Hadrah

Hadrahis a type of drum ensemble used primarily as accompaniment to Islamic religious praise singing. It consists of frame drums and a gong. 8 to 10 rebana are used with one gendang peningkah, the main difference between the two being the absence of jingles in the gendang. A specific repertoire of rhythmic patterns, different from those of the kompang, is played to accompany the singing of texts (Matusky 1994) which may be in Urdu, Arabic or Indonesia.