With hindsight, the beginning of Malay music is rooted in Qasidah which originated as the arrival and spread of Islam in the Archipelago in the years 635 - 1600 from Arabic, Gujarat and Persian, the nature of poetry reading and then sung. Therefore, initially the poetry used was originally from Gurindam being sung, and gradually it was also used to accompany the dance. At the time since the opening of the Suez Canal there was an influx of Arab and Egyptian migrants into the Dutch East Indies in 1870 until after 1888, they brought Gambus instruments and played Arabic music. This influence is also mixed with traditional music with Gurindam poetry and local traditional musical instruments such as gongs, serunai, etc. Then around 1940, Deli Malay Music was born, of course the style of this musical play was far different from its origin as Qasidah, because the development of this period is not only singing Gurindam poetry, but has been far developed as entertainment music singing and accompaniment typical dance of the Malays east coast of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. With the development of electronic technology around after 1950, loudspeakers, electric guitars and even keyboards were introduced. And no less important is the development of the recording industry since 1950.