4. Aerophones
• any musical instrument which
produces sound primarily by causing a
body of air to vibrate, without the use of
strings or membranes, and without the
vibration of the instrument itself adding
considerably to the sound
• best represented by the many types of
bamboo flutes that are found all over
the country
5. Lip Valley Flute
• paldong, or kaldong of the Kalinga
• palendag of South Maguindanao
• pulalu of Manobo
6. Lip Valley Flute
• Two by two fingerholes. Protruding
mouthpiece with a hole. The instrument is
decorated with carvings blackened by burning.
8. Nose Flute
• The northern tribes call
this kalleleng (Bontoc and
Kankanai), tongali (Ifugao and Kalinga)
and baliing (Isneg). In the Central Philippines,
it is known as lantuy among the
Cuyunin, babarek among the Tagbanua and
plawta among the Mangyan.
9. Nose Flute
• Long bamboo tube,
closed at one end by
the node in which the
blowing hole is burnt.
The flute has three
finger holes. The
blowing hole is placed
under an angle against
the nose and the player
gently blows into the
tube.
10. Ring Flute
• Suling of
Maguindanao
• so called because
the blowing end
is encircled with a
rattan ring to
create
mouthpiece
12. Pipe with Reed
• Sahunay of the Taosug
• Tube with six fingerholes; mouth piece of
bamboo with cut out reed; mouth shield
made of coconut shell; bell made of leaf
(probably bamboo) and blue plastic ribbon.
13. Chordophones
• any musical instrument which makes sound by
way of a vibrating string or strings stretched
between two points
• Include bamboo zithers, guitars, violins, and
lutes
14. Zither
• a stringed instrument made from a single
bamboo section, around three to four inches
in diameter, with a node at each end. Serving
as strings are raised narrow strips of the outer
skin fibers of the bamboo itself, with the ends
still attached to the body of the instrument.
18. Kudyapi/Kudlung
• Two stringed lute made of wood, one string
for the melody, one for the drone. Eight frets
originally held in place placed on the neck of
the lute by a sticky rubbery substance. The
lute is decorated with floral motives; the tail is
carved to represent a stylised crocodile head.
19. Idiophones
• any musical instrument which creates sound
primarily by way of the instrument vibrating
itself, without the use of strings or
membranes
• Include bamboo buzzers, percussion sticks
and gongs
20. Jaw harp
• kubing of Maranao
• kolibauTingguian,
arudingTagbanua, kolibauTingguian,
• a very thin slit of bamboo or brass with a
narrow vibrating tongue in the middle
longitudinal section
• considered a “speaking intrument”
21. Bamboo Buzzer
• balingbing, or bunkaka
Kalinga; batiwtiw (Central
Philippines)
• a bamboo tube which is open
or split at one end
• This instrument is played alone
or in groups as a form and
diversion or to drive away evil
spirits along a forest trail.
22. Kulintang(Maguindanao and Maranao)
• consists of eight gongs placed horizontally
in a frame and tuned to a flexible pentatonic
or five-tone scale
27. Vocal Forms
• Lullabies (owiwi, dagdagay, oppia, lagan bata-bata, bua,
and kawayanna)
• didactic/figurative
• Occupational dinaweg (boar), the kellangan (shark-
fishing), and the didayu (wine-making)
• Occasional appros, nan-sob-oy, sarongkawit, dikir
• War
• love ading, sindil
28. Patterns and Characteristics
• Improvisation
• Low and limited range of notes
• Melodic ornamentations
• Greater variety of voice quality
• Chant-like monotone singing in most groups
• Rhythmic freedom
• large number of reiterated and marked
accents on one vowel
29. II. Spanish-European Influenced
• Liturgical music
– Gregorian chant
– Pasyon
• Secular music
– Harana
– Kundiman
– Rondalla
– Sarswela
30. Harana
• traditional form of courtship music in which a
man woos a woman by singing underneath
her window at night
• Structure based on the plosa
• Pananapatan, pasasalamat, pagtumbok,
paghilig, pamamaalam
31. Kundiman
• a lyrical song made popular in the Philippines
in the early 19th century
• Almost all traditional Filipino love songs in this
genre are heavy with poetic emotion
32. Rondalla
• patterned after estudiantina and comparasa
• plucked string ensemble
• bandurria, laud, octavina, guitar, and bajo de
uñas
33. III. American influenced
• Neo-classicism
• Conservatory of
Music
• popularity of
American rock’n’roll,
pop music, dance,
and disco
• “tunog-lata”
34. IV. Post liberation
• Filipino Rock
– “Killer Joe” by Rocky
Fellers
– Manila Sound
– Folk rock
• Original Pinoy Music
• Filipino Hip Hop and RnB
• Contemporary Philippine
Music
Editor's Notes
Corazon Canave-Dioquino “Philippine Music, A Historical Overview
Indigenous music before the colonial era was largely functional. Expressed either instrumentally or vocally or a combination of both, music was deeply integrated with the activities of the natives. The ancient Filipinos had music practically for all occasions, for every phase of life, from birth to death.
A few differences may be noted between the instruments of the Northern and Southern Philippines. These differences lie primarily in the manner of construction, the style of playing them and the sound they produce. By and large, however, instruments found all over the Islands are strikingly similar.
produces soft and soothing sounds heard clearly in quiet late afternoons
These long “guitars” or boat lutes are carved in soft wood usually to represent a mythical two-headed animal, the naga (serpent) or crocodile, or perhaps the modified head, body and tail of thesarimanok, a cockerel-like bird. The kudyapi is alos known as a “speaking instrument” because it figures prominently in courtship. It is also used as an accompaniment for dances.
Placed between the lips of the player, its tongue is made to vibrate by striking the projecting end of the instrument with the thumb or by pulling a string attached to it. The mouth of the playeracts as the resonator, and as the shape of the mouth cavity changes, the pitch and quality of the sound varies. This enables the player to communicate message with his instrument. For this reason, the jew’s harp is a favorite of lovers and is played by both men and women. It is thus considered a “speaking intrument”.
The kulintang ensemble is often considered as the most cultivated of the region’s musical expressions. Aside from being a medium of entertainment and hospitality, the kulintang also serves as a vehicle for social interaction and group solidarity and for learning ethical principles
Ethnomusicologist Jose Maceda
Songs mark every stage of human development from birth and infancy to adulthood and death, night and day, and many occasions in the cycle of natural events and the flow of human activities whether personal, social, economic, political, spiritual or cosmic
structure of the harana is based on the plosa, the form of Tagalog poetry
pananapatan Pasasalamat Pagtumbok Paghilig pamamaalam