As a recently-defined administrative region, the Cordillera is composed of the six provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Benguet, plus the chartered city of Baguio.  Musical Characteristics: Music is very much part of life and living. Have a rich variety of songs and music performed on instruments.

3. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
CORDILLERA, MINDORO, AND
PALAWAN IN RELATION TO THEIR
GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE

4. OBJECTIVES:
• Explain the distinguishing characteristics of representative
music from Cordillera, Mindoro, and Palawan, in relation to
their culture and geography;
• Identify the musical characteristics of representative music
from Cordillera, Mindoro, and Palawan in relation to their
culture and geography;
• Analyze the importance of musical characteristics of
representative selections of Cordillera, Mindoro, Palawan,
• Recognize the importance of music in their daily lives.

5. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORDILLERA IN RELATION TO ITS
GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE
As a recently-defined administrative region, the
Cordillera is composed of the six provinces of
Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Mountain Province, Ifugao,
and Benguet, plus the chartered city of Baguio.
Musical Characteristics:
•Music is very much part of life and living.
•Have a rich variety of songs and music performed
on instruments.

6. •Often performed in groups, all members of
the community are welcome and encouraged
to join the singing, dancing, and playing of
instruments.
•Songs are usually in unison.
•Music and other components of their culture
are transferred from generation to generation
through oral tradition.

7. MUSIC OF CORDILLERA
•Hudhud- is a recited and chanted by the people of
Ifugao during sowing and harvesting of rice
(known as Rice Terraces), funerals, wakes, and
other Rituals.
Munhaw-e – the woman who leads the chanting
•Salidumay – an indigenous folksong of the natives
of Cordillera. A courtship response song of a
woman either acceptance or rejection.
•Wiyawi and Owiwi – Kalinga’s Lullaby song

8. INSTRUMENTS OF CORDILLERA
Percussion Metal Instrument
Gangsa
TOPPAYA PATTUNG

9. INSTRUMENTS OF CORDILLERA

10. It is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located off
the coast of Luzon and northeast of Palawan.
The ethnic groups of the island, from north to south,
are: Iraya, Alangan, Tadyawan, Tawbuid (called Batangan by
lowlanders on the west of the island), Buhid, and Hanunoo. An
additional group on the south coast is labelled Ratagnon.
Mangyan is the collective name for eight indigenous
groups living in Mindoro; each with its own name, language and
set of custom.
I. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MINDORO IN RELATION
TO ITS GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE

11. Musical Characteristics:
•Music is part of their ordinary and festive
occasions.
•Music used for communication with spirits in
rituals and worships, weddings, works, courtship,
festive occasions and lullabies.

12. The music of Mangyan is characterized by its chanting
song style called Ambahan.
•Ambahan – means to encourage the parents in
guiding their children in expressing love to them.
•Iyaya – a lullabye
•Ayung and Ngayung – ritual chant
MUSIC OF MINDORO

13. INSTRUMENTS OF MINDORO
SUBING OR KINABAN
BANGSI
GITGIT
AGONG

14. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PALAWAN IN RELATION TO
ITS GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE
The islands of Palawan stretch between Mindoro in the northeast and Borneo in
the southwest. They are located between the South China Sea and the Sulu Sea.
Palawan is an amazing place because of the diversity of the culture there. More
than 75 distinct cultural groups live in the area. Several indigenous ethnoinguistic
groups are the Kagayanen, Tagbanwa, Palawano, and Taaw’t Bato. Most of these
cultures are of Asian origin, but there are also African and Spanish cultures in the area.
In addition to the number of people living in modern Palawan, there is also a
highly interesting tribal culture living in the mountains of the area. This is the Batac
tribal culture, an African-origin culture which is rapidly becoming extinct.

15. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PALAWAN IN RELATION TO
ITS GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE
Musical Characteristics:
•Sounds of nature are important to the people of
Palawan. These include the sound of insects,
chirping of birds and sound of the wind and rain.
•Makes use of different musical forms like
repetition and syncopation (off beat)

16. Lantege - is the love song of tagbanuas and people of
Palawan
The vocal music of Palawan also includes the bagit,
kulilal (songs), tultul (epic chant) and uliit (shamantic
chant).
MUSIC OF PALAWAN

17. INSTRUMENTS OF PALAWAN
ARUDING BABARAK SULING
BASAL
AGUNG PAGANG

18. ACTIVITY 1
VOCAL MUSIC PLACE OF ORIGIN
CULTURAL
BACKGROUND
MUSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Hudhud
2. Lantege
3. Ambahan
Instructions: Supply the important information in the table below.

19. ACTIVITY 2
Instructions:. Complete the sentence the below..
Music is important in the lives and culture of Cordillera, Mindoro, and Palawan
because.................