The document discusses the instruments that make up a Filipino rondalla musical ensemble. A rondalla features string instruments like the banduria, piccolo guitar, laud, octavina, mandola, mandolin, guitar, and bajo de uñas. Each instrument has a distinct role - the banduria plays the main melody, the piccolo guitar adds ornamentation and occasionally the melody, the laud and octavina play countermelodies, the mandola and mandolin reinforce low sounds, and the guitar and bajo de uñas provide chordal and rhythmic accompaniment.

1. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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2. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
The Filipino rondalla repertoire ranges from the simple folk songs to the modern
and contemporary tunes as well as Filipino and foreign classics. Folk tunes like
the balitaw, kundiman, balse, danza, marches, and lullabies are commonly
played by the rondalla.

3. TOPICS TO DISCUSS
 Banduria
 Piccolo Guitar
 Laud
 Octavina
 Mandola and Mandolin
 Guitar
 Bajo de uñas

4. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Banduria – it is a small pear-
shaped instrument similar to a
Spanish guitar. It plays the main
melody in the rondalla.

5. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Piccolo Guitar – it resembles the
pear-shaped banduria but smaller
in size. It plays all kinds of
ornamentation, and occasionally
also carries the main tune.

6. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Laud – it is a pear-shaped
instrument similar to the banduria.
Compared the banduria, it has F
holes and longer neck. It plays the
counter – melody in the rondalla.

7. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Octavina – this is stringed
instrument smaller than a guitar. It
is tuned like the banduria, but is an
octave lower like the laud. It plays
the melodic counterparts or fills.

8. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Mandola and Mandolin – They
rainforce the low sounds of the
laud and the octavina.

9. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Guitar – this is a stringed instrument
which has frets along the finger board
with six strings. It plays the chordal and
rhythmic accompaniment in the rondalla
and its either plucked or strummed.

10. RONDALLA MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 Bajo de uñas – it is an instrument that
has 4 or 6 strings. It is usually compared
to a double bass.