In Big Indonesian DictionaryMusic is: science or art of crafting a tone or voice expressed, and the combination of temporal relationships to produce a composition (sound) which has a balance and cohesion, tone or sound that is structured in such a way that it contains rhythms, songs and harmony (especially those that can produce sounds it).
This understanding accords with the opinion of Hamzah (1988) which states that:The development of Malay music can be classified to the nine forms, based on the form: (1) Malay traditional music, (2) musical influences from India, Persia, and Thailand, or Siam as: nobat, menhora, makyong, and Rodat, (3) the influence of Arabic music such as : lute, kasidah, ghazal, Zapin, and tambourine, (4) song of the children, (5) vocal music (songs) that rhythmic soft like veil crockery, damak, dondang affection, and ronggeng or dancing, (6) keroncong and opera that grows and develops initially in Indonesia, (7) style songs, (8) patriotic songs about the homeland, valor, and courage, (9) the songs are strong ultramodern influence of western culture.
Based on the above opinion of the author to conclude that music can also be called as a medium of art, which most people express creativity and artistic expression through the sounds or sounds. Hence the sense of music is universal, depending on how people play it and enjoy it.Art music is a spontaneous outburst of feeling or expression of thoughts regularly issued in the form of sound. That said, the sound (noise) is the most basic elements of music. Music sound good is the result of interaction of three elements: rhythm, melody, and harmony. Rhythm is the sound settings in a time, long, short and tempo, and this gives the music its own character on each. Combination of pitch and rhythm will produce a certain melody. Furthermore, a good combination of rhythm and melody that gave birth to the sound of harmony.Music including the oldest human art. It could even be said, no history of human civilization passed without music, including the history of the Malay civilization. In Malay society, the art of music is divided into vocal music, instrumental and a combination of both. In the combined music, musical instrument sound serves as a vocal accompaniment or dance. Musical instruments are developed among the Malay community include: cymbals, tetawak, nobat, trumpets, improbable, Kompang, harp, marwas, drums, tambourine, flute, fiddle, drum, gong, flute, harp, violin and accordion. Musical instruments in the rhythm and melody of its own produce different with other musical instruments ..