that 4 types
of instruments were used: the serunai,
the nafiri, a small kettle drum
and two barrel drums.
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