MUSIC OF CORDILLERA

Cordillera Administrative Region

Provinces Capital
Abra Bangued

Apayao Kabugao

Benguet La Trinidad

Ifugao Lagawe

Kalinga Tabuk City

Mountain Province Bontoc

CORDILLERA
It is the country's only land-locked
region. It has a mountainous
topography and dubbed as the
"Watershed Cradle of North
Luzon" as it hosts major rivers
that provide continuous water for
irrigation and energy for Northern
Luzon.
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
(http://sppcfreshmen20112012.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/traditional-music-
culturefrom-
north-the-cordillera-administrative-region-car/)
Important Activities Where Music is Utilized
1. Peace pacts
2. Healing rituals
3. Invocation of the gods
4. Rites of passage
5. Weddings and festivals
6. Other life cycle events such as birth,
coming of
age, work, marriage and death
(http://sppcfreshmen20112012.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/traditionalmusic-
culture-from-north-the-cordillera-administrative-region-car/)
 Music of the Cordillera may be
categorized into:
• 1. VOCAL MUSIC

• 2. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

• 3. VOCAL ENSEMBLE WITH INSTRUMENTAL

ACCOMPANIMENT
 A. VOCAL MUSIC
• Life Cycle Music
• Birth to Childhood
• • Owiwi- lullabye of Kalinga that relate a child’s life
• • Dagdagay- song of Kalinga that foretells the baby’s
• future.
• • Oppiya- kalinga song, sung while cradling
• Love, Courtship and Marriage
• • Chag-ay- an expression of secret love of Bontoc.
• • Oggayan- greeting and advice to newly weds of
• Kalinga.
Death Rite Music
• Didiyaw- song to a dead child of Bontoc
• Sangsangit- a dirge of Isneg.
Work or Occupational Song
• Sowe-ey- Rice pounding song of Bontoc.
• Dakuyon- kalinga song for hunting bats.
• Dinaweg- Ilongot song for catching wild boar.
• Owayat- song for gathering firewood of Ilongot.
• Chey-assa- Bontoc rice pounding song sung in a
groups.
Ceremonial Music
• Kapya- song of Bontoc for curing ceremonies.
• Angba- song of Bontoc for curing ceremonies.
• Dawak- song of Ilongot for curing ceremonies.
Entertainment Song
• Hudhud- epic song of Ifugao, a leader chorus
style.
• Alim- leader chorus style of music of Ifugao
where
to groups of singers reply to 2 make leaders.