MUSIC

1. Learning Task 1:
Direction: A. Identify the following whether it is
Festival or Theater.
1. Sinulog 6. Ibalong
2. Bodabil 7. Sublian
3. Kadayawan 8. Komedya
4. Sarsuela 9. Panagbenga
5. Ati-Atihan 10. Moriones

2. Musical Characteristics
of Philippine Festival
and Theatrical Forms

3. Festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a
community and centered on some
characteristics/aspect of the community and
its religion or culture. These are the selected
festivals in the Philippines and their musical
characteristics

5. Ati-atihan
Origin and Cultural Background
►3rd week of January
►Kalibo, Aklan
►To honor the Santo Niňo
►The festival means “make - believe Atis”
►It is also named after the Ati, the

6. ►indigenous natives of the island.
►Originally a pagan
►People cheer and shout “Hala Bira!”
and “Viva Santo Niňo!”

7. Distinguishing Characteristics
It consists of a tribal dance parade with
rhythmic drum beats, chants, prayers,
and tribal dance music

8. Musical Characteristics
Instrument Used
Drums Gongs
Trumpets Lyres
Xylophones

9. Tempo
- Vivace (lively)

11. Sinulog
►3rd Sunday of January
►Cebu City
►To honor the Santo Niňo and
commemorate the Filipino rejection of
their former religious views and
acceptance of Christianity.

12. ►It imitates the type of dancing done by the
natives of Cebu before they were baptized
as Christians
►The petitioners often yell out “Pit Senior”

13. Distinguishing Characteristics
►It features a street parade done by a
dance ritual.
►Different groups of dancers are
accompanied by rhythmic music of the
drums, percussions, trumpets, and native
gongs

14. Musical characteristics
Musical Istruments
Drums
Trumpets
Native Gongs
Other band instruments
Tempo
Vivace (lively)

16. Kadayawan
Origin and Cultural Background
⮚3rd week of August
⮚Davao City
►To express celebration and
thanksgiving for good harvest

17. Distinguishing Characteristics
⮚Singing lively,
street dancing,and offerings to their deities are the highlights
of the festival.
⮚Music from drums and other musical instruments are
performed live

18. Musical characteristics
Musical Instruments
- Loud Drums
Tempo
- Vivace (lively)

20. Ibalong
Origin and Cultural Background
Weeklong event from 25th – 31st of October
►Bicol Region
►To commemorate the three heroes of the Bicol
epic in the town of Ibalong namely Baltog,
Handyong, and Bantong

21. ►The three heroes of the Bicol epic story
in the town of Ibalong namely Baltog,
Handyong, and Bantong.
►Ibalong is a place known as the first
Spanish settlement in the island of
Luzon where people have come to live
and built homes, currently located in
Magallanes, Sorsogon

22. Distinguishing Characteristics
►It features the various characters from the epic
while celebrating through songs and dance
►Other attractions of the festival include street
carnivals and musical performances

23. Musical Characteristics
Musical Instruments
- Gongs T'boli bells, Gangsa, Tungatong, and
other indigenous instruments
Tempo
- Viv ace (lively)

25. Sublian
Origin and Cultural Background
►23rd day of July
►Batangas City
►To reflect the Batagueňos’ commitment and great
love to Holy Cross of Bauan and Agoncillo, and the
Santo Nino.
►Originated in the barrio of Alitagtag in Bauan where
the Holy Cross, the patron saint of Bauan, was found.

26. ►Subli comes from two words 7 : “subsub”
(bending your body forward and
downward) and “bali” (broken)
► Lupakan (sharing of “Nilupak” a delicacy
made from cassava, sweet potato or
banana

27. Distinguishing Characteristics
►It is a religious ceremony that involves
praying, eating, dancing the “Subli”, and
singing verses with strict skeletal melody.
► It is performed with chanting and
accompanied by drums

28. Musical Characteristics
Musical Instruments
-Drums
Tempo
-Allegretto (fast)

29. Theater is a collaborative form of performing arts that
uses live performers, typically actors or actresses, to
present the experience of a real or imagined event
before a live audience in a specific place, often a
stage.
General Musical characteristics of Theater
• It has catchy music in a popular style.
• It consists of solo songs, duets, choruses and
ensembles.

30. • Orchestra or band accompaniment is used.
• There is spoken dialogue.
The Different Forms of Philippine Theater
and their Musical Characteristics

32. Komedya
Musical Characteristics
⮚It has literary musical forms of entertainment
⮚Lines/play are written in verse with musical
background.
⮚ It tells a story having romance and battle dances
►It describes conflicts of Christians and Muslims.

34. Sarsuela
Musical Characteristics
►Lines are delivered through singing.
►It tells a story
►It is a live drama
►It is a literary musical form of entertainment.
►It portrays the typical Filipino realities and stories
such as, elections and feasts, marriage and family,
vices and values

36. Bodabil
Musical Characteristic
►It has literary musical forms of
entertainment
►It has stage presentation featuring
comedy musical, monologue, skits,
impersonators, acrobats and even magical
acts.

37. The Idea or Story of a Particular Philippine Musical
Theater Communicated through Music
The main idea of a story is what the passage
is all about. Main idea is the key concept or the most
important thought about the song/topic. It is often
expressed directly or it can be implied. It answers a
specific question: who or what is being discussed?
It is being communicated in a musical theater in a
live performance by combining songs, dance
numbers, dialogues, and even acting.

38. Musical Theater incorporates music,
songs, voice dialogs, and dance. The
numerous emotional aspects of production
like humors, an emotion of sympathetic
pity, love, rage, and the story itself are
expressed by facial expression, music,
dance and the performance as a whole.

39. It answers a specific question: who or
what is being discussed? It is being
communicated in a musical theater in a
live performance by combining songs,
dance numbers, dialogues, and even
acting.

40. Ways of presenting an
idea or story in a
musical play
Purpose Description
Various Songs To offer the feeling of
the concept or tale.
Actors sing lyrics of the
songs and bring them to
life through speech and
actions.
Dancing with
emotion and acting
like an actor and
an actress.
To portray facial
expressions and
sudden motions.
Actors dance with facial
expressions and sudden
motion.
Actions/acting To enact a character
that involves physical
expressions, vocal
projection, clarity of
speech, and ability to
interpret drama.
Actors are physically and
emotionally expressive in
their actions.

41. ►Elements of the music such as dynamics and
tempo can enhance the
beauty of the presentation and effectively convey
the main idea of a story:
Dynamics is used to emphasize emotions
• f - loud (positive or intense emotions)
• p - soft (sad or negative emotions)
Tempo is used to introduce or imply a situation

42. Reflection