The document provides information about the music of Luzon lowlands, including both sacred and secular genres. It discusses folk songs, vocal music, kinds of sacred music like the mass and liturgical songs. Specific folk songs of different regions like Ilocano, Kapampangan, Tagalog are mentioned. Secular music genres discussed include harana, kumintang, pandanggo, polka and balitaw. Musical instruments used in rondalla ensembles like banduria, laud, octavina and bajo de unas are also described.

1. MUSIC OF LUZON
LOWLANDS
Prepared by: Maerie Chris A.
Castil

2. MOTIVATION SONG
Paa, tuhod, balikat, ulo
Paa, tuhod, balikat, ulo
Paa, tuhod, balikat, ulo
Igalaw ang bewang at tayo’y magsayawan

4. What is the genre
of the music that
was being sung?

5. FOLK
SONGS

6. FOLK SONGS
•Are quite literally songs of the people.
•They are often lively and fast and its
lyrics tells about aspects of daily life.
•Sang during fiestas and gatherings.

7. MUSIC OF LUZON
LOWLANDS

8. VOCAL
MUSIC

9. VOCAL MUSIC
Genre performed by one or more
singers with or without
instrumental accompaniment
where singing provides the main
focus.

10. LOWLAND GROUPS IN LUZON
•Ilocos
•Pangasinan
•Pampanga
•CALABARZON
•MIMAROPA
•Bicol

11. BICOLANO
Sarung Banggi

12. – a popular Bicolano song written by
Potenciano B. Gregorio Sr.
in Albay more than a hundred years
ago.

14. ILOCANO
Pamulinawen

16. ILOCANO
Manang Biday

18. KAPAMPANGAN
Atin Cu Pung
Singsing

20. KAPAMPANGAN
Kapampangan Ku

22. TAGALOG
Bahay Kubo

24. Sitsiritsit
TAGALOG

26. Magtanim ay Di Biro
TAGALOG

28. Ang Pipit
TAGALOG

30. O Ilaw
TAGALOG

32. PANGASINAN
Malinak Lay
Labi

34. ACTIVITY
MUSIC OF
FORTUNE

35. CATEGORY # 1
SONG TANONG!
( Title of the Song)

37. O ILAW

38. CATEGORY # 2
Sing It!

41. CATEGORY # 3
SONG TANONG!
( Title of the Song)

42. PARU- PARONG
BUKID

43. SITSIRITSIT
ALIBANG
BANG

44. CATEGORY # 4
SONG TANONG!
( Title of the Song)

46. ATIN CU
PUNG
SINGSING

47. CATEGORY # 5
Sing It!

49. CATEGORY # 6
SONG TANONG!
( Title of the Song)

51. BAHAY-
KUBO

53. PARO PARUNG
BUKID

54. CATEGORY # 7

56. CONGRATULATIONS!

58. Your Task!

59. KANTA MO, ISAYAW MO!
Group 1 – Paru- parong Bukid
Group 2 – Magtanim ay Di Biro
Group 3 – Atin Cu Pung Singsing

61. What have you
learned
yesterday?

62. Let’s
Check!

63. DIRECTIONS: Read
carefully each question
and write the LETTER
of the CORRECT
ANSWER on your
notebooks.

64. a. Devotional
Song
b. Folk Song
c. Harana
d. Kundiman
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farming, fishing and
putting the baby to
sleep.

65. 2. Genre performed
by one or more
singers with or
without instrumental
accompaniment
where singing
provides the main
focus.
a. Folk Song
b. Instrumental
Music
c. Secular Music
d. Vocal Music

66. 3. An Ilocano folk
song about
Ilocano woman, to
whom the man is
singing.
a. Atin Cu Pung
Singsing
b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen
d. Sarung Banggi

67. 4. Tells of a
small hut with
a variety of
vegetables
surrounding it.
a. Atin Cu Pung
Singsing
b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen
d. Sarung Banggi

68. 5. A popular
Bicolano song
written by
Potenciano B.
Gregorio Sr. in
Albay more than a
hundred years
ago.
a. Atin Cu Pung
Singsing
b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen
d. Sarung Banggi

69. 6. A popular
Kapampangan
song about a
missing heirloom
piece, a ring
with a single
gem.
a. Atin Cu Pung
Singsing
b. Bahay Kubo
c. Leron Leron
Sinta
d. Sarung Banggi

70. FOR ITEMS 7-10:
IDENTIFY WHICH
LUZON LOWLAND AREA
THE GIVEN FOLK SONG
BELONGS.

71. 7. ATIN CU PUNG SINGSING
a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog

72. 8. BAHAY KUBO
a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog

73. 9. PAMULINAWEN
a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog

74. 10. MANANG BIDAY
a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog

75. FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
1.What is Secular music?
2.What are the types of Secular Music in the
lowlands of Luzon?
3.Give at least 5 examples of each type of
Secular music.

77. SACRED
MUSIC

78. - I S P E R F O R M E D
O R C O M P O S E D
F O R R E L I G I O U S
G A T H E R I N G S
A N D
F E L L O W S H I P

79. LITURGICAL
&
DEVOTIONAL MUSIC

80. ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS WORDS?
Kyrie eleison?
Gloria in excelsis Deo?
Credo in unum Deum?
Sanctus dominus Deo sabaoth?
Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi?

81. LITURGICAL MUSIC
•Is originated as a part of Religious Ceremony, and
includes a number of traditions, both ancient and
modern.
•Well known as a part of Catholic Mass.

82. MASS (LITURGY)
• Is one of the names by which the sacrament of the
Eucharist is commonly called in the Roman Catholic
Church.
• Is derived from the Late Latin word missa (dismissal), a
word used in the concluding formula of Mass in Latin.

83. ACTIVITY # 1
These terms below are in the Latin language and refer to parts of
the Catholic Mass. Can you find out the Filipino and English
translations for these?
THE MASS
Latin Filipino English
1. Kyrie Panginoon, Maawa Ka
2. Gloria Glory To God
3. Credo Sumasampalataya
4. Sanctus Holy
5. Agnus Dei Kordero ng Diyos

84. Latin
1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
5. Agnus Dei
Filipino
1. Panginoon, Maawa
Ka
2. Papuri sa Diyos
3. Sumasampalataya
4. Santo, Santo
5. Kordero ng Diyos
English
1. Lord, have mercy
2. Glory to God
3. Creed
4. Holy
5. Lamb of God

85. KINDS OF SACRED MUSIC
1.Mass
2.Pastores
3.Senakulo
4.Pasyon
5.Salubong
6. Flores de Mayo
7. Santacruzan

86. DEVOTIONAL MUSIC
•Is a hymn which accompanies religious
observance and rituals.
•In Eastern and Near- Eastern religions,
devotional can function as communion prayer
and meditation.

87. Vocal Music Functions
1. Pastores Christmas seasons of Song and Dance
2. Moro-moro/ Komedya Clash between the Muslim and the Christians
3. Senakulo Lenten play depicting the life, suffering and death of Jesus
4. Pasyon Held in the community chapels to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ
5. Salubong
Does in Easter Sunday at 4 am to lift the veil of the grieving Virgin Mary to meet
the Risen Christ
6. Flores de Mayo
Also known as “Flowers of May,” it is a Catholic festival held on the month of
May in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary
7. Santacruzan
A religious-historical event that dramatizes of finding the Holy Cross by the
Queen Helena and her son, Constantine the Great.

88. PASTORES

89. MORO-MORO / KOMEDYA

90. SENAKULO

91. PASYON

92. SALUBONG

93. FLORES DE MAYO

94. SANTACRUZAN

95. INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC

96. LAS PIÑAS BAMBOO
ORGAN

97. CULTURAL CONTEXT
•Spanish colonization
•Christianity
•Catholic religion

98. The Mass: What has influenced
us?
The Spanish Period in the
Philippines

99. COMPOSITION
•Songs
•Dances
•Instrumental music

100. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
•Music for Worship
•Religious festivities

101. Let’s
Check!

102. 1. Originated as
part of religious
rites and includes
both ancient and
modern traditions.
It is also known as
part of the Roman
Catholic Mass.
a. Devotional
Music
b. Liturgical
Music
c. Sacred Music
d. Secular Music

103. a. Devotional
Music
b. Liturgical
Music
c. Sacred Music
d. Secular Music
2. Accompanies
religious
observances and
rituals

104. a. Senakulo
b. Pasyon
c. Salubong
d. Secular Music
3. Philippine
narrative of
the passion,
death and
resurrection of
Jesus Christ

105. a. Mass
b. Pastores
c. Salubong
d. Santacruzan
4. A religious ritual
that re- enacts the
meeting of the
Risen Christ with
His Mother on the
dawn of Easter
Sunday

106. a. Pastores
b. Mass
c. Salubong
d. Flores de
Mayo
5. Also known
as “Flowers of
May,” it is a
Catholic festival
held on the
month of May

108. SECULAR
MUSIC

109. SECULAR MUSIC
•Non- religious music.
•Means being separate from
religion.

110. WHAT ARE THE
TYPES OF
SECULAR
MUSIC IN THE
LOWLANDS OF
LUZON?

111. TYPES OF SECULAR MUSIC
•Harana
•Kumintang
•Pandanggo
•Polka
•Balitaw
•Kundiman

112. HARANA
• A serenade traditionally sung by a man to express his love
to a lady.
• It is sung with emotion and usually accompanied by a
guitar.
• Such Filipino harana songs by Santiago Suarez are:
* Ang Tangi kong Pag-ibig
* O Ilaw
* Dungawin mo Hirang

114. KUMINTANG
• Originated from Balayan, Batangas
• Nicanor Abelardo composed “Mutya ng Pasig” in
Kumintang tempo.
• This sing expresses her feelings under the light of
the moon.
• She is mourning the loss of her love, which
symbolizes the country’s loss of freedom.

116. PANDANGGO
• a dance form that can be found in the different
islands of Luzon such as Batanes, Ilocos, Tarlac
and parts of Visayas.
• Pandangguhan
• It is a courtship dance but it can also refer to a
type of song to entertain the farmers in the rice
fields.

118. POLKA
• Originated from Bohemian dance that became popular in
Europe and America in the early 19th century.
• The tempo is in quick duple meter while the melody is
supported by the chords/ harmonies in tonic (I), dominant
(V) and subdominant (IV)
• Examples are:
*Pamulinawen
* Magtanim ay di Biro
*Leron Leron Sinta

120. • Is a dialogue or courtship song in triple meter, mostly in
2 and 3 part forms and arranged counter melodies.
• Some of the examples are:
* Libis ng Nayon at Bakya mo Neneng by Santiago
Suarez
* Arimunding Munding by Severino Reyes
BALITAW

122. KUNDIMAN
• Come from the word “Kung Hindi Man”
• It conveys a selfless and spiritual attitude, intense love, longing,
caring, devotion and oneness.
• Famous Kundiman composers:
* Pilipinas kong Mahal by Francisco Santiago
* Nasaan ka Irog at Huling Awit by Nicanor Abelardo
* Jocelynang Baliwag by Bulacan Revolutionary Soldiers
* Sa Sariling Bayan by V. Tolentino
* Iyo Kailan Pa Man by Angel Peña

124. MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS

125. RONDALLA
•an ensemble of plucked
instruments and sometimes
with percussion.

126. 1. Banduria- 14-stringed
pear-shaped lute with a
round sound hole and
played with a plectrum, it
plays the melody in the
rondalla ensemble.

127. 2. Laud- 14-stringed pear-
shaped lute with F-shaped
sound holes and played with a
plectrum, it plays the alto
part or counter melody in the
Rondalla ensemble. It is
bigger than the Banduria.

128. 3. Octavina- 14-stringed
lute which is shaped like
a small guitar and
played with a plectrum,
it plays a counter melody
or harmony fill-in in the
Rondalla ensemble.

129. 4. Bajo de Uñas- a
bass guitar which
looks like a big guitar
and is played by a
plectrum. It plays the
bass part and serves
as a rhythmic support.

130. SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
•Music for festivities and recreation
•Work (planting and farming)
•Courtship
•Social Commentary and Patriotism

131. PERFORMANCE STYLES/TECHNIQUES
THE USE OF PLECTRUM
• a thin flat piece of plastic,
tortoiseshell, or other slightly
flexible material held by or worn
on the fingers and used to pluck
the strings of a musical
instrument such as a guitar.

133. Let’s
Check!

134. 1. Refers to
any music
that is not
religious in
nature.
a.Devotional Music
b.Liturgical Music
c. Sacred Music
d. Secular Music

135. a.Balitaw
b.Harana
c. Kumintang
d. Pandanggo
2. A serenade
traditionally
sung by a man
to express
affection to a
woman.

136. a.Balitaw
b.Harana
c. Kumintang
d. Pandanggo
3. Song in triple
meter with
themes of love
and courtship;
originated from
Balayan,
Batangas.

137. a.Balitaw
b.Harana
c. Kumintang
d. Pandanggo
4. A courtship
dance but it can
also refer to a
type of song to
entertain the
farmers in the
rice field.

138. 5. Which of
the choices
is NOT a
secular
music?
a.Harana
b.Kumintang
c. Pandanggo
d. Pasyon