Gambang Kromong Irama Bersatu's lyrics & chords

Irama Bersatu is an ensemble from the western outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, which plays the old lagu lama style of Gambang Kromong. The gambang kromong ensemble takes its name from two Indonesian instruments, a xylophone (gambang) and a set of 10 small kettle-gongs (kromong). The melodies originated in the Fujian province of southern China and were brought to Batavia by Hokkien- speaking Chinese, presumably in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Attempts to play them on instruments available in Batavia led to the development of ...read more