The document discusses the elements of music including melody, pitch, tempo, timbre, and harmony. It also discusses secular music genres like harana, kumintang, pandanggo, and polka that originated from the Philippines. Instrumental music is represented by brass bands that play at fiestas and celebrations. Musical instruments are classified into five groups: idiophones that vibrate their own bodies, aerophones that produce sound through blowing, chordophones that vibrate strings, membranophones that tap stretched membranes, and electrophones that use electricity to produce sound.

1. ELEMENTS OF MUSIC

2. Melody
•It is the horizontal succession of notes
written or performed in a recognizable
shape
•It is the highness or lowness of tone.
Pitch

3. Tempo
•The speed at which music is played
often indicated on written composition
by a descriptive or metronome mark
•It is the quality of musical sound or
voice
Timbre

4. Harmony
•In music, harmony is a concept of
combining different sounds together in
order to create new, distinct musical
ideas.
•The order and arrangement of the
different parts of a piece of music
Form

5. Secular Music
•It refers to any music that is not
religious in nature
1. Harana – is a serenade traditionally
sung by a man to express his love
to a lady.
2. Kumintang – is originated from
Balayan, Batangas. This song is in
triple meter with themes of love and
courtship

6. Secular Music
3. Pandanggo – is a dance form that
can be found in the different islands of
Luzon such as Batanes, Ilocos, Tarlac
and parts of the Visayas.
4. Polka – originated from a bohemian
dance that became popular in Europe
and America

7. Secular Music
5. Kundiman (Art song) – came form
the words “Kung hindi man”

8. Instrumental Music
Brass Band
-is an ensemble of woodwind, brass
and percussion instruments. They are
usually played in fiestas, religious and
civic celebrations.

10. Classification of Musical Instruments
1. Idiophones – produce sound by the
vibration of its body cause by the
way they are played such as being
struck, scraped, rubbed, shaken or
plucked.
2. Aerophones – produce sound
primarily by causing a body of air to
vibrate because of the air blown
inside.

13. Classification of Musical Instruments
3. Chordophones – produce sound
through its vibrating string or strings
that is either plucked, strummed or
used with a bow.
4. Membranophones – produce sound
primarily by way of a vibrating stretched
membrane tapped by hands or sticks.

16. Classification of Musical Instruments
5. Electrophones – produce sounds
which are generated by electricity.