This document provides information about instrumental music, specifically brass bands, in the Philippines. It discusses the different instrument groups that make up a brass band, including woodwinds like piccolo, clarinet and saxophones, brass instruments like trombone, trumpet and euphonium, and percussion instruments such as cymbals, snare drum, and bass drum. It also explains that brass bands typically perform at fiestas, celebrations, and competitions, playing folk songs, popular music, and dance music to add lively music.

1. INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC
Prepared By:
Brenda E. Cachero
Kaypian National High School
BRASS BAND

2. The learner…
demonstrates understanding of the
musical characteristics of representative
music from the lowlands of Luzon
CONTENT STANDARDS

3. The learner…
performs music of the lowlands
with appropriate pitch, rhythm,
expression and style
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

4. Learning Objectives
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1. identifies the musical characteristics of
representative music selections from the
lowlands of Luzon after listening;
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2. explores ways of producing sounds on a
variety of sources that is similar to the
instruments being studied;
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3. provides harmonic accompaniments to
selected music of the Lowlands of Luzon

5. Music of Luzon ( Lowlands)
Geographical and Cultural Background
2. Instrumental Music
CONTENT

6. BRASS
BRAND
INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC

7.  It is an ensemble of woodwind, brass and
percussion instruments in the Philippines
 usually play in fiestas, religious, and
civic celebrations
 repertoire may include folk songs,
popular music, dance music.
 bands was so remarkable that every town
used to have two or more bands. They
sometimes participate and even compete
in many town band competitions.
BRASS BAND

8.  most fiestas are celebrated in various
provinces of the Philippines to honor
their patron saints.
 town fiesta is made more lively by band
music
 a parading brass band is called a
marching band
 provinces like Rizal and Laguna and
schools like the Philippine Military
Academy are home to prominent brass
bands in the Philippines.
BRASS BAND

9. WOODWINDS
1.Piccolo
2.Clarinet
3.Alto Saxophone
4.Tenor Saxophone
5.Flute

10. Piccolo

11. Piccolo
(Italian pronunciation: [ˈpikkolo]; Italian for
"small", but named ottavino in Italy
Shorter than the flute
The sounds it produces
is thinner than the flute

13. Clarinet
Johann Christoph Denner is generally believed to have invented the
clarinet in Germany
 Has a single-reed
mouthpiece
 A straight cylindrical tube
with cylindrical bore, and a
flared bell

15. Alto Saxophone
- invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and
patented in 1846
 commonly used in classical
music concert bands, chamber
music, and solo repertoire,
military bands, marching
bands and jazz bands

17. Tenor Saxophone
- a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s
 A medium sized member of the
saxophone family
 Most common types of saxophones
along with alto
 Pitched in the key B, and written as a
transposing instrument in the treble
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18.  Uses a large mouthpiece, reed
and ligature than the alto and
soprano saxophones
 Easily distinguished by the
bend I nits neck, or its crook
near the mouthpiece.

20. Flute
 An aerophone (wind
instrument) that produces
its sound from the flow of
air across an opening
 Sound it produces is thin in
timbre

21. BRASSWIINDS
1.Trombone
2.Trumpet
3.Euphonium
4.Sousaphone
5.French Horn

23. Trombone
 Sound is produced when the
player’s vibrating lips (embouchure)
cause the air column inside the
instrument to vibrate
 The name means “large trumpet”
 Pitch is produced by sliding the
valve

25. Trumpet
 Has the highest register in the brass
family
 Played by blowing air through
almost-closed lips, producing a
buzzing sound that starts a
standing wave vibration in the air
column inside the instrument

27. Euphonium
 A valve instrument
 Current models are piston-valved
 It is a non-transposing instrument
 Known for its distinctive tone color,
wide range, variety of character and
agility

29. Sousaphone
 Known as the bass, is a type of tuba
designed to be easier than the concert
tuba to play while standing or marching
 Widely employed in marching bands
and various other musical genres
 The bell is above the tubist’s head and
projecting forward

31. French Horn
 Commonly known as a horn
 A brass instrument made of tubing
wrapped into a coil with s flared bell
 Quality of the sound may also be
controlled trough the adjustment of lip
tension in the mouthpiece and the
operation of valves by the left hand

32. PERCUSSION
1. Cymbals
2.Snare Drum
3.Bass Drum

34. Cymbals
 Consist of thin, normally round plates of
various alloys
 Used in many ensembles ranging from the
orchestra, percussion ensembles, jazz bands,
heavy metal bands and marching groups
 The heavier the cymbals the louder the
volume
 Thin cymbals have a fuller sound, higher pitch
and faster response.

36. Snare Drum
 Known as a side drum is a ever present
percussion instrument known for its
cylindrical shapeand powerful, staccato
sound
 Often used in orchestras, concert bands,
marching bands, parades, drum lines,
drum corps
 Played with drum sticks or brush

38. Bass Drum
 Produces a note of low
definite and indefinite pitch
 Known as percussion
instrument and vary in sizes

39. Activity No. 4
Viewing Activity
Malabon
Brass Band

40. Lupang Hinirang
It was originally entitled “ Marcha Nacional
Filipina”
It was composed by Julian Felipe n march
time tempo and initially performed by the
San Francisco de Malabon Band at the
Proclamation of Philippine Independence
on June 12, 1898 in Kawit, Cavite.

41. It is considered as “incidental
music” which means a background
music set into a particular
event/occasion in a dramatic mood.
Jose Palma wrote the lyrics adpted
from the Spanish poem “Filipinas”
and entitled it “Himno Nacional
Filipino”

42. Lupang Hinirang March

43. Thank You
for
Listening!!