MUSIC OF PALAWAN
Tagbanua
Pala’wan
Cuyunon
Tau’t bato
Batak
 The smallest Palawan tribe
 Resemble the Aeta people with tightly
curled hair and dark skin
 They speak the dialect Binatak
 They do not have a developed
system of writing
 They are hunter-gatherers
 They are believed to be the earliest
dwellers of the country
 Magtarek
- their ritual dance
 Magdiwata
- their ritual song
* Are performed by a male babaylan,
music accompaniment is provided by
female musicians with their drums and
bamboo tubes
 PATIGUNGGUNG
-is a chordophone and is a parallel-stringed tube
zither
 KALAG
-is a membranophone with a dried animal skin
stretched over a piece of a hollow wood struck by a
coiled rattan ring
 TIPANO
-is a bamboo areophone similar to a flute with 6
finger holes
 SABAGAN
-is an idiophone made of a softwood played by
hitting with sticks
 LAMPUNG
-is an idiophone similar to sabagan, which is
suspended from house beams
 LANTOY
-is a nose flute with two holes
 KODIAN
-is an almost 2 meter long
instrument with two barks of fiber
 BUDLONG
-is a chordophone similar to a
guitar with two strings
Means “people of the rock”
Also called Ken-uy
They compose their own song
and dances
Their song is mimetic, they
usually imitate the sounds
made by animals in the forests
 LANTIGI
-it is a narrative song that tells
about a bird which they call limukon
 KANDIDI
-performed by more than 2
singers.
-lyrics are done as if they are just
talking to each other
 PAGANG
-is a zither made of bamboo with 13 strings
 KUDLUNG
-is a guitar made of wood that has 2 strings
only
 SULING
-is an aerophone made of small bamboo with
4 holes
 ARUDING
-is a jaw harp made of small bamboo placed
near the mouth and blown to produce sounds
 TAREK
-their most popular dance
-is performed all night in all social
gatherings
-characterized by stomping the
performers’ feet alternately
 TORON
-a ritual dance performed to cure the sick
-it is done by a priestess (babaylan) to
drive away the evil spirits that causes sickness
 Situated in the far south island of
Palawan
 They live in caves and hunt for
food
TINAPAY
-is the rice wine drinking
ceremony
TAMBILAW
-an offering ritual to the god
of rice
 a musical ensemble played during
tambilaw and tinapay
 composed of gimbal, sanang and agong
 A. GIMBAL
-a drum shaped like a tube
 B. SANANG
-is a pair of small gong
 C. AGONG
-are gongs with high bosses
 KULILAL TRADITION
-is a romantic, ardent love poem sung to the
accompaniment of Kudyapi and Pagang.
*KUDYAPI
- a two-stringed lute played by a man
*PAGANG
- a bamboo zither played by a woman
 BAGIT TRADITION
-is an instrumental music describing the
sounds heard in the environment
 Also called cuyunins
 Live in the island of Northern Palawan
 They are regarded as most
distinguished class among the groups
in Palawan
 They have a sense of being devout
due to their conversion to Christianity
 They have a highly-developed
community-spirit
 PALAKUPAKAN
-sticks with bamboo clappers
 SUBING
-a jaw harp
 BATUNGTUNG
-a slit drum made of bamboo
 LANTOY
- a nose flute
 TIPANU
-a transverse flute
TIPANU BAND
-an ensemble composed of
flutes and drums
DE KWERDAS BAND
-a string band
Consists of ;
A. 1 or 2 small flutes
B. 3 or 4 large flutes
C. Redoblante (snare drum)
D. Bombo (bass drum)
E. Platilyo (cymbals)
Consists of ;
A. 2 or 3 Rabel (violins)
B. gitara or sista (guitar)
C. baho ( bass guitar)
D. banjo
E. banduria
“people from the country
side”
Found in the central and
northern Palawan
 PAGDIWATA
-performed to give thanks for abundant
harvest or a healing ritual for the sick
 RONSAY/RUNSAY
-performed to thank God for plentiful
harvest
 BILANG & LAMBAY
OIMAN
-a narrative song
DAGOY
-a love song
 AGONG
-brass gong played by hitting with a
sticks wrapped with piece of cloth
 GIMBAL
-a membranophone similar to snare
drum covered with dried goat skin
 BABANDIL
-an idiophone similar to agong but
has softer sound

2 nd quarter lesson 3 (music)

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  • 3.
     The smallestPalawan tribe  Resemble the Aeta people with tightly curled hair and dark skin  They speak the dialect Binatak  They do not have a developed system of writing  They are hunter-gatherers  They are believed to be the earliest dwellers of the country
  • 4.
     Magtarek - theirritual dance  Magdiwata - their ritual song * Are performed by a male babaylan, music accompaniment is provided by female musicians with their drums and bamboo tubes
  • 5.
     PATIGUNGGUNG -is achordophone and is a parallel-stringed tube zither  KALAG -is a membranophone with a dried animal skin stretched over a piece of a hollow wood struck by a coiled rattan ring  TIPANO -is a bamboo areophone similar to a flute with 6 finger holes  SABAGAN -is an idiophone made of a softwood played by hitting with sticks  LAMPUNG -is an idiophone similar to sabagan, which is suspended from house beams
  • 6.
     LANTOY -is anose flute with two holes  KODIAN -is an almost 2 meter long instrument with two barks of fiber  BUDLONG -is a chordophone similar to a guitar with two strings
  • 7.
    Means “people ofthe rock” Also called Ken-uy They compose their own song and dances Their song is mimetic, they usually imitate the sounds made by animals in the forests
  • 8.
     LANTIGI -it isa narrative song that tells about a bird which they call limukon  KANDIDI -performed by more than 2 singers. -lyrics are done as if they are just talking to each other
  • 9.
     PAGANG -is azither made of bamboo with 13 strings  KUDLUNG -is a guitar made of wood that has 2 strings only  SULING -is an aerophone made of small bamboo with 4 holes  ARUDING -is a jaw harp made of small bamboo placed near the mouth and blown to produce sounds
  • 10.
     TAREK -their mostpopular dance -is performed all night in all social gatherings -characterized by stomping the performers’ feet alternately  TORON -a ritual dance performed to cure the sick -it is done by a priestess (babaylan) to drive away the evil spirits that causes sickness
  • 11.
     Situated inthe far south island of Palawan  They live in caves and hunt for food
  • 12.
    TINAPAY -is the ricewine drinking ceremony TAMBILAW -an offering ritual to the god of rice
  • 13.
     a musicalensemble played during tambilaw and tinapay  composed of gimbal, sanang and agong  A. GIMBAL -a drum shaped like a tube  B. SANANG -is a pair of small gong  C. AGONG -are gongs with high bosses
  • 14.
     KULILAL TRADITION -isa romantic, ardent love poem sung to the accompaniment of Kudyapi and Pagang. *KUDYAPI - a two-stringed lute played by a man *PAGANG - a bamboo zither played by a woman  BAGIT TRADITION -is an instrumental music describing the sounds heard in the environment
  • 15.
     Also calledcuyunins  Live in the island of Northern Palawan  They are regarded as most distinguished class among the groups in Palawan  They have a sense of being devout due to their conversion to Christianity  They have a highly-developed community-spirit
  • 16.
     PALAKUPAKAN -sticks withbamboo clappers  SUBING -a jaw harp  BATUNGTUNG -a slit drum made of bamboo  LANTOY - a nose flute  TIPANU -a transverse flute
  • 17.
    TIPANU BAND -an ensemblecomposed of flutes and drums DE KWERDAS BAND -a string band
  • 18.
    Consists of ; A.1 or 2 small flutes B. 3 or 4 large flutes C. Redoblante (snare drum) D. Bombo (bass drum) E. Platilyo (cymbals)
  • 19.
    Consists of ; A.2 or 3 Rabel (violins) B. gitara or sista (guitar) C. baho ( bass guitar) D. banjo E. banduria
  • 20.
    “people from thecountry side” Found in the central and northern Palawan
  • 21.
     PAGDIWATA -performed togive thanks for abundant harvest or a healing ritual for the sick  RONSAY/RUNSAY -performed to thank God for plentiful harvest  BILANG & LAMBAY
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  • 23.
     AGONG -brass gongplayed by hitting with a sticks wrapped with piece of cloth  GIMBAL -a membranophone similar to snare drum covered with dried goat skin  BABANDIL -an idiophone similar to agong but has softer sound