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MALAYSIAN FOLK MUSIC
Music for Theater: HADRAH

Hadrah is a type of drum ensemble used primarily as accompaniment to Islamic religious praise singing. It consists of frame drums and a gong. 8 to 10 rebana are used with one gendang peningkah, the main difference between the two being the absence of jingles in the gendang. A specific repertoire of rhythmic patterns, different from those of the kompang, is played to accompany the singing of texts (Matusky 1994) which may be in Urdu, Arabic or Malay (Mohd. Ghouse 1992).

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