Aubrey R.

Salonga
 Philippines Singapore
 Thailand Brunei
 Laos Indonesia
 Cambodia Myanmar
 Vietnam East timor
 Malaysia
 Essential Question:
How is culture
reflected in Southeast
Asian music?
The music of Southeast Asia
reflects different aspects of
Asian culture through its
timbre, rhythm, melody,
texture, form and style.
Activity: Group work
Make a report/collage for each
Southeast Asian country using
pictures of fabrics, art work,
architecture and other aspects of
culture. Relate how these aspects
of culture are influenced
by history such as foreign influences
(Dutch in Indonesia, Chinese in
Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and
Thailand, Spain and America in the
Philippines and India in Indonesia,
Burma, Malaysia, Brunei).
Explore
Activity:
“Concoctions and
Connections”
Match the picture with
the music: Choose
from which country
(Philippines,
Indonesia, Thailand)
Indonesia:
Dutch influences in the
keroncong through the use of
the cuk and cak and western
instruments.
Thailand:
Chinese influence can be seen
in Thai architecture and Thai
tonal language.
Philippines:
Rondalla were influenced by
Spanish bandurilla.
The music of Southeast
Asia is diverse because
of the different
geographical, historical
and cultural influences
in the region.
Thailand, Burma, Laos
and Cambodia have
Chinese influences.
While Indonesia,
Malaysia and Brunei
have Hindu and
Arabic Influences.
Thai Pi Phat (Gong ensemble)
Thai Khruang Sai ( String ensemble)
Indonesia gamelan( gong ensemble)
Philippine-gangsa
-kulintangan
-rondalla
Aside from monarchy, the
influence of colonization is
evident in the music of the
Philippine and Indonesia.
Spanish influences in
Philippine music can be
seen in the sarswela,
rondalla and tiples( boy’s
choir)
American influences in
popular music and
bodabil theatre form.
Dutch influences can be
seen in keroncong, an
instrumental ensemble
of Indonesia that is
composed mainly of
westernized instrument
such as guitar,
cuk(chuk) and
cak(chak) which are
small guitars, double
bass, violin and flute.
This evident in the use of
bamboo instrument
( Philippine kalingga
tongatong, patteteg,
bungkaka and
 Malabon musikong
bumbong as well as
Indonesian sumatran
bamboo instrument
such as the anklung.
 LIC Angklung Ensemble - 2008 Performance at
FBCE - YouTube.flv
Firm up
Activity: Make a Venn
diagram
Find commonalities in terms of
how the musical elements
show similarities and
differences in culture.
 Spanish,
American, Chest and head
Japanese tone, mixed
colonizers textures, diatonic
major-minor
Plucked lute scales
(rondalla, Gongs, gangsa,
keroncong), chest kulintang gamelan,
and some head piphat, jews harp
voice krung sai

Indonesia( Nasal voice

five/seven note pentatonic
Dutch scales) Chinese
colonizer influences
DEEPEN
Activity: “Experiencing
the music of Southeast
Asia through
Performance”
Learn selected folk songs
from Southeast Asian
countries:
Thai festival song
“Loi, Loi Khratong”
Wan pen__du-an sib song nam
kor
Nong tam ta-ling. Rao thang
chai ying__sa-nuk kan ching
wan loi gratong
Loi-loi khratong loi-loi
khratong loi gratong
kan laew-korchemnong
kaew ogmarram wong
Ram wongwanloi
khratong.ramvongwanloi
khratong Boon ja song hai
rao suk jai boon ja song
hai rao suk jai.
 DAY5
Discussion/
Lecture
Pesindhen (local
Indonesian singer) using
both chest and head
voice. In the Philippines,
there are many vocal
timbres ( chest and head
voice) associated with
different traditions
and functions such as
indegenous epic
singing example
hudhud,pasyon, choral
singing in the
tiples, kundiman or
Philippine art
song, popular or jazz
singing.
In Thai, Lao and
Cambodian there is such
a thing as the mowlan or
molam vocal tradition, a
sort of epic singing similar
to Philippine visayan
balitaw wherein a man
and woman debate in a
sing –song manner.
Kulintang
Gamelan
an ensemble of
tuned
percussion
instrument that
include
metallophones,
drums, gong and
bamboo flutes.
 The Gamelan Music Of Indonesia. -
YouTube.flv
 Pi Phat Ensemble

is a kind of
ensemble in
the classical
music of Thailand,
which features
wind and
percussion
instruments
 Piphat Ensemble.flv
 Traditional music in Southeast Asia -
YouTube.mp4
Philippines -
kundiman, balitaw, salid
ummay /
gangsa, kulintang, bamb
oo instruments, rondalla,
marching band
 Thailand,Laos, Cambodia,
Vietnam –molam, mawlun
/ kaen mouth organ, dan
tranh, dan co, dan ty ba, pi
phat, ching, ranat, ehru
 is a mouth organ of Lao origin
whose pipes, which are usually
made of bamboo, are connected
with a small, hollowed-out
hardwood reservoir into which
air is blown, creating a sound
similar to that of the violin.
 is a
plucked zither of Vietnam.
It has a wooden body and
steel strings, each of which
is supported by a bridge in
the shape of an inverted
"V."
Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei
, Indonesia – pesinden/
gamelan, keroncong
Myanmar – music bears
Indian influences
Day6
Learn selected folk songs
from Southeast Asian
countries;
Philippine welcome
song “ Salidummay”
Tay bulan ti Diciembre
Nabomba-an ti kampyonhe
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Kaasi ni darling ko
Intaray ti suldado
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Marbakoma ti bantay
Parpabor-an a ti baybay
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Pareng no makitak pay
Ti darling ko no di pay natay
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Kunak no U.S Army
In tagayam kabosormi
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Kunak no aniya ti aglibu-libom
In tagayam nga pikbom
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Idinalpas iti gubat
Babai ti kumama
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Kunak no U.S Army
In tagayam kabosormi
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Kunak no aniya ti aglibu-libom
In tagayam nga pikbom
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
Idinalpas iti gubat
Babai ti kumama
Ay ay Salidommay
Salidommay diway
(2x)
 SALIDOMMAY - Mabuhay Singers -
YouTube.flv
DAY7
TRANSFER
“Southeast Asian
Soundscapes”
Culminating Activity
Present the individual and
group performances of
songs from Southeast
Asian country.
Criteria:
Clear tone quality 20%
Correct expression 20%
Correct style 20%
Correct pitch 20%
Correct rhythm 20%
100%
 DAY 8
QUIZ/RECITATION/
PERFORMANCE
I. ENUMERATE THE
SOUTHEAST ASIAN
COUNTRIES
1. Odmely

2. nda trnha
3. Gelanam

4. Ablitwa

5. dalRonla
6. Khnae
7. Pi atPh
8. Sphtroic
9. Micsu
10. klanngu
1. Which country bears there
music more on Indian
influences?
Myanmar Philippines
Indonesia Thailand
2. A vocal tradition in
Thailand, Laos and
Cambodia.
Strophic Balitaw
Slendro Molam
3. A Philippine visayan
song wherein a man
and woman debate in a
sing –song manner.
Strophic Balitaw
Kundiman Molam
4. A repeating tune on
different verses.
Strophic Balitaw
Kundiman Molam
5. It is a Thai festival
song.
Palendag Kalaleng
Salidummay
Loi loi khratong
6. 7.