Music Of Lowlands of Luzon

1. MUSIC OF
LOWLANDS OF
LUZON

2. 1. FOLK SONGS
• are written by the folk and are sung to accompany
daily activities such
• as farming, fishing, and putting the baby to sleep.
• these are traditionally passed on orally.
• most Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other
Western influences.

3. 2. LITURGY AND DEVOTIONAL MUSIC
• Religious music of the lowlands of Luzon reveals the impact of
Spanish colonization to the Philippines which lasted for almost
three centuries.
• At the same time, some indigenous Philippine musical forms
were incorporated to Christian practices (i.e., Obando Fertility
Rites and Pasyon chant).

4. 3. SECULAR MUSIC
• Refers to any music that is not religious in nature.
• Harana is 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.
• Kumintang originated from Balayan, Batangas. This
song is in triple meter with themes of love and
courtship.

5. • Pandanggo is a courtship dance but it can also refer
to a type of song to entertain farmers in the rice field.
The singers of this folk song are called pandanggeros
and pandanggeras.
• Polka originated from a Bohemian dance that became
popular in Europe and America in the early 19th
Century.

6. • Balitaw is a dialogue or courtship song in triple meter, mostly
in 2 and 3 part forms and arranged with counter melodies.
• Kundiman- an art song coined from the words “kung hindi
man”
• the kundiman conveys a selfless and spiritual attitude, intense
love, longing, caring, devotion, and oneness not only with a
romantic partner, but also with a parent, a spiritual figure, or
the motherland.

7. 4. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC FROM THE
LOWLANDS OF LUZON
• Brass band
• Las Piñas Bamboo Organ
• Musikong Bumbong
• Pangkat Kawayan
• Angklung Ensemble