The Riau School of Jazz

The Geliga music group from Pekanbaru was the pioneer of jazz music with Malay flavor. It is pleasing to hear, light and is not foreign to the general public.

July 31, 2007

"MY father used to play the accordion using only three fingers. The other two fingers did not touch anything. Most traditional accordion players in Malay-Riau used only three fingers because they never learned to play the keyboard.”

“For a jazz song with tones that are far apart, it is difficult to play with only three fingers. Fortunately, I learned to play the piano when I was young, so I applied the fingering technique of playing the piano

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