MUSIC
OF
CORDILLERA, PALAWAN,
MINDORO AND VISAYAS
VERNADETH M. SALAS
Naic Integrated National High School
Cordillera
OBJECTIVES
Describe the musical characteristic of representative
selections of Cordillera after listening.
Improvise simple rhythmic /melodic accompaniments
to selected music from the Cordillera.
Perform music from Cordillera, Palawan, Mindoro and
Visayas with accompaniment.
Pre-Assessment
Learning Task 1: What I Know?
Classify the following musical instruments.
Hornbostel-Sachs Musical Instruments
(Write Idiophone, Membranophone,
Chordophone, Aerophone)
guitar
gong
kudyapi
Bajo de arco
bungkaka
MUSICAL
vocal FORMS
R U M E N T
IN ST
AL
HORNBOSTEL – SACHS
CLASSIFICATION
HORNBOSTEL – SACHS
CLASSIFICATION
Idiophone
HORNBOSTEL – SACHS
CLASSIFICATION
Chordophone
HORNBOSTEL – SACHS
CLASSIFICATION
Membranophone
HORNBOSTEL – SACHS
CLASSIFICATION
Aerophone
HORNBOSTEL – SACHS
CLASSIFICATION
Electrophone
Instruments of
Cordillera
Their musical instruments are composed
of metal instruments and bamboo
instruments.
GANGSA
GANGSA
GANGSA PALOOK
TOPPAYA
TONGATONG
PATTETEG
SAGGEYPO
BUNGKAKA
KULIBAW
PATANGGUK
TONGALI
KOLITONG
PALDONG
SULIBAO KIMBAL
Instrumental Music
MINDORO
The musical instruments of Mindoro are used during rituals,
festivals, and daily activity of Mangyan.
1. Kudyapi. It is a two-string long neck lute, one string for the
melody and one for the drone.
2. Gitgit (Lute). It is a 3 to 4 string instrument made from wood and
human hair for the bow. It is also often referred as “jew’s harp.
3. Kalutang. It is a pair of percussion bars or wood stuck to each
other to produce a pitch.
Mindoro
Kudyapi
Kalutang
Gitgit
Instrumental Music
PALAWAN
Instrumental Music of Palawan
The musical instruments of Palawan are made of bamboo, wood, strings,
and metals.
The bangit is a musical instrument played on the kudyapi, showing rhythm,
movements and sound of natures.
1. Basal. It is a gong ensemble is a set of one or two big hongs. The agung,
and a pair of small ringed gongs, sanang and gimbal (drum)
2. Kudyapi. It is also known as bamboo zither and it consist of one whole
node of bamboo, partly slit to keep the node from splitting apart. It is
played by plucking the strings and the slit allows the sound to vibrate
along the length of the instrument.
3. Gimbal. It is a drum. A musical instruments played with basal.
Palawan
Basal
Kudyapi Gimbal Pagang
Gong Ensemble
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
VISAYAS
Instrumental Music of Visayas
The different ensembles of Visayas reflect not only musical involvement but also their sentiments, way of life, and interaction with one another and in the environment.
Here is the well-known ensemble in the Visayas.
1. Rondalla. It is a string ensemble that originated in Spain which means “serenade”. It is
group of string instruments played with pick. Juan Silos, Jr, the “Father of Rondalla” is
one of many Filipino musicians lead the ensemble.
• Rondalla Instruments
a. Banduria. It is the soprano instrument and usually plays the melodic line of the
composition. It is an instrument that has 14 strings with 16 frets and short neck.
b. Laud. It comes from Spanish word “lute”. It is a plectrum-plucked chordophone that has
12 strings in pairs. It is similar to banduria, tunes in fourths, but its range is one octave
lower.
c. Octavina. It has shorter neck compared to guitar with 14 strings and 16 frets. It is played
with laud, the lower notes in accompaniments and in unison with the bass notes.
d. Guitar. A popular musical instrument with 6 strings. It plays the rhythm of the musical
piece.
e. Bajo de Arco. It is the largest among instruments in most string assemble. It has thick
strings, large body and low notes. The number of strings varies to 4 — 6 and can have
pitches three octave lover than middle octave. It plays bass part of the musical piece.
Visayas
Banduria Laud Octavina Bajo De Arco
1.Tultogan. It is an ensemble of drums and bamboo. To
produce sounds, the body of bamboo is struck with
sticks. This kind of music has relation in the history
because long time ago bamboo is used by natives for
communication.
2.Binanog. It is a gong, drum, wooden percussion ensemble.
It accompanies a dance imitating the fight of the hawk.
Tultogan and Binanog
Make a list of all the musical instruments of Cordillera, Mindoro, Palawan and Visayas. Use the table below for
your answer. Do this activity in your notebook.
Make a project plan for your possible improvise musical instruments inspired from Cordillera, Mindoro,
and Palawan instruments. Use the format below for your guide.
Do it on the oslo paper.
Rubric
What values have you learned in this lesson?
Complete the statement below. Write your answer in your
notebook.
In this lesson, I learned that
_______________________________________________.
I realized that
_____________________________________________________.
“Music is like a dream. “Without music,
life would be a mistake” ― Friedrich
Nietzsche
