Music of Madagascar
MUSIC AND MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF MADAGASCAR
Malagasy music; Music of Madagscar; Music of the Malagasy Republic; Music of madagascar; Madagascan music; Contemporary Malagasy music; Contemporary music of Madagascar; Traditional Malagasy musical instruments
The highly diverse and distinctive music of Madagascar has been shaped by the musical traditions of Southeast Asia, Africa, Oceania, Arabia, England, France and the United States over time as indigenous people, immigrants, and colonists have made the island their home. Traditional instruments reflect these widespread origins: the and owe their existence to the introduction of the guitar by early Arab or European seafarers, the ubiquitous originated in mainland Africa and the —the bamboo tube zither considered the national instrument of Madagascar—directly evolved from an earlier form of zither carried with the first Austronesian settlers on their outrigger canoes.