This lesson discusses the music in the lowlands of Luzon. The importance of sacred music. Folk songs, that served as pastime of the Filipinos during early days. vocal and instrumental music were also a part of this lesson.
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MUSIC OF LUZON (Low Land).pptx
1. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the topic you will be
able to:
1. Identify the different kinds of
music from the lowlands of Luzon.
2. Identify the characteristics of
music from the lowlands of Luzon.
3. VOCAL MUSIC
is a type of music performed
by one or more singers,
either with instrumental
accompaniment, or without
instrumental accompaniment
(a cappella), in which singing
provides the main focus of the
piece.
4. VOCAL MUSIC
A short piece of vocal music with lyrics is
broadly termed as a song.
5. What was the genre
of the music that
was just played?
6. FOLK SONG
Are written by the folk and are
sung to accompany daily
activities such as farming,
fishing, and putting the baby
to sleep.
Traditionally passed on orally
to the family and to the
7. CHARACTERISTICS OF FOLK SONGS
Sung in their own dialect
Begins in one key and ends in
the same key
Composers and lyricist are
usually unknown
Short and simple
8. ILOCANO FOLK SONG
PAMULINAWEN
An Ilocano folk song
about an Ilocano
woman named
Pamulinawen to
whom the man is
singing.
9. KAPAMPANGAN FOLK SONG
ATIN CU PUNG
SINGSING
The song is about a
missing heirloom
piece, a ring with a
single gem, it
expresses the great
sentimental value
placed by Filipino’s on
inherited objects from
parents.
10. TAGALOG FOLK SONG
BAHAY KUBO
Tells a story of a
small hut with variety
of vegetables
surrounding it.
11. BICOLANO FOLK SONG
SARUNG BANGGI
A popular Bicolano
song written by
Potenciano B.
Greogorio Sr. in
Albay more than a
hundred years ago.
12. SACRED MUSIC
is music performed
or composed for
religious use or
through religious
influence.
13. LITURGICAL
is a form of music
originating as a part of
religious ceremony. It
includes a number of
traditions, both ancient
and modern.
14. DEVOTIONAL
is a hymn which accompanies
religious observances and rituals.
Traditionally devotional music has
been a part of Christian music,
Hindu music, Buddhist music,
Islamic music and Jewish music.
15. SACRED MUSIC ARE
HEARD IN CHURCHES
• MASS
• PASTORES
• SENAKULO
• PASYON
• SALUBONG
• FLORES DE MAYO
• SANTACRUZAN
16. MASS
“ALLELUIA
ALLELUIA”
• is a term used to
describe the main
Eucharistic
liturgical service
in many forms of
Western
Christianity.
17. PASTORES
“VAMOS PASTORES
VAMOS”
• A form of
sacred musical
composition, is a
choral composition
that sets the
invariable portions
of the Eucharistic
liturgy to music.
18. SENAKULO
“THE CENTURIONS”
• is a Lenten play
that depicts
events from the
Old and New
Testaments
related to the life,
sufferings, and
death of Christ.
19. PASYON
“PANALANGIN SA DIYOS”
• is a type of
doctrinal and
didactic
religious verse
that narrates
the life of Jesus
Christ.
20. SALUBONG
“AWIT NG SALUBONG”
• is an Easter
Sunday pre-dawn
ritual or ceremony
that reenacts the
Risen Christ's
meeting with His
mother.
21. FLORES DE MAYO
“AVE MARIA”
• It is one of the
May devotions
to the Blessed
Virgin Mary
and lasts for
the entire
month.
22. SANTACRUZAN
“BIRHENG MAHAL”
• Is the ritual pageant
held on the last day of
the Flores de Mayo. It
honors the finding of the
True Cross by Helena of
Constantinople (known
as Reyna Elena) and
Constantine the Great.
25. What are the types of
Secular Music in the
lowlands of Luzon?
26. HARANA
“DUNGAWIN MO, HIRANG”
• was a traditional
form of courtship in
the Philippines
wherein men
introduced
themselves to
women by singing
underneath her
window at night.
27. HARANA
(Spanish ‘jarana’) A serenade
traditionally sung by a young man to a
young woman outside the young
woman’s house as a profession of his
love to her usually accompanied by a
guitar.
Some Filipino harana songs are “Ang
tangi Kong Pag-ibig, Oílaw, and
Dungawin mo Hirang
28. KUMINTANG
• Is a style of
Philippine music
and dance from
the 19th century.
• It is a traditional
Filipino love song
as well.
“SINGKIL”
29. KUMINTANG
• This song in triple time can be of any
topic: love, resentment, or a social
commentary.
• It can also be a dance or a
combination of song and dance in
this style.
• It is the oldest and most popular song
among Christian Filipinos.
Ex. Mutya ng Pasig
30. KUMINTANG
• Originally a war song, then later
became a plaintive song.
• It is a nocturnal song sung to the
accompaniment of the violin, or
guitar.
• Originated in Balayan,
Batangas, that’s why Batangas
is known as the province of
Kumintang.
31. BALITAW
“BALITAW” (VISAYAN
SONG)
• is an extemporaneous
exchange of love verses
between a man and a
woman. Danced and
mimed, it is
accompanied by a
song, or the dancers
themselves sing,
improvising the steps
and verses.
32. BALITAW
A dialogue or courtship song in triple
meter, mostly in 2 and 3 part forms
and arranged with counter melodies.
Examples are;
1. Sa libis ng Nayon, Bakya Mo Neneng
composed by Santiago Suarez
2. Arimunding-munding composed by
Severino Reyes
33. PANDANGGO
A courtship dance
but it can also refer
to a type of song to
entertain the farmers
in the rice field.
34. POLKA
SONG IN POLKA BAL
• A lively dance in
duple meter,
performed by
couples.
35. POLKA
• Originated from a Bohemian dance that
became popular in Europe and America
in the early 19th century.
• It was performed in elegant evening
gatherings at the height of its popularity
during the Spanish colonial period.
37. KUNDIMAN
• (kung hindi man) – an art song
about the love of a man for a
woman but can also be about
patriotic sentiments, the woman
as an object of love and sacrifice
of the man representing the
Philippines whose countrymen are
willing to do sacrifices for freedom.
38. Some examples of Kundiman are;
1.Pilipinas Kong Mahal by Francisco
Santigao
2.Nasaan Ka Irog and Huling Awit by
Nicanor Abelardo
3.Sa Sariling Bayan by V. Tolentino
4.Iyo Kailan pa man by Angel Pena
39. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
is a musical composition or
recording without lyrics, or
singing, although it might include
some inarticulate vocals, such as
shouted backup vocals in a Big
Band setting.
40. RONDALLA
“SARUNG BANGGI”
• is an ensemble of
stringed instruments
played with the
plectrum or pick and
generally known as
plectrum
instruments.
42. BRASS BAND
“SHUT UP AND DANCE”
• a group of musicians
playing brass
instruments and
sometimes also
percussion.
43. • refers to the music
or sound that
originated from a
bamboo tube.
MUSIKONG BUMBONG
PANGKAT KAWAYAN GROUP
44. BAMBOO ORGAN
• is made
up mostly
of bamboo
dates back to
the Spanish
era.
45. ANGKLUNG ENSEMBLE
• is a musical
instrument made
of a varying
number of
bamboo tubes
attached to a
bamboo frame.
“WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS”
46. HIMIG PANGKAT KAWAYAN
SONG IN POLKABAL
known as the “Singing
Bamboos” of the
Philippines ” is a unique
orchestra that draws music
from unconventional
bamboo instruments.
Just leron leron sinta. Its about picking a fruit which is the papaya. It is based on daily
It can be passed down through oral tradition to family or community members, hence, it is learned by mere memorization. During early times singing folk song was a favorite community pastime. Traditions are very important and they must be continuously handed down from generation to generation.
Its lyrics must use the native tongue it means a folk song emphasizes its own identity as a community.
3. Most composers of Filipino folk songs are unknown because the songs were just based on daily experiences and were past down orally.
It is about a girl with a hardened heart who does not need her lover's pleading. It is about courtship and love.
it presents a woman as its main character and a man as a secondary character. The woman in the song was looking for a missing ring given by her mother and offers her love as a prize for the man who could find it.
The bahay kubo, also known as payag and, is a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines. It often serves as an icon of Philippine culture.
Means one night The language of Bicolano. The singer was awakened by a bird's sad song, which he thought was a puppy, but he really loves it. A love song, the song of resistance is Sarung Banggi. This was a protest against political repression in the United States.
Each major religion has its own tradition with devotional hymns.
Refers to any music not religious in nature.
A serenade traditionally sung by a man to express affection to a woman.
The Mutya ng Pasig folklore inspired kundiman composer Nicanor Abelardo to create the classical music poetry Mutya ng Pasig which tells about the sad fate of a woman who appears in the Pasig River during the full moon.
The term ‘ pandanggo’ comes from the Spanish word ‘ fandango,’ which in Portugal is also a common dance
The sentence sa ilaw is Tagalog for “in light” and relates to the three oil lamps to be balanced by a dancer— one on the head and on both hands.
1. The Philippine harp bandurria is a 14-string bandurria used in many Philippine folkloric songs, with 16 frets and a shorter neck than the 12-string bandurria.
1. This instrument most likely evolved in the Philippines during the Spanish period, from 1521 to 1898.
2. Laud and Octavina are Philippine instrument that has 14 strings with some courses singled or tripled. A similar, but smaller instrument, with a shorter neck, is the bandurria, which also exists in 12- and 14-string versions.
3. The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings
4. Largest instrument in rondalla. It has 4 thick strings but there are rare bass instruments that have 6 strings.
Made of Brass Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba
Musikong Bumbong literally meaning Bamboo Music, is a Filipino musical ensemble that perform with woodwind instruments made out of Bamboo. The instruments of Musikong Bumbong are made in the shape similar to those in a Brass band.
The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas, Philippines, is a 19th-century church organ. It is known for its unique organ pipes; of its 1031 pipes, 902 are made of bamboo. It was completed after 6 years of work in 1824 by Father Diego Cera, the builder of the town's stone church and its first resident Catholic parish priest.
The angklung is a musical instrument from Indonesia made of a varying number of bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame.
The "Pangkat Kawayan" otherwise known as the "Singing Bamboos" of the Philippines is the first and only tuned-up "Musikong Bumbong" in the Philippines today. One can but proudly clam that this bamboo orchestra is most indigenous to our country and people.