LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Music 7 – 2nd Quarter – Week 2

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MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORDILLERA, MINDORO, PALAWAN,

and VISAYAS IN RELATION TO ITS GEOGRAPHY and CULTURE

Learning Competency: Explains the distinguishing characteristics of

representative music from Cordillera, Mindoro, Palawan and of the Visayas in
relation to its culture and geography. (MU7LV-IIb-f-3)
Objectives:
 Determine the musical characteristics of representative music from
Cordillera, Mindoro, Palawan, and Visayas in relation to their culture
and geography.
 Evaluate the importance of musical characteristics of representative
selections of Cordillera, Mindoro, Palawan, and Visayas.
 Appreciate the importance of music in their daily lives.

Reference/
Schedule Activities Resource
KEY CONCEPTS/DISCUSSION

I. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORDILLERA IN Second

RELATION TO ITS GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE Quarter
Module 2
It is the county’s only land-locked region. It has a Musical
mountainous topography and dubbed as the “Watershed Cradle of Characte-
North Luzon” as it hosts major rivers that provide continuous ristics of
water for irrigation and energy for Northern Luzon. Cordillera,
As a recently-defined administrative region, the Cordillera Mindoro,
is composed of the six provinces of Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Palawan,
Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Benguet, plus the chartered city and
of Baguio. Cordillera Administrative Region Visayas in
Relation to
its
Geography
and
Culture,
pages 5-11

1|Page Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District
 Characteristics of Music of Cordillera:
1. Music is very much part of life and living.
2. Have a rich variety of songs and music performed on
instruments.
3. Often performed in groups, all members of the community
are welcome and encouraged to join the singing, dancing, and
playing of instruments.
4. Their music is communal and participatory.
5. Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic melodies.
6. Music and other components of their culture are transferred
from generation to generation through oral tradition.

ORAL TRADITION is cultural material and traditions

transmitted orally from one generation to another Oral
may refer to speech communication as opposed to
writing.

II. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MINDORO IN RELATION

TO ITS GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE

It is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located

off the coast of Luzon and northeast of Palawan.
In the past times, it has been called Mai or Mait by Chinese
traders and by Spaniards as Mina de Oro (meaning “mine of gold”)
from where the island got its current name.
The ethnic groups of the island, from north to south, are:
Iraya, Alangan, Tadyawan, Tawbuid (called Batangan by
lowlanders on the west of the island), Buhid, and Hanunoo. An
additional group on the south coast is labelled Ratagnon.
Mangyan is the collective name for eight indigenous groups living
in Mindoro; each with its own name, language and set of custom.
MINDORO

2|P age Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District
 Characteristics of Music of Mindoro:
1. Music is part of their ordinary and festive occasions.
2. Music used for communication with spirits in rituals and
worships, weddings, works, courtship, festive occasions and
lullabies.

III. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PALAWAN IN RELATION

TO ITS GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE
Palawan is long and narrow and trends northeast–southeast
between the South China and Sulu seas.
Palawan is home to several indigenous ethnolinguistic
groups such as:
 Palaw’an
 Tao’t Bato
 Molbog
 Agutayam
 Cuyonon and
 Batak which means “mountain people”
 Tagbanwa or “people of the world”

PALAWAN

Characteristics of Music of Palawan:

1. Sounds of nature are important to the people of Palawan.
These include the sound of insects, chirping of birds and
sound of the wind and rain.
2. Makes use of different musical forms like repetition
and syncopation (off beat)

3|P age Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District
 IV. MUSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VISAYAS IN RELATION
TO ITS GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE

The Visayas or visayan island is in between the Philippines

(east) and Sulu (west) seas.
Visayan also spelled Bisayan are called Visayas or Bisayas.
This island group consist of seven large and several hundred
smaller islands clustered around the Visayan, Samar, and
Camotes seas. The seven main islands are Bohol, Cebu, Leyte,
Masbate, Negros, Panay, and Samar.
The Ilongos, Cebuano, Warays, Hiligaynon, karay-a,
Magahatags, Bol-anon and Sugbuanon are some of the ethnic
groups that inhabit the Visayan community.
VISAYAS

Visayas

Characteristics of Music of Visayas:

1. Music is generally perceived as rich in Spanish colonial music
tradition influence.
2. The instrumental music shows the rich diversity of the
musical culture of the Visayan region.
3. The different collections, with their respective sounds, display
the enthusiastic musical involvement of the loving expressive
Visayans.
4. It is where they express their emotions, sentiments, way of
life and interactions with their environment and other people.

4|P age Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District
 ACTIVITY 1
Direction: Read the statements carefully. Determine the cultural
background and musical characteristics. Choose your answer
from the box. Write your answer on the space provided before the
number.
Cordillera Mindoro Palawan Visayas

___________1. Makes use of different musical forms like repetition

and syncopation.
___________2. Their music is communal and participatory.
___________3. It is where they express their emotions, sentiments,
way of life and interactions with their environment and other
people
___________4. Music used for communication with spirits in rituals
and worships, weddings, works, courtship, festive occasions and
lullabies.
___________5. Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic melodies.
___________6. Sounds of nature are important to the people of
Palawan. These include the sound of insects, chirping of birds and
sound of the wind and rain
___________7. Music is generally perceived as rich in Spanish
colonial music tradition influence.
___________8. Music is part of their ordinary and festive occasions.
___________9. Music and other components of their culture are
transferred from generation to generation through oral tradition
___________10. Have a rich variety of songs and music performed
on instruments.

ACTIVITY 2
Direction: Listen to the suggested links and evaluate the
important information. Write your answer on the space provided
in the table.
Place Cultural Musical
Vocal Music
of Origin Background Characteristics
1. Amabahan
 https://w
ww.youtub
e.com/wat
ch?v=p2uT
NhHpS3g

2. Hudhud
 https://w
ww.youtub
e.com/h?v
=sRu0F_L
GP9I

5|P age Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District
 3. Lantege
 https://w
ww.youtub
e.com/wat
ch?v=YQW
bxIdMry0

4. Si Pelimon
 https://w
ww.youtub
e.com/wat
ch?v=ADO
DgK8VixE

ACTIVITY 3
Direction: Give your opinions or ideas why music is important in
the lives and culture of Cordillera, Mindoro, Palawan, and Visayas.

Music is important in the lives and culture of

Corrdillera, Mindoro, Palawan and Visayas because ___
____________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ .

SELF-CHECK Answer
(self-checking of all activities guided by parents or learning key
facilitators)
ASSESSMENT:

A. Modified True or False.

Direction: Read the statement carefully, if the statement is
correct write TRUE and if the statement is incorrect underline the
word/s that make the sentence FALSE. Write your answer on the
space provided before the number.

_________1. Mindoro is the seventh-largest island in the

Philippines. It is located off the coast of Luzon and northeast of
Palawan
_________2. Mangyan is the collective name for eight indigenous
groups living in Mindoro.
________3. Cordillera is composed of the six provinces of Apayao,
Kalinga, Abra, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Baguio, plus the

6|P age Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District
 chartered city of Benguet.
_________4. Sounds of nature are important to the people of
Palawan.
_________5. The Visayas or visayan island is in between the
Philippines (west) and Sulu (east) seas.
_________6. Cordillera is the county’s only water-locked region.
_________7. This is the Batac tribal culture, an African-origin
culture which is rapidly becoming extinct.
_________8. The Visayan group consists of seven large and
hundred smaller islands clustered around the Visayan, Samar,
and Camotes seas.
_________9. The music of Visayas is generally perceived as rich in
Spanish colonial music tradition influence.
_________10. One of the musical characteristics of Cordillera uses
of different musical forms like repetition and syncopation.
B. Matching Type
Direction: Match Column A with the best answer in Column B.
Write the letter of your answer on the blank space provided before
the number.
Column A Column B
_____1. mountain people A. Oral Tradition
_____2. it has been called Mai or B. Cordillera
Mait by Chinese traders and by C. Mindoro
Spaniards as Mina de Oro (meaning D. Tagbanua
“mine of gold”) from where the island E. Ifugao
got its current name. F. Kabisay-an
_____3. called Batangan by lowlanders G. Batak
on the west of the island H. Palawan
_____4. A cultural material and may I. Igorot
refer to speech communication as J. Visayas
opposed to writing. K. Tawbuid
_____5. Has the seven main islands are
Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Masbate, Negros,
Panay, and Samar.
_____6. Has a mountainous topography
and dubbed as the “Watershed Cradle
of North Luzon”
_____7. people of the world
_____8. More than 75 distinct cultural
groups live in the area. Several indigenous
ethnoinguistic groups are the Kagayanen, Tagbanwa, Palawano,
and Taaw’t Bato.
_____9. refer to a group of indigenous people living in Cordillera
_____10. refers to both the Visayan people collectively and the
islands they have inhabited since prehistory.

7|P age Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District
ANSWER KEY
10. F 10. Cordillera
10. Cordillera 9. I 9. True
9. Cordillera 8. H 8. True
8. Mindoro 7. D 7. True
7. Visayas 6. B 6. Water
6. Palawan 5. J 5. West, East
5. Cordillera 4. A 4. True
4. Mindoro 3. K 3. Baguio, Benguet
3. Visayas 2. C 2. True
2. Cordillera 1. G 1. True
1. Palawan Type
B. Matching A. True or False
Activity 1
Asssessment

REFERENCES

Ruth Annevie D. Pabriga, et.al. , Music 7 Second Quarter Module 2 Musical

Characteristics of Cordillera, Mindoro, Palawan, and Visayas in Relation to its
Geography and Culture, Published by the Department of Education. 2020.

WEBSITES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2uTNhHpS3g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRu0F_LGP9I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQWbxIdMry0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADODgK8VixE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindoro?fbclid=IwAR2pL5ZHJBK6SEEVXuNdi9ofq9
8aNlE32QJ2CabNL6zvQvK3h-jTTtrT0nI#/media/File:Ph_locator_map_mindoro.png
https://www.slideshare.net/brendaescabal/lesson-2-music-of-mindoro-2nd-
quarter?fbclid=IwAR0-8uupHS7ITM5kuYOV36ms5r99hlJxGeJZI3cjH85-
9vNbGo_ND_GdFfw
https://www.britannica.com/place/Palawan-island-
Philippines?fbclid=IwAR2v9p1mIxOI9hMHkfAzIbiPkK1yd6r5kCwfJENL90rlmE6z2J
6bUfBqy_0
https://www.slideshare.net/R_JB/music-of-palawan-
65042172?fbclid=IwAR3y9cBTNa4aTnwb91CHkn59OnzMK-
u0zii3meV932arxRjdnHwGNYscmag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visayas#/media/File:Visayas_Red.png

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/elmerllames/music-of-cordillera-grade7-1st-
quarter?fbclid=IwAR2rCDs7l4vDkdE0mLiXWGDGUIDL9CnTnm9sUoBZgLP5eUg6N
UMGb31UhDE

8|Page Writer/s : Baby Jane R. Jabagaton

School/Station: Loyola National High School
District: Hinatuan South District