MODULE #3

GRADE 7

Teacher: Mrs. Mylen S. Han

--- Sacred Heart College ---

A.Y. 2020 - 2021

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CONTENT

MUSIC OF MINDANAO

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the module, the students are expected to:

1. identify the musical characteristics of representative music selections from

Mindanao.
2. analyze the musical elements of some Mindanao vocal and instrumental
music
3. explain the distinguishing characteristics of representative music selections
of Mindanao in relation to its culture and geography
4. explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that is similar to
the instruments being studied
5. improvise simple rhythmic/melodic accompaniments to selected music
from Mindanao
6. perform instruments/improvised instruments from Mindanao, alone and/or
with others
7. provide accompaniment to selected music of Mindanao to selected
music of Mindanao
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THIRD QUARTER
S.Y. 2020-2021

IW in Music 7
Student # B ______ G_______
Name __________________________________ Due date __________________________
Grade 7-________________________________ Date submitted _____________________
1. How will you describe the different Palabunibunyan Instruments of Mindanao?
A. Kulintang- _____________________________________________________________
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B. Dabakan- _____________________________________________________________
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C. Babandil- ______________________________________________________________
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D. Agung- ________________________________________________________________
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E. Gandingan- ___________________________________________________________
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2. What do you think is a string instrument?

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3. How do you think the instrument produces sound?
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Mindanao has a tradition of very rich vocal and instrumental music. Several
traditions of various tribes are still retained in various roles. One of them, like chants
and lullabies, is vocal music. The Miminsad, a dance song, is one of the chant
presentations in Mindanao. With the accompaniment of native musical
instruments, the performers walk before the altar.

One of the dominant instruments used in instrumental music is the gong. It

represents the spiritual and natural life of a Muslim Filipino. As part of their
everyday experience, it is characterized by rituals and practices. The music that
accompanies them makes them fervent and vibrant.

Lesson 1: Palabunibunyan Ensemble

Maguindanaon's most widely performed instruments are those composed

of an ensemble of loud instruments called palabunibunyan. Gongs with a boss in
the center are the majority of these instruments.
All the instruments of the ensemble, with exception of the agung that
is played exclusively by men, are played by either men or women. The
palabunibunyan is for merrymaking and is therefore not played during the
occurrences of death, calamities and for fasting month of Ramadan.
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Palabunibunyan Instruments
1. Kulintang - It is made up of eight
graduated-size gongs placed in a row. It
is played by striking two wooden sticks
against the bosses or knot of gongs. It
plays the role of the melody in the
ensemble, played as part of the melody
by a single player who can create
improvisations.

2. Dabakan – It is an hour glass, conical, or goblet-shaped

wooden drum covered with animal skin. It played using
two wooden sticks.

3. Babandil – It is a small suspended gong played on

its rim using a wooden stick. It is primarily as the
timekeeper of the Maguindanaon kulintang
ensemble.

4. Agung – It consists of two wide-rimmed, kettle-

shaped gongs. It is played with a light-padded
stick on the rim of the gongs.

5. Gandingan – It is also known as “talking gongs”

consisting of four suspended gongs with narrow
rims. It is played with two light-padded mallets.
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LEARNING ACTIVITY 1
Listen and observe carefully the music and the instruments being used in
the recordings “Sanlibutan” by: Ang Grupong Pendong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9O2GdUsAgM

Answer the following questions:

1. What particular instruments did you hear from the recording?

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2. Were they used the same way as the traditional playing of the kulintang
ensemble? If yes, How?
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_______________________________________________________________________.
3. Do the song’s melody and mood give the feeling of the same traditional
Mindanao ritual or celebration? If yes, Why?
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4. What is the effect of using modern text and melodic progression and
mixed with the traditional Mindanao gong ensemble/ other instruments on
the modern generation?
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FORMATIVE EVALUATION
Encircle the instruments that belong to the Kulintang Ensemble.

1. angklung bunkaka agung pateteg

2. babandil patangguk bangsi gangsa

3. saggeypo ulibaw kusyapig dabakan

4. pagang basal kinaban gandingan

5. aruding kulintang tongatong babarak

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Lesson 2: Lute Music of Mindanao

Lute Instrument of Mindanao

Kudyapi
- It is an example of lute instrument with two strings.
- It has frets in a boat likes shaped body.
- It is made of wooden carve.
- It has many bridges where the strings are raised.
- It is known as a “speaking instrument.”
- It measures 152 cm or 5 ft. long and 11.5 cm or around 5 inches wide.
Uses:
- Wooing
- Accompanying songs and dances
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Kudlung

- It is a two-stringed boat lute of the Bagobo.

- It is made of wood with a fretted neck.
- It measures 118 cm or 4 ft. long and 10.5 cm or around 4 inches wide.

Drone is a continuous low dull humming sound.

Did you know that…

Joey Ayala, a singer and songwriter and his group called Bagong Lumad
have founded new ways of performing indigenous music in
contemporary style through the medium of pop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4zGJi6Exk
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LEARNING ACTIVITY 2
Watch a kudyapi performance from Youtube. Listen and analyze the way
the player plays the instruments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OGHt50WhcI

1. What can you say about the rendition of music produced by the
instruments?
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2. What is the technique required to produced the drone and the melody?
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FORMATIVE EVALUATION
Exit Slip

Things I learned today…

3

2
Things I found interesting…

1
Question I still have…
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Lesson 3: Other Instruments of Mindanao

The bamboo and wood instruments in Mindanao illustrate how music

and the environment connect with the Filipino way of life and influence it.
Although there are variants of bamboo and wood instruments per ethnic group,
all of them are united by the music's spiritual and personal functions.

Ways on how to play the different instruments:

1. Blowing (aerophones)
2. Shaking or hitting (idiophones, membranophones)
3. Plucking (chordophones)

Bamboo and Wood Instruments

1. Kubing
- It is a Jew’s harp from Mindanao.
- It is also a “speaking instrument” like the kudyapi.
- It is used in courtship.
2. Kagul
- It is a type of bamboo scraper gong.
- It has jagged edge on one side and played with
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two beaters, one scarping the jagged edge and the other making a
beat.
- The sound produced helps to scare away voracious birds from their
rice paddies.
- It is used as accompaniment for dance rhythms during social
occasions.
3. Luntang
- It is one of the Maguindanaon xylophones.
- Yakans called it kwintangan kayo.
- It has five horizontal logs hung in ascending
order arranged by pitch and are struck vertically.
- It can be played by solo or by two people with one person on either
side.
- It is used for entertainment, to keep farmers awake to scare the birds
away from the fields, for long distance communication and for social
interactions between sexes as well.
4. Gabbang
- It is a bamboo xylophone of the Muslims of Sulu.
- It is made of wood and trapezoidal in shape.
- It is played by hitting the bamboo blades with a
padded rubber mallet.
5. Gandang
- It is a double-headed cylindrical drum.
- Both ends are covered with animal skin.
- It is used by the Maranaos.
- It is played by striking using hands or wooden sticks.
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6. Suling
- It is the smallest bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon.
- It is made of “tamiang” bamboo, a long, thin-walled
Bamboo tube.
- The mouthpiece is circled with a thin band made of rattan near s small
hole.
7. Sahunay
- It is a pipe instrument with six finger holes.
- It has a bell made from bamboo leaf.
- It is used by Tausug.

LEARNING ACTIVITY 3
Compare and contrast the characteristics of sound produced by
bamboos and gongs as well as the manner of playing them.
Bamboos: Gongs:
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FORMATIVE EVALUATION
Fill in the graphic organizer below.

Aerophones Chordophones

Names of Musical
Instruments of
Membranophones Idiophones
Mindanao

THIRD QUARTER REFLECTION

1. How do I value the functions of eco-friendly materials being used in the
musical instruments?
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2. What concrete contribution/s can I give to my beloved country in
preserving instrumental forms?
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Performance Assessment Title: Kulintang Ensemble Presentation

Performance Standard
The learner…
- performs the music of Mindanao with appropriate expression and style

Learning Competencies
The learner…
- improvises simple rhythmic/ melodic accompaniments to selected music
from Mindanao
- perform improvised instruments from Mindanao with others

Task Description
- Students must create an improvised instrument similar to instrument from
Mindanao.
- They must perform a simple tune with pattern using their improvised musical
instruments (Dabakan, kulintang, gandingan, babandil and agung) with
their family members (at least 2-3 presenters) or they can play their
improvised instruments on their own creating different patterns each
instrument.
- They will take a video of their presentation and must not exceed to 1
minute.
- Student must take a picture of their improvised instrument.

Product/ Performance
- Kulintang Ensemble Presentation

Assessment Criteria/ Rubric

Criteria Advanced (5) Proficient (4) Developing (3) Beginning (2)
Tone Quality
Producing Instrument Instrument Instrument Instrument
good tone playing can playing can playing can playing is not
quality from be heard and be slightly be be easily heard at all
the blends well heard. heard over times.
instrument with others. others.
Tempo
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Accurate Tempo is Tempo is Tempo is Tempo is
and accurate and accurate and accurate and wrong in all
consistent consistent in all consistent for consistent for parts of
speed of parts most parts of some parts of throughout
instrument throughout the the pattern. the pattern. the patterns
playing pattern.
Posture
Projection Correct Correct Correct Correct
while posture is posture is posture is posture is not
sitting/playing consistently demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated
the demonstrated for most parts for some parts while playing.
instrument while playing. while playing. while playing.
Creativity and Originality
Instruments The instruments The The instruments The
has excellent instruments are creative instruments
creativity and are original but not are not
originality but not original. creative and
creatively not original.
done.

Reference/s:
https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/346425396308053927/
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https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/734016439252941250/
https://soundgenetics.com/guide-to-babendil/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandingan
https://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Kudyapi.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9O2GdUsAgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4zGJi6Exk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubing
https://worldpeaceinonehour.com/instruments/k
https://alchetron.com/Luntang
https://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Gabbang.htm
https://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Gandang.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suling
https://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Sahunay.htm
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336787676_The_Boat_Lutes_of_the
_Philippines
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8573002/mediaviewer/rm1840791808