Waƙar gargajiya tana da dogon tarihi kuma mai arziƙi a Serbia, tun daga tsakiyar zamanai lokacin da mawaƙa da aka fi sani da "guslari" za su yi wasan kwaikwayo na almara tare da kayan kirtani na gargajiya, gusle. A cikin ƙarni na 19 da farkon 20th, mawaƙa irin su Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac da Petar Konjović sun fito a matsayin manyan jigo a cikin kiɗan gargajiyar Serbia, suna haɗa abubuwa na kiɗan Serbian na gargajiya tare da salon gargajiya na Turai. Mokranjac ana daukarsa a matsayin mahaifin kiɗan gargajiya na Serbia, kuma ayyukansa na mawaƙa, irin su "Tebe Pojem" da "Bože Pravde," sun kasance sananne har wa yau. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, waƙar gargajiya ta Serbia ta ci gaba da bunƙasa, godiya ga masu fasaha irin su ɗan wasan violin Nemanja Radulović, ɗan wasan pian Momo Kodama, da shugaba Daniel Barenboim, wanda ke riƙe da ɗan ƙasar Serbia. Akwai gidajen rediyo da dama a kasar Serbia da suka kware wajen kade-kade na gargajiya, irin su Rediyo Belgrade 3, mai watsa shirye-shiryen hada-hadar gargajiya da jazz, da kuma Rediyo Klasika, wanda ke mayar da hankali kawai kan wakokin gargajiya. Gabaɗaya, kiɗan gargajiyar Serbian ya kasance muhimmiyar al'adar al'ada, waɗanda masu son kiɗan a cikin ƙasa da ma bayanta ke daraja su.