Keroncong

Featuring Sonny Josz . Minggat . Waljinah . Pipo Londo . Sundari Soekotjo . Aja Lamis . Toto Salmon . Kota Solo . Arriva . Lilo . Mus Mulyadi . Selendang Sutera . Hetty Koes Endang . Rindu . Anneke Gronloh . Terang Bulan . Gesang Martohartono . Bengawan Solo

Indonesian Music Shop : Keroncong music sometimes mixed with other instruments & beats. The compursari music : combining Kroncong & gamelan music instruments innovated by a senior artist , MR, MANTHOUS of Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, is now very popular.

Far Side Music : Kroncong music is believed to have originated in the communities of freed Portuguese slaves in the 16th century. European influence from this time can also be heard in the music of the Batak people of North Sumatra, and from the end of the 19th century, the beginnings of guitar accompaniment incorporated within a distinctly Indonesian idiom in music from Sumatra, South Sulawesi and elsewhere.

Wikipedia : One ukulele, called the “cak” (pronounced “chak”) may be steel-stringed and the instrumentalist strums chords with up to 8 strums per beat in 4/4 rhythm. The off-beat strums are accentuated. The other ukulele, called the “cuk” (pronounced “chook”), is larger and may have 3 gut or nylon strings

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