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MUSIC
Quarter 2 – Module 4
Music of the Visayas
Instrumental Music:
Rondalla, Tultogan, and Binanog

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MUSIC – GRADE 7
Quarter 2 – Module 4: MUSIC OF THE VISAYAS
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: RONDALLA, TULTOGAN, BINANOG

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MUSIC
Quarter 2 – Module 4
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC:
RONDALLA, TULTOGAN, BINANOG
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 Lesson
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC:
44 Rondalla, Tultogan, Binanog

The Rondalla, Tultogan and Binanog are the different ensembles of the
Visayas, with their respective sound reflects not only the enthusiastic musical
involvement of the Visayan people but also their sentiments, way of life, and
interactions with their environment and other people.

Introductory Message

A module is a type of learning resource that is essentially self-contained,

self- instructional package with learning paced by the student according to his or
her individual needs and ability (Ali, et.al,2010). It requires the learners to interact
actively with the instructional materials rather than simply allowing them to read
the materials passively (Dick and Carrey, 1990).

For the facilitator:

This module adheres to the learning competencies of the K-12 Curriculum.

This module helps the learners know the different ensembles with their respective
sound reflects not only the enthusiastic musical involvement of the Visayan people
but also their sentiments, way of life, and interactions with their environment and
other people. This module is a useful learning material that provides the learning
objectives, pretest, lesson proper, enrichment activities, generalization, application,
assessment and additional activities.

For the learner:

This module is created to give meaningful learning of the Instrumental Music

through clear and comprehensive discussions. Through the lesson, you will know
different ensembles with their respective sound reflects not only the enthusiastic
musical involvement of the Visayan people but also their sentiments, way of life,
and interactions with their environment and other people.

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 What I Need to Know

Each module takes you through a journey of exploration and discovery. In

this module, you will learn about the different ensembles with their respective
sound reflects not only the enthusiastic musical involvement of the Visayan people
but also their sentiments, way of life, and interactions with their environment and
other people. Have a wonderful journey!

At the end of your instrumental music exploration, you’ll be able to:

 identify the musical instruments and other sound sources from the Visayas.
 improvise simple rhythmic/melodic accompaniments to selected music from
Visayas.

What I Know

Before we proceed with your instrumental music exploration, let’s test if you
are ready to go.

Instruction:

The following pictures are the different instrumental ensembles of the

Visayas. What do you think are the functions of these ensembles in the lives of the
Visayan people? Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

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 What is It

The Visayan music is highly Spanish influenced because they colonized the
Philippines for a long time. Spaniards musicians introduced new styles of music,
which has also Western musical traditions. The different ensembles, with their
respective sound reflects not only the enthusiastic musical involvement of the
Visayan people but also their sentiments, way of life, and interactions with their
environment and other people.

In this activity, you will watch a video clip of the different ensembles. You
must be familiar with the different instruments in each ensemble and how the
sound is produced.

To watch the video, refer to the link shown below

Rondalla – https://youtu.be/ts27ujfAHI4

Tultogan – https://youtu.be/-Rko98UrgG0

Binanog – https://youtu.be/VsN--L149rY

What’s New

MUSIC OF THE VISAYAS

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC: RONDALLA, TULROGAN,
BINANOG

Rondalla is a string ensemble which

originated in Spain. It comprises mostly of stringed
instruments played with a plectrum or pick.
Several percussion instruments are optionally
added to match a particular music or piece. The
Philippine Rondalla is truly a big step in the
understanding of our culture and musical heritage.
It has a wide repertoire that features folk, classical,
pop, harana, march, lullaby, balitaw, and
contemporary Filipino music.

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 Tultogan is a bamboo and drum ensemble.
Tultogan comes from the root word “tultog”, an action
verbalizing the act of playing sound on bamboo. To
produce sound, the body of the bamboo is struck with
sticks. Long time ago, the bamboos were used by the
natives for communication.

Binanog is a gong, drum, wooden percussion

ensemble. It is used to accompany a dance movement
imitating the flight of the hawk.

What’s More

You already learned about the different characteristics and functions. Now,
share your thoughts about these ensembles. Write your answer on separate sheet
of paper.

1. Which of the three instrumental ensemble interests you the most?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

2. What are the characteristics of these ensemble that makes you choose it over the
other?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

3. What are the characteristics of the other 2 ensembles did you observe in the
video presented? _________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

After you have learned the different instrumental ensemble of the Visayas,
about the Instrumental ensembles and its functions in lives of the Visayan people.
Based on your learning in this module, write a generalization about the
characteristics and functions of the Instrumental ensembles of Visayas.

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 What I Can Do

Instruction:
• Improvise an instrument similar to the instrument of Visayas.
• Create a simple rhythmic pattern and play it using the improvised instrument.
• Decorate the improvised instrument to make it presentable.
• Perform the rhythmic pattern you created using the improvised instruments.
•The performance will be rated based on the rubric below

4 3 2 1
CATEGORY ABOVE MEETS APPROACHES BELOW
STANDARDS STANDARDS STANDARD STANDARD
Instrument offers a Instrument offers Instrument offers Instrument
QUALITY OF wide dynamic some dynamic little variety in offers no
SOUND and/or tonal and/or tonal sound. variety in
contrast. contrast. sound.
Instruments is Instrument is Instruments is Instrument is
decorated creatively decorated decorated, but not decorated
APPEARANCE
within the assigned attractively. sort of messy or is very
theme. looking. messy.
The rhythmic The rhythmic The rhythmic The rhythmic
pattern is organized pattern is pattern is pattern is
and suited to the organized but unorganized but unorganized
DEMONSTRATIO improvised aren’t suited to still suited to the and not suited
N instrument created. the improvised improvised to the
instrument instrument improvised
created. created. instrument
created.

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 Assessment

Instruction:

Write R if the picture belongs to Rondalla ensemble, B if it belongs to

Binanog ensemble and T if it belongs to Tultogan ensemble.

_______ 1.

_______ 2.

_______ 3.
_______ 4.

_______ 5.

Additional Activities

Instruction:

In your music notebook, write a short reflection about your musical journey
in learning the different musical instruments of the Visayas

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 Answer Key

Assessment What I know

1. B 1. Entertainment
2. R 2. Communication
3. R 3. Accompanying
4. T dance movement
5. B

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References
Books
Music and Arts Learner’s Material
Pictures
Rondalla – https://images.app.goo.gl/VN6uHTLJXwHwmVPT6

(Note: Some of the images used in this module are screenshotted from the videos of
the following website links.)

Audio/Video
Rondalla – https://youtu.be/ts27ujfAHI4

Tultogan – https://youtu.be/-Rko98UrgG0

Binanog – https://youtu.be/VsN--L149rY

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