MORO/ISLAMIC

MUSIC
 Intrumental Music
of Mindanao
1. Kulintang Ensemble
- Gong-based ensemble used by
the Maguindanao and Maranao of
Western Mindanao, the Tausug,
the Yakan, and the Sama-Bajao of
the Sulu Archipelago
2 Types of Kulintang
Ensemble
 Kulintangan ( Manobo
Cotabato)/Kwintangan
- ensembles of 6-8 hanging
melody gongs in a row, hung
on ropes in pyramid order,
with the smaller and higher-
pitched gongs near the top
Tahunggo,Agung,Salmagi
and BlowonSemagi
- suspended gong ensembles
(9-11 gongs,played a melody
and drone player) in various
names according to each type;
ensemble maybe completed
with 1 or 2 drums
 Kulintang
is an important social
property. This intrument of
the ensemble is a highly
valued priceless heirloom
that can commad a high
price as dowries
 Agung
a large, deep-rimmed
gong, vertically
suspended, hanged in
wooden frames
2. Bamboo Ensemble
the different manners in
playing intruments
include: Blowing
(aerophones), shaking or
hittimg (idiophones), and
plucking (chordophones)
 Seronggagandi
- a guitar-like made of bamboo,
cut before one nod and after
next. two chords are slit loose
side by side from the outer skin
fibers of the bamboo itself and
these are given tension by
means of bridges
 Gabbang
- a native xylophone in
Sulu, a bamboo
keyboard on top,
constructed out of
wood
3. Solo Instruments
Kudyapi
- is a 2-string plucked lute
intrument made of wood which
resembles and elongated guitar
usually having 2 strings. It varies
in sizes, but normally it is about
one and a half meters long
 Suling
is made mainly of "tamiang"
bamboo, a long, thin-walled
bamboo tube. The
mouthpiece of the Suling is
circled with a thin band made
of rattan near a small hole