ERNESTO RONDON HIGH SCHOOL

Road 3, Project 6, Quezon City S.Y 2022 – 2023

Music 7_Q1_W1
MAPEH DEPARTMENT
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: __________________________________________________ Grade/Score: __________

Grade and Section: _______________________________________ Date: ________________
MAPEH Component (Check or choose from below.)
Music Arts Physical Education Health
Type of Activity (Check or choose from below.)
Concept notes Performance Task Formal Theme Others
Exercise/ Drill Illustrations Informal Theme ________
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Activity title: Music of Lowlands of Luzon Folk Songs from the Lowlands
Learning Target: Describes the musical characteristics of representative music selections
from the lowlands of Luzon after listening; MU7LU-Ia-1.
References (Author, Title, Pages): Howard Bong M. Abao, Music – Grade 7 Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Music of Lowlands of Luzon (Folk Songs from the
Lowlands) First Edition, 2020.

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. These are
traditionally passed on orally. Most Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other
Western influences. The folksongs of Luzon lowlands are performed in his/her
native language such as Ilocano, Pangasinense, Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano
and others.

Folk songs in general have the following characteristics

 The lyrics are according to the native tongue.
 Passed down through oral tradition to family or community members,
hence, learned by mere memorization
 Unknown composers and lyricists
 Simple key signature of the song
 Duple, triple, or, quadruple are common meters used
 Primarily based on the community’s culture, tradition and livelihood
 Short and simple

Application

Name at least 5 folk songs that you know. Identify what region the song comes
from.

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 ERNESTO RONDON HIGH SCHOOL
Road 3, Project 6, Quezon City S.Y 2022 – 2023
Music 7_Q1_W2
MAPEH DEPARTMENT
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: __________________________________________________ Grade/Score: __________

Grade and Section: _______________________________________ Date: ________________
MAPEH Component (Check or choose from below.)
Music Arts Physical Education Health
Type of Activity (Check or choose from below.)
Concept notes Performance Task Formal Theme Others
Exercise/ Drill Illustrations Informal Theme ________
___________________________________________________________________________
Activity title: Music of Lowlands of Luzon Folk Songs and the Rondalla
Learning Target: Analyzes the musical elements of some Lowland vocal and instrumental
music selections; MU7LU-Ia-2
References (Author, Title, Pages): Howard Bong M. Abao, Music – Grade 7 Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Music of Lowlands of Luzon (Folk Songs and the
Rondalla) First Edition, 2020

The Music of Lowlands of Luzon can be characterized into two; vocal and instrumental music.
Vocal music refers to music that uses and emphasizes the human voice. On the other hand, instrumental
music uses any combination of instruments it is usually without the human voice. These instruments are
classified to strings, woodwinds, brass, or percussion.

The Rondalla is an instrumental group that is made up of stringed instruments and is sometimes
called the “Filipino stringed band”. Although this ensemble is very much associated with Filipino culture,
historians claimed that it originated from Spain. During their colonization they brought with them the
Spanish Rondalla which composed of bandurrias, violins, guitars, flutes, tambourines, castanets and
triangles.

The Philippine Rondalla Instruments

1. bandurria
2. laud
3. octavina
4. gitara (guitar)
5. bajo de uñas

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Application
Did you know that the word “Rondalla” came from the word “Ronda” or to make rounds. During the
Spanish occupation, the Governors asked civilians to guard their mansions at night. The civilians
became bored with this daily routine and decided to make music using guitars and bandurias while
making rounds. Thus, they are called Rondalla which means making music while doing rounds.

Imagine that you are one of the Ronda during the Spanish occupation and you are asked to make
music by performing a simple folk song from the lowlands of Luzon with or without accompaniment.
Record your performance using your phone or any other media devices and submit it to your teacher using
any other media platform.

You will be graded using the following criteria:

★Clarity of voice in reciting and singing – 10 points ★Creativity – 10 points ★Mastery – 10 points
 ERNESTO RONDON HIGH SCHOOL
Road 3, Project 6, Quezon City S.Y 2022 – 2023
Music 7_Q1_W3
MAPEH DEPARTMENT
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: __________________________________________________ Grade/Score: __________

Grade and Section: _______________________________________ Date: ________________
MAPEH Component (Check or choose from below.)
Music Arts Physical Education Health
Type of Activity (Check or choose from below.)
Concept notes Performance Task Formal Theme Others
Exercise/ Drill Illustrations Informal Theme ________
___________________________________________________________________________
Activity title: Liturgical Music
Learning Target: Explores ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that is similar to
the instruments being studied; MU7LU-Ib-f-4
References (Author, Title, Pages): Howard Bong M. Abao, Music – Grade 7 Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 3: Liturgical Music First Edition, 2020

Liturgy is a fixed set of ceremonies that are used during public worship in a religion. Every religion
or sect has its own rites for praising God. These may be in a form of bible sharing, testimonies, singing,
dancing, and chanting. For the Catholics, liturgy is about God’s saving work present in the life, death and
resurrection of Jesus, and the highlight of these three is the celebration of the Holy Mass.

The Holy Mass is the highest form of liturgy with which the body and blood of Christ is the center of
the whole celebration. Liturgy is a ritual prayer of a community and each member takes part in the
celebration. And this is where Liturgical Music comes in.

The first type of liturgical music that Filipinos learned from the Spaniards was in Latin. During the
Liturgy, they sang Gregorian Chants, hymns and all forms of sacred music in Latin. Gradually, aside from
singing, Spaniards taught the natives to play musical instruments like guitar, violin, flute and the organ.
And because the natives wanted a liturgy that they can understand aside from the Latin liturgical
celebrations in churches, extra liturgical services outside the churches evolved. The Panuluyan, Pabasa,
Salubong and other forms of devotions were sang in Spanish and in their native tongue.

Application
Identify the following examples of liturgy and devotional music from the lowlands of Luzon that
reveals the impact of Spanish colonization to the Philippines.

Pasyon Santa Cruzan Panunuluyan

Flores De Mayo Salubong

__________1. It is a Philippine narrative of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in a form of
song with dramatic theme written in a book with stanzas of five lines of eight syllables.
__________2. A religious ritual that re-enacts the meeting of the Risen Christ with his mother on the dawn
of Easter Sunday.
__________3. A Catholic festival held on the month of May wherein children offer flowers to the image of
the Virgin Mary while singing “Alay” (offering).
__________4. A religious historical event dramatizes of finding the Holy Cross by the Queen Helena and
her son, Constantine; the procession plays the music “Dios Te Salve Maria.”
__________5. It is a re-enactment by present-day faithful of the difficult search of Joseph and Mary for
lodging/shelter in Bethlehem; the ritual is realized in re-enactments, seasonal hymns,
prayers, fellowship and a reflection on the Christian’s journey towards salvation.
 ERNESTO RONDON HIGH SCHOOL
Road 3, Project 6, Quezon City S.Y 2021 – 2022
Music 7_Q1_W4
MAPEH DEPARTMENT
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: __________________________________________________ Grade/Score: __________

Grade and Section: _______________________________________ Date: ________________
MAPEH Component (Check or choose from below.)
Music Arts Physical Education Health
Type of Activity (Check or choose from below.)
Concept notes Performance Task Formal Theme Others
Exercise/ Drill Illustrations Informal Theme ________
___________________________________________________________________________
Activity title: Music of Lowlands of Luzon Devotional Music and Brass Band
Learning Target: Explores ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that is similar to
the instruments being studied; MU7LU-Ib-f-4
References (Author, Title, Pages): Howard Bong M. Abao, Music – Grade 7 Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 4: Music of Lowlands of Luzon (Devotional Music and Brass Band)
First Edition, 2020

In the lowlands of Luzon, there are various religious beliefs that are experienced in almost every
Christian community. The Pabasa or the Pasyon, the Salubong, the Flores de Mayo, the Santa Cruzan,
and the Pastores are just some of the many religious celebrations in the Philippines. These traditions are
practiced mostly by Catholics and uses a mixture of Spanish and Filipino music.

Aside from these liturgical and devotional music, Our country is also rich with different genres of
instrumental music. And during religious festivities, one musical group still plays an important role – the
Brass Band. A brass band is a music ensemble composed of woodwind, brass wind and percussion
instruments. Usually, this group plays folk songs, marches, processional music and pop songs. Brass wind
instruments are instruments made of brass (metal). A player produces sound by buzzing the lips into the
metal mouthpiece.

On the other hands, A woodwind instrument is a musical instrument which produces sound when
the player blows air against a sharp edge or through a reed (usually made of bamboo). Most of these
instruments are made of wood but can be made of other materials, such as metals or plastics. Woodwinds
can be further divided into 2 groups - the flutes and the reeds.

Lastly, Traditional Philippine brass bands only have these major percussion instruments - the snare
drum, the bass drum, and the cymbals.

Application
Classify the following instruments whether it is a brass wind, woodwind or percussion instruments.
__________1. Trumpet __________6. Clarinet
__________2. Flute __________7. Bass Drum
__________3. Trombone __________8. Saxophone
__________4. Snare Drum __________9. Cymbals
__________5. Sausaphone _________10. French horn

Performance task: WHAT IF

Directions: Imagine yourself in the following situations, how would you react to it? Write
your reactions or ideas (in 2 to 3 sentences) on the space provided. (Choose one question only).

WHAT IF...
1. we were not colonized by the Spaniards?
2. the Pasyon or Pabasa will be done by today’s youth?
3. those kinds of music were not used in the celebrations or occasions?