found: Garland encyc. world music, v. 4, 1998:p. 104 (Dangdut; Indonesian popular music, emerged as a result of exposure to Indian film and Western popular music. Indian film left its musical imprint on orkes melayu, a predecessor to dangdut. With a combination of more traditional orkes melayu and kroncong with the sounds of electrified Western pop and rock, the way was paved for a more lively and provocative style of music. By 1975, largely through the personality and music of Rhoma Irama, the term dangdut came to be used to describe the new Indonesian popular music. Present-day dangdut groups use instruments found in most Western rock bands (electric guitars, bass, trap set, etc.). What distinguishes dangdut from other forms of popular music is the rhythm: emphatic fourth and first beats in 4/4 meter. This rhythm is the source of the name dangdut (rest-rest-dang-dut, rest-rest-dang-dut, etc.), suggesting two different kinds of drumstrokes)
