TRADITIONAL

INSTRUMENTS OF

LUZON
(INDIGENOUS MUSIC)

PREPARED BY:
FREDMAR JOSEPH R. BALDONASA
BSED MAPEH
PHILIPPINE INDIGENOUS MUSIC
Indigenous or traditional music is accompanied by musical instruments like string,
wind, and percussion, which are typically made of bamboo, wood, or metal. Flutes,
pipes, and panpipes are wooden or bamboo-finished products, while gongs or gangsa
are constructed from metal.
MUSIC OF LOWLANDS OF LUZON
Music for Liturgical and Devotional Music.
MUSIC of the LOWLANDS of LUZON. A form of sacred musical composition, is a
choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharisticliturgy (principally
that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism) to music.
The Lowlands of Luzon consist of several ethnolinguistic groups. Throughout the
lesson, one will discover how the people of the Lowlands of Luzon express their
feelings towards each other and the environment, their history, and their religious beliefs
through voice and musical instruments.
Vocal Music
1.The mass
2.Pastores
3.Moro-moro/Komedya
4.Senakulo
5.Pabasa ng pasyon
6.Salubong

FOLKSONGS OF THE LUZON (Lowlands)

Folk songs are songs written by the folk and are sung to accompany daily activities
such as farming, fishing, and putting the baby to sleep .Traditionally passed on
orally. Most Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other Western influences.
5 examples of Folk Song (Lowlands Luzon)
1.Paru-parung bukid
2.Kuratsa
3.Carinosa
4.Bakya mo Neneng
5.Tinikling
COMMON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF LOWLAND LUZON
LANTUY

BANSIQ

KOLITONG
AFIW

KINABAN

BALINGBING
DIWDIW-AS

MUSIC OF HIGHLAND OF LUZON

Most of the Cordillera Central is the ancestral domain of the 'people of the mountains. ' These
ethno-linguistic groups include: Abra (Itneg), Apayao (Apayao), Benguet (Kankanaey and
Ibaloi), Ifugao (Ifugao), Kalinga (Kalinga) and Mountain Province (Bontoc and Kankanaey).

TYPES OF MUSIC IN HIGHLAND LUZON

This pertains to the Cordillera Music such as Owiwi, Dagdagay, Oppiya, Chag-ay, Oggayan,
Didiyaw, Sangsangit, Sowe-ey, Dakuyon, Dinaweg, Owayat, Chey-asa, Kapya, Angwa, Dawak,
and many others.

3 Categories of the Music of Cordillera

Vocal music.
Instrumental music.
Vocal Ensemble with instrumental accompaniment.
Music Instruments of the Cordillera
Bamboo Stamping Tubes (Tongatong),

Bamboo Pipes in a Row (Saggeypo),

Bamboo Buzzers (Bungkaka),

Bamboo Jew's Harp (Kubing),

Patteteg (Bamboo Leg Xylophones),

Gongs (Gangsa Topayya and Palook)