Diocese of Baguio – Schools

St. Paul’s Academy School of Sayangan, Inc

Sayangan, Paoay, Atok, Benguet
Life transforming and Christ’s disciples Forming Educational Community

Subject: Music 7
Teacher: Jibson C. Acos
Year: Grade 7
MODULE 1-3ND Grading
Week 1: January 03,2021
Lesson 1. Music of Luzon(Lowlands)
Introduction:
In this lesson you will learn the different characteristics of Lowland music, their vocal and
instrumental music accompaniment.
Instruction:
To work on this module, you have to read and understand the concepts, questions for you to
answer the following activities in the succeeding pages. Write your answer on the provided piece of
paper within the module. All learning activities, assessment, and reflection part of this module should
be submitted on January 09, 2021, Please follow STRICTLY the deadlines of submission and DO
NOT also forget to write your names and section.
Competencies:
- Describes the musical characteristics of representative music selections from the lowlands of Luzon.
- Analyzes the musical elements of some Lowland vocal and instrumental music selections.
- Identifies the musical instruments and other sound sources from the lowlands of Luzon.
- Improvises simple rhythmic/melodic accompaniments to selected music from the Lowlands of
Luzon.
Objective:
Discuss the importance of learning vocal and instrumental music of other places particularly in
lowlands.
Concept discussion:
Vocal and instrumental music has an important role in Philippine music. Many of these music,
songs, and instrument represent their culture, beliefs in life. Upon knowing the different vocal and
instrument music, you will get to appreciate the different types of music and instrument used to
played by the people in that particular area before.

Module 1
Activity Title: Music 7
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MUSIC OF LOWLAND LUZON
Music - is a form of art, an expression of emotions through harmonic frequencies. Music is also a
form of entertainment that puts sounds together in a way that people like, find interesting or dance to.
Most music includes people singing with their voices or playing musical instruments, such as
the piano, guitar, drums or violin.
 Music is highly influenced by Spaniards.
 Our ancestors used improvised musical instruments.
 The vocal music is about religious and secular songs.
 Our ancestors are very artistic in nature because they use natural resources present in the
locality to produce musical instruments.
Folksong of 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.

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 - Most Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other Western influences. The people created
melodic chants and indigenous instrument based on the materials available where they lived.
- The folk songs of Luzon lowlands are performed in their native language such as Ilocano,
Pangasinense, Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano, and others.
Characteristics of folk songs are as follows:
Originally passed down orally to the family, and to other members of the community
Learned through rote
Sung in their own dialect
Begins in one key and ends in the same key
Composers and lyricists are usually unknown
Mood can be sentimental, playful, and humorous
Concepts are based on nature or people’s work, tradition, culture
Short and simple
Vocal Music of lowland per places
1. Ilocano
Pamulinawen
Naraniag a Bulan
Manang Biday
Dungdungwen Kanto
Bannatiran
Ti Ayat ti Maysa nga Ubing
Igid Diay Baybay
2. Kapampangan
Atin Cu Pung Singsing
Doredo
Caca, O Caca
Ing Bulung Lara Y Rizal
Tinanam Kung Kamantigui
Misan a Cayaldawan
Patag a Bundoc
Nung Acuing Cucutnan
Y Mariang Malagu
3. Tagalog
Magtanim ay ‘Di Biro
Bahay Kubo
Leron Leron Sinta
Sitsiritsit
Paru-parung Bukid
4. Bicolano
Sarung Banggi – means “one evening,” a folk song from Sto. Domingo, Albay. For
Bicolanos, this is not only a song but also a festival that showcase a variety of cultural
and religious activities that is held every 18th to 25th day of May and performed at night.
Liturgy and Devotional Music
- Religious music of the lowlands of Luzon reveals the impact of Spanish colonization to
the Philippines.
- Introduction of Christianity came the different Western forms of music that are used for
religious rites.
- Some of these were adapted by Filipino musicians to suit Philippine culture and
traditions (Music used for Salubong, Senakulo, Santacruzan, Flores de Mayo)
- Some Indigenous Philippine musical forms were incorporated to Christian practices.
1. Pasyon
- Pasyón is a Philippine narrative of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus
Christ.
- In a form of song with a dramatic theme.
- A book with stanzas of five lines of eight syllables.
- The whole text is chanted Also known as “Pabasa” and is recited during Holy Week
(Semana Santa)
2. Salubong

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 - A religious ritual that re-enacts the meeting of the Risen Christ with His mother on the
dawn of Easter Sunday.
- Performed under a prepared arch where the veiled image of the Virgin Mary has been
placed.
- A child dressed as an angel is lowered by ropes from a high platform to lift the
mourning veil of the grieving mother while other children dressed in an angel costumes
sing the “Rigena Coeli Laetare,” meaning “Queen of Heaven.”
- Church bells are rung to signify the end of Virgin Mary’s mourning for Jesus Christ’s
resurrection from the dead.
3. Flores de Mayo
- Flowers of May” is a Catholic festival held on the month of May.
- Performed as a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary or “Alay” (offering)
- Held in the church or chapel wherein children offer flowers to image of the Virgin Mary
while singing “Alay”
Secular Music
1. Harana
- a serenade traditionally sung by a man to express affection to a woman.
- sang with emotion and usually accompanied by a guitar.
- some popular Filipino harana songs are “Ang Tangi Kong Pag-Ibig,” “O Ilaw,”
“Dungawin Mo Hirang”.
- in duple or quadruple meter in danza menor or habaneratempo.
2. Kumintang
- originated from Balayan, Batangas
- in triple meter with themes of love and courtship
in 1926, when Pasig became the venue of carnival performances, Nicanor Abelardo
was inspired to compose the “Mutya ng Pasig” in kumintang tempo
- the mutya expresses her feelings under the light of the moon, she is mourning the loss
of her love, which symbolizes the country’s loss of freedom
3. Pandanggo
- a dance form that can be found in the different islands of Luzon such as Batanes,
Ilocos, and Tarlac, and parts of the Visayas.
- a variation of the Spanish word fandango.
- became popular in the 19th century among the elite of Manila.
- a form of entertainment in the Tagalog region called Pandangguhan is performed
during social celebrations.
- a courtship dance but it can also refer to a type of song to entertain the farmers in the
rice field.
- the singers of the folk song called pandanggeros and pandanggeras.
4. Polka
- originated from a Bohemian dance that became popular in Europe and America in the
early 19th Century.
- it was performed in elegant evening gatherings at the heights of its popularity during
the Spanish colonial period.
- the tempo is in quick duple meter while the melody is supported by the
chords/harmonies of tonic, dominant and sub-dominant.
- some Philippine folksongs that are in polka rhythm like Pamulinawen (Stone-hearted),
Magtanim Ay‘Di Biro (Planting Rice Is Never Fun) and Leron-leron Sinta (Leron the
Beloved).

5. Balitaw
- a dialogue or courtship song in triple meter, mostly in 2 and 3 parts forms and
arranged with counter melodies.
- Example are: “Sa Libis ngNayon,” “Bakya Mo Neneng,” composed by Santiago Suarez
and “ Arimunding- munding,” composed by Severino Reyes.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
1. Brass Band
- brass band is an ensemble of woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments in the
Philippines.
- usually played in fiestas, religious, and civic celebrations

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 - repertoire may include folk songs, popular music, dance music.
- bands were so remarkable that every town used to have two or more bands. They
sometimes participate and even compete in many town band competitions.
- most fiestas are celebrated in various provinces of the Philippines to honor their patron
saints.
- town fiestas i made more lively by band music.
- a parading brass band is called a marching band.
- provinces like Rizal and Laguna, and schools in the Philippine Military Academy are
home to prominent brass bands in the Philippines.
A. Brass Band Instrument Woodwinds
1. Piccolo

- shorter than the flute

- the sounds it produces is thinner than the flute Clarinet
- has a single-reed mouthpiece
- a straight cylindrical tube with cylindrical bore, and a flared bell
Alto.

2. Saxophone

- commonly used in classical music concert bands, chamber music,

and solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands and jazz bands
Tenor Saxophone
- a medium-sized member of the saxophone family
- uses large mouthpiece, reed and ligature than the alto and
soprano saxophones
- easily distinguished by the bend in its neck, or its crook near the
mouthpiece Flute
- an earophone (wind instrument) that produces its sound from the
flow of air across an opening.
B. BRASSWINDS TROMBONE
1. Trumpet

- has the highest register in the brass family

- played by blowing air through almost- closed lips, producing a
“buzzing” sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air
column inside the instrument

2. Euphonium

- a valve instrument current models are piston-valved.

- it is a non- transposing instrument
known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, variety of character
and agility

3. Sousaphone
- known as the bass, is a type of tuba designed to be easier than
the concerts tuba to play while standing or marching

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 - widely employed in marching bands and various other musical
genres
- the bell is above the tubist’s head and projecting forward
4. French Horn

- commonly known as the horn

- a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with flared
bell
- quality of the sound may also be controlled through the
adjustment of lip tension in the mouthpiece and the operation of
valves by the left hand

C. PERCUSSION CYMBALS
- consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys
- used in many ensembles ranging from the orchestra, percussion ensembles, jazz
bands, heavy metal bands, and marching groups
- the heavier the cymbals the louder the volume
- thin cymbals have a fuller sound, higher pitch, and faster response.
1. Snare Drum

- known as a side drum is an ever-present percussion instrument

known for its cylindrical shape and powerful, staccato sound
- often used in orchestras, concert bands, marching bands,
parades, drum lines, drum corps - played with drum sticks or brush.

2. Bass Drum

- produces a note of low definite and indefinite pitch

- known as percussion instrument and vary in sizes.

3. Las Piñas Bamboo Organ

- as the Philippine National Treasure, the Bamboo Organ can be

found in St. Joseph’s Church, Las Piñas City.
- It is made of 902 bamboo pipes completed in 1824 under the
supervision of Fr. Diego Cera.
- Every February, the city celebrates the International Bamboo
Organ Festival. A number of established foreign and local artist
participate in the cultural event. It aims to pursue and develop the
rich cultural tradition of Las Piñas City.

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D. MUSIKONG BUMBONG

- Musikong Bumbong is Filipino marching bands that use bamboo

woodwind instruments
- The shapes and the sizes are similar to brass band instruments
but have different sounds

E. THE PANGKAT KAWAYAN INSTRUMENTALS INSTUMENTS DESCRIPTION

- Is a bamboo-rattle tubes attached to a bamboo frame.

- tubes are carved to have s resonant pitch when struck, each
angklung represents a note and are tuned to octaves. P
lays the counterpoints to the melody
- is played by shaking the lower part with one hand while the upper
end holding it with the other hand steady.

1. Kalatok

- is a percussion instrument made of pieces of bamboos that are

strung together with pieces of bamboo with varying tones when
struck by a rubber mallet.

2. Talunggating (bamboo marimba)

- is made from bamboo. it follows the musical scale and style of the
typical xylophone.
- plays the melody.
- mallets made out of rattan and rubber are used to play the
instrument.

3. Kalagong

- is a wind instrument that produces a hollow gong-like sound.

- plays by tapping the top wholes of the bamboos by two flat and
flexible surface tapper.
- serves as bass of the group.

4. Pan pipes

- is a small pieces of bamboo in graduated small tubes that has

been put together by a string.
- the sound and styling of the wind instruments found in northern
Philippines
- each pipe represents a note and is blown to produce the sound.

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 5. Tulali (bamboo flute)

- is made of bag (one of the smallest bamboo varieties).

- a bamboo opening encircled by a banana leafing to a pentatonic
scale played on four holes, one found below and three on top of the
bamboo tube.

6. Kiskis

- is a bamboo piece with ridges and serves as a percussion

instrument.
- kiskis is a filipino word which means “to scratch” or “to rub against
something”.
- is played by rubbing a rattan stick on its ridges.

F. ANGKLUNG ENSEMBLE
- a small group of musicians who plays angklung bamboo
instruments
- made of bamboo-rattle tubes attached to a bamboo frame
- manner of playing the angklung is by rapidly shaking the bottom
part of the frame while the other hand steadily holds the upper part
of the instrument
- angklung shakers plays only one or two pitches
- commonly accompanied by double bass, guitars and percussion
instruments

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 Diocese of Baguio – Schools
St. Paul’s Academy School of Sayangan, Inc
Sayangan, Paoay, Atok, Benguet
Life transforming and Christ’s disciples Forming Educational Community

Subject: MUSIC 7
Teacher: Jibson C. Acos
Year and Section: Grade 7
MODULE 1-3RD Grading
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
NAME: __________________ SECTION: ____________________
Activity 1.

Multiple choice: Read and understand the following questions. Write your correct answer on
the space provided before the number.
_______1. It is widely employed in marching bands and various other musical genres.
a. Piccolo b. Saxophone c. Trumpet d. Sousaphone
______ 2. This instrument has the highest register in the brass family.
a. Sousaphone b. Euphonium c. Trumpet d. Piccolo
______ 3. A valve instrument current models are piston-valve.
a. Euphonium b. Saxophone c. Piccolo d. Sousaphone
______ 4. It is an earphone (wind instrument) that produces its sound from the flow of air across an
opening.
a. Piccolo b. Trumpet c. Saxophone d. Euphonium
______ 5. This instrument has straight cylindrical tube with cylindrical bore, and a flared bell Alto.
a. Piccolo b. Saxophone c. Trumpet d. Euphonium

Activity 2.

Essay. Read carefully the following question and write your answers on the space provided.
5pts each.
Your answer will be evaluated using the criteria below.
Content – 3
Grammar and spelling – 2
1. Why are folk songs important in the Philippine music?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________.

Reflect on this Bible verse: Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his
wonderful acts.
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_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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 Diocese of Baguio – Schools
St. Paul’s Academy School of Sayangan, Inc
Sayangan, Paoay, Atok, Benguet
Life transforming and Christ’s disciples Forming Educational Community

Subject: MUSIC 7
Teacher: Jibson C. Acos
Year and Section: Grade 7
MODULE 1-3RD Grading
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
NAME: ___________________ SECTION: ____________________
Balitaw Pandango Kumintang Kalatok
Bass drum Polka Harana kalagong
Las pinas bamboo Piccolo Flore de Mayo Pan pipes
organ
Talungating Saxophone Salubong Ki skis
Snare drum Trumpet Pasyon Tulali

INDENTIFICATION: Read and understand the following questions. Write your correct answer on the
space provided before the number. Choose the correct answers on the box provided above.
___________________1. It is a Philippine narrative of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus
Christ.
___________________2. A religious ritual that re-enacts the meeting of the Risen Christ with His
mother on the dawn of Easter Sunday.
___________________3. It is performed as a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary or “Alay” (offering).
___________________4. A traditional serenade sung by a man to express affection to a woman.
___________________5. This instrument is originated from Balayan, Batangas.
___________________6. A dance form that can be found in the different islands of Luzon such as
Batanes, Ilocos, and Tarlac, and parts of the Visayas.
___________________7. It is performed in elegant evening gatherings at the heights of its popularity
during the Spanish colonial period.
___________________8. A dialogue or courtship song in triple meter, mostly in 2 and 3 parts forms
and arranged with counter melodies.
___________________9. This instrument produces thinner sound than the flute Clarinet.
__________________10. An earphone (wind instrument) that produces its sound from the flow of air
across an opening.
__________________11. It has the highest register in the brass family.
__________________12. It is played by blowing air through almost- closed lips, producing a
“buzzing” sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument.
__________________13. It is often used in orchestras, concert bands, marching bands, parades,
drum lines, drum corps - played with drum sticks or brush.
__________________14. It is usually played in fiestas, religious, and civic celebrations.
__________________15.The Philippine National Treasure, the Bamboo Organ can be found in St.
Joseph’s Church, Las Piñas City.
__________________16. It is made from bamboo. it follows the musical scale and style of the typical
xylophone.
__________________17. A percussion instrument made of pieces of bamboos that are strung
together with pieces of bamboo with varying tones when struck by a rubber mallet.
__________________18. A mallets made out of rattan and rubber are used to play the instrument.
__________________19. It is a wind instrument that produces a hollow gong-like sound.
__________________20. It is a small pieces of bamboo in graduated small tubes that has been put
together by a string.

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 Mini Performance Task
Draw one musical instrument of Luzon(lowland). Use the space below to draw your output. Your
output will be evaluated using the following criteria.
15 10 5
Content
Creativity and
neatness
Effort
Total:

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Music in the Cordilleran region.
The music of the cordillera region consists of songs and chants. Their folk songs address social issues
such as work, war, love, and relationship. Their folk songs depict the people the people’s way of life that

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centers on nature, family, and work in the field. Their folk’s songs also depict the people’s spiritual life
and entertainment.

Folk songs of the Cordillera region.

1. Salidommay – is a familiar songs from the highland of Luzon specifically from the people of
Ifugao, Mountain province. This song is sung in many occasions of the ethnic groups such as
weddings, festivities, and rituals.
2. Hudhud ni aliguyon – is an epic from the Cordillera region. It is performed by means of
chanting with women as the lead singers. This song depicts honor, love, heroism, marriage, and
revenge.
3. Dang-dang-ay si dong-ilay – is a traditional tune popularized during World War II by guerilla
soldier. The words may be extemporaneous to suit the occasion. This is sung for entertainment,
usually by a male.
Musical instruments of Cordillera.
During the early days, musical instruments served as an important aspect in ceremonial function:
Wedding
Birth
War
Courtship
1. Paldong – is an open bamboo pipe that has three finger hole and a mouth piece.

2. Kaleleng/ baling – a nose flute that is played through the nostrils while the other end is being plugged.

3. Diwdiw-as – it is made up of slender bamboo pipes of differing length. It is also called panpipe. It is
played by moving the mouth through the hole while blowing it at the same time.

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4. Pas-ing – is a chordophone of the Igorots. It is two-plucked instrument.

5. Litgit – is a bamboo violin which is played by means of rubbing to produces friction.

6. Gangsa – is a single hand-held smooth surfaced gong with a narrow rim.

7. Sulibao – this is a conical tenor drum which originated either from the Ifugaos or ibalois. It played
by means of tapping with hands or with a padded stick.

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 Diocese of Baguio – Schools
St. Paul’s Academy School of Sayangan, Inc
Sayangan, Paoay, Atok, Benguet
Life transforming and Christ’s disciples Forming Educational Community

Subject: MUSIC 7
Teacher: Jibson C. Acos
Year and Section: Grade 7
MODULE 1-3RD Grading
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
NAME: __________________ SECTION: ____________________
Essay. Read carefully the following question and write your answers on the space provided.
5pts each.
Your answer will be evaluated using the criteria below.
Content – 3
Grammar and spelling – 2

ACTIVITY 1. Gangsa is a well know musical instrument in our place. Describe its
physical characteristics, sound and how does it played.

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
___________.

Activity 2.

Multiple choice: Read and understand the following questions. Write your correct answer on the space
provided before the number.
______ 1. It is well known instrument that is played during canao, wedding, and it is made up of
metallic and it has a smooth surface.
a. Solibao b. Agong c. Gimbal d. Gangsa
______ 2. It is made up bamboo, and it is played by the use of nostrils.
a. Pas-ing b. Litgit c. Kalaleng d. Diwdiw as
______ 3. It is an open bamboo pipe that has three finger hole and a mouth piece.
a. Paldong b. Baling c. Kalaleng d. Litgit
______ 4. This instrument is elongated, it has a smooth surface, and it is heated on fire before playing. It
is also played among Cordilleran people.
a. Agong b. Gimbal c. Solibao d. Tugo
______5. It is performed by means of chanting with women as the lead singers. Also depict heroism,
love and revenge.
a. Hudhud ni Aliguyon b. Salidommay c. Dang-dang-ay si dong-ilay d. Bagbagtu
______6. This instrument is made up of bamboo, which is played by tapping within the right hand, and
it produces vibrating sound.
a. Piw piw b. Litgit c. Pas-ing d. Diwdiw as
______7. It is a familiar song from the highland of Luzon specifically from the people of Ifugao,
Mountain province, it is performed through dancing while singing.

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 a. Dang-dang-ay si dong-ilay b. Hudhud ni Aliguyon c. Bagbagtu
d. Salidommay

Module 2
Activity Title: Music 7
Learning Competencies: Identifies the musical instruments and other sound sources from the lowlands of Luzon
Music of Mindoro, Palawan, and the Visayas
Function of music of Mindoro
- music is an important part in the everday activities of the indigenous group of Mindoro. The following
are some of the fuction of their musi:
1. to celebrate festive occasions
2. to entertain visitors
3. to court a woman/maiden
4. to be used in religious rituals
Vocal music of Mindoro
1. Igway - it is their own word for 'song'
2. Marayaw - is a genre of songs used to communicate with spirits in rituals for healing the sick
and protecting the community by an Indigenous Group called Iraya-Mangyan.
3. Pamuybuyen - it is a legend which means 'fear of water'
4. Ambahan - It is a chanted poem of seven lines. Usually, it is used by a young man to
serenade a girl during courtship. But it really is a chanted poem.

Instrumental music of Mindoro

1. Lantoy – is a tiny flute that can be played either by nose or mouth.

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 3. Bangsi – is an external pipe flute.

4. Gitgit – is an instrumental with 3 to 4 string. It has a wooden body. The hair of a person
is used as strings for three bow.

5. Kudlong – is a boat-shaped plucked string instrument.

5. Kinaban – is also called a jaw harp because of the manner in which it is being played.

6. Batiwtiw – is a bamboo instrument from Mindoro about 40 cm long, played by striking the
split end of a bamboo against the left palm.

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7. Buray-dipay – is a bean rattle instrument.

8. Agong – is bossed bronze gong used during special occasions of the mangyans.

9. Gimbal – is akind of drum made of animal skin. It is played by tapping of the bare hands.

10. Tugo – is a cylindrical-shaped drum made up of wood.

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Vocal music of Palawan. The music of Palawan is quite similar to that of Mindoro when it comes to
musical elements, process, musical intruments, nd function.
Folksong of Palawenos are simple yet full of wisdom and practicalitt. Their folk songs serve as part of
their social activity and everyday living. Some of the social functions of Palawan folk songs are:
Lullaby – is a gentle song sung to send a child to sleep. Example: Sandaw is a song in pentatonic or
diatonic scale.
For serenading – example of this is the cancion song
Ballads – also known as composo. It tells about the factual events in people’s everyday life.
Cuyunon folksong – is a song about people’s activity and occupation such as: fishing and weaving.
Song of the dead – used to entertainment the bereaved family. Example: Koirdas dila Bordon is a song
sung during a wake.
Musical elements:
Simple melodies
Stanzaic
Instruments have hemitonic scale with seven pitches.
Vocal music of Palawan
Tul tul - is to be possessed by a Taw Tultultulan. These “epic Heroes” are a type of humanity
who lives in the median apsce and interced between people on this earth and Ampuq. They
are a Beevolent Humanity protecting the “Real Men” Epics are always chanted at night, ending
at daybreak; it is forbidden to sing when the sun shines and during the day. This prohibition
links the epic to the night and a sacred world.
Ulit – the shaman sings the different experience of the voyage of his double, kuruduwa, by a
specific chant, the lumbago, whose melody is in all points assimilable that the soul of the
shaman overcomes in the course of his voyage that constitute the shamanic chant.
Bagit – played on the kudyapi, showing rhythm, movements and sound of nature like rustling of
leaves, running water, chirping pf the birds, monkey, snakes.
Musical intruments are made up of wood,strings and metals.
Musical instrument of Palawan

1. Kudyapi – a kind of lute which produces a harmonic sound by strumming two tones in
between verses.

2. Tipanu – is the Tagbanua,s mouth flute.

3. Beberek – is a nose flute.

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4. Aruding - is Palawan,s jaw,s harp.

5. Babandil – is a small bossed gong.

6. Gimbal – is a tagbanwas, drum with an animal skin.

Folk songs and Musical instruments of the Visayas

Functions of Visayan Folk songs.

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 Music plays an important role in the development of the cognitive, emotional, and social life of people.
The music of the Visayas are used for:
Work
Entertainment
Rituals
Worship
Musical elements
Tempo is slow or fast and playful.
Dynamics: lullaby has soft dynamics
Vocal music of Visayas.
Lullaby – is also called a cradle song. The melody is soft and gentle and is accompanied with
slow tempo and simple notes. These are the unique characteristics that put an infant to sleep.
Balitaw – is a lively song which is performed as a song and dance number where a man and
woman exchange dialogues as if having a debate.
Ballad – are country or folk songs, children’s song, love songs, and liturgical songs.
Ethnic instruments of Visayas.

1. Subing – a wind instrument made of bamboo.

2. Angklung – is made of bamboo tubes and is attached to frame which is also made up of bamboo. It is
played by shaking.

3. Gabbang – is made of small bamboo keys just like the one seen in the picture which looks like a
xylophone. It is played by means of striking with a wooden stick.

4. Tultogan – is the Hiligaynon and Kiniray-a word for the indigenous bamboo drum.

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Music of Mindanao
Vocal music of Mindanao - is regarded as one with the highest artistic and technical excellence among
the indigenous groups of the Philippines. Their songs produce a melisma, or long melodic phrases.
Indigenous musical of Mindanao.
Miminsal – a ritual dance song and chant of Mindanao.
Tud-ob – a harvest song of Agusan that is composed of four notes.
Tangungo – Sulu’s song which is performed with four gongs.
Estijiro – Mindanao’s ancient folk song and dance.
Kambiok – a free rhythmic song of the Maranaos.
Sua-sua – performed as a courtship song of Jolo, Sulu.
Sagayan – a war dance of Bukidnon
Kissa – a love song of datus and princesses of the Tausug tribe.
Kandidiagao – a melodious song of lamenting over the dead of the Maranaos.
Indigenous musical instrument of Mindanao
1. Kulintang – are musical instrument from Maguindanao which is composed of a row of small,
horizontally-laid brass gongs that functions melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and
drum.

2. Gandingan – is a set of four large hanging gongs which is played as part of the kulintang ensemble of
Maguindanao.

3. Suling – also called the ring flute, is the smallest bamboo flute of Maguindanao. Thesound is
produced when the air passes through the hole found at the bottom of the instrument while the pitch is
controlled through the five finger holes at the top and one finger hole located at the bottom.

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4. Palendag – is the lip-valley flute and one of the most common areophanes of the Maguindanaons.

6. Kagul – is a Maguindanao bamboo scraper gong/slit drum with a jagged edge on one side. To
play the kagul, one would use one’s foot to hold the instrument on the ground.

6. Dabakan – a drum, that look like a goblet used by Maranao in their Kulintang ensembles.

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Module 3

Activity Title: Music 7

Learning Competencies: Identifies the musical instruments and other sound sources from the lowlands of
Luzon.
Musical instrumental of lowland.
What is musical instruments?
- The human body is considered the earliest form of musical instruments.

1. Bajo de unas – A bass guitar that looks like a big guitar and it is played by a plectrum.

2. Banduria - is a plucked chordophone from Spain, similar to the mandolin, primarily used in Spanish folk
music, but also found in former Spanish colonies.

3. Double bass - also known simply as the bass (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or
plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

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3. Laud - is a plectrum-plucked chordophone from Spain, played also in diaspora countries such as Cuba
and the Philippines. It belongs to the cittern family of instruments.

4. Octavina - is a guitar-shaped Filipino instrument with a tuning similar to the laúd. Originally a Spanish
instrument, the octavina was soon incorporated into other cultures, notably including Filipino culture.

5. Las Pina’s bamboo organ - The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas City,
Philippines, is a 19th-century church organ with unique organ pipes; Of its 1031 pipes 902 are made
of bamboo.

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SUMMATIVE TEST (MUSIC 7)
 Multiple Choice.
Write the letter of the best answer. Write it before the number.
 
_______1. This refers to songs written by folks and are sung to accompany daily activities such as farming,
fishing, and putting the baby to sleep.
a. Folk dances  c. Instrumental songs
b. Folk songs  d. liturgy and devotional music
 
_______2. How are folk songs passed down to the family and to the other members of the community?
a. It is passed down orally  c. it is sent through email
b. It is written on books  d. none of the above
 
_______3. All are characteristics of folk songs EXCEPT
a. Originally passed down orally  c. sung in religious activities
b. Short and simple  d. composers and lyricists are usually unknown.
 
_______4. It refers to the fixed sets of ceremonies, words that are used during public worship in a religion.
a. Liturgy and devotional music  c. folk music
b. Rock music  d. secular music.
 
_______5. The Pasyon is a retelling of the Passion of Christ. It is traditionally done during______________.
a. Flores de Mayo  c. Christmas day
b. Lenten Season (Semana Santa) d. Easter Sunday.
 
_______6. Salubong(Tagalog for “meeting”) is a traditional Filipino devotion that reenacts the encounter of
the risen Christ with his mother. This is being celebrated during__________________.
a. Lenten Season  c. Easter Sunday
b. Fiestas  d. Christmas day
 
_______7. Flores de Mayo(Spanish for "flowers of May") is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of
May. It is one of the devotions to the ______________________.
a. Blessed Virgen Mary  c. Jesus Christ
b. Saint Rita of Cassia  d. Saint Pedro Calungsod8.
 
_______8. It is a religious-historical event that dramatizes the finding of the Holy Cross by the Queen Helena
and her son, Constantine the Great. It is held throughout the Philippines during the month of May.
a. Pasyon  c. Santa Cruzan
b. Alay  d. Salubong
 
_______9. It refers to any music that is NOT religious in nature.
a. Liturgy and devotional music  c. instrumental music
b. Folk songs  d. secular music

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 ______10. It is a serenade traditionally sung by a man to express his love to a lady.
a. Balitaw  c. Polka
b. Harana  d. Kumintang.
 
_______11. This song originated from Balayan, Batangas usually in triple meter with themes of love and
courtship
a. Balitaw  c. Polka
b. Kumintang  d. Harana
 
_______12. 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. It is a variation of Spanish word________________.
a. Fandango  c. Flowers of May
b.Pandanggo  d. Pasyon
_______13. It is a dialogue or courtship song in triple meter, mostly in 2 and 3 part forms and arranged with
counter melodies.
a. Balitaw  c. Kumintang
b. Polka  d. Harana
_______14. Through its melody, lyrics and expressive singing, kundiman conveys a selfless and spiritual
attitude, intense love, longing, caring, and devotion.Kundiman came from thewords__________________.
a. “Ngayon at Kailan Man”
c. “Kung Hindi Man”
b. “Nasaan Man”
d. “Kung Saan Man”
_______ 15. It is a guitar-shaped Filipino instrument with a tuning similar to the laud. 
a. Octavina c. Double bass
b. Laud d. Banduria
_______16. It means how quietly or loudly a piece of music should be played.
a. dynamic c. texture
b. harmony d. rhythm
_______17. Ang tangi kung pag ibig is an example of.
a. harana c. pandanggo
b. kumintang d. polka
_______18. Polka sa Nayon is an example of what secular music?
a. balitaw c. kumintang
b. pandanggo d. polka
_______19. This are music under secular music EXCEPT.
a. pandanggo c. polka sa nayon
b. akin ka nalang d. o ilaw
_______20. This are music under folksong EXCEPT.
a. leron leron sinta c. maghihintay ako
b. bahay kubo d. pamulinawen

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