History of Guitar in Indonesia

Guitar entrance in Indonesia

Colonization, in addition to leaving a note of pain, as well as art. One of them was carrying a guitar by Purtugis people around the 17th century.

At that time some prisoners from the Portuguese in Malacca in place by the Dutch in the marshy area in North Jakarta, in a village "monument". So they do not get bored, they amuse themselves by playing music. Well, the music they use when it is the guitar. It is said, from the results of people's introduction to the instrument, was born several stringed instrument played to accompany songs of keroncong.

There are 3 types of guitars played by the prisoners at the time, namely:

1. Guitar Monica, which consists of 3 strings
2. Rorenga guitar, which consists of 4 strings
3. Jitera guitar, which consists of 5 strings.

Two centuries later the guitar and kroncong be popular among the nobility and then spread to the corners of the country.