Musicofthe

LowlandsofLuzon
INSTRUMENTA
R
E
C
A
 RECAP
DIRECTIONS: On your papers,
choose from the options provided
and WRITE the LETTER of the
CORRECT ANSWER.
1. Songs written by
a. Devotional
the folk and are Song
sung to accompany b. Folk Song
daily activities such c. Harana
as farming, fishing d. Kundiman
and putting the
baby to sleep.
2. Genre performed
by one or more a. Folk Song
singers with or
without instrumental b. Instrumental
Music
accompaniment
c. Secular Music
where singing
provides the main d. Vocal Music
focus.
3. An Ilocano
folk song a. Atin Cu Pung
about Ilocano Singsing
b. Bahay Kubo
woman, to
whom the c. Pamulinawen

man is singing. d. Sarung Banggi

 a. Atin Cu Pung
4. A traditional FilipinoSingsing
folk song that tells of ab. Bahay Kubo

small hut with a c. Pamulinawen

variety of vegetables d. Sarung Banggi
surrounding it.
5. A popular Bicolano a. Atin Cu Pung
Singsing
song written by
Potenciano B. b. Bahay Kubo
Gregorio, Sr. In Albay c. Pamulinawen
more than a hundred d. Sarung Banggi
years ago.
 a. Atin Cu Pung
Singsing
6. A popular b. Bahay Kubo
Kapampangan folk
c. Leron Leron Sinta
song about a missing
heirloom piece, a ring d. Sitsiritsit
with a single gem.
 IdentifywhichLuzon
lowlandareathegiven
folk songbelongs.
FOR ITEMS 7- 10
7. Atin Cu Pung Singsing

a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog
8. Bahay Kubo

a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog
9. Pamulinawen

a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog
10. Sarung Banggi

a. Bicolano
b. Ilocano
c. Kapampangan
d. Tagalog
 a. Devotional
Music
11.Originated as part of b. Liturgical
religious rites and includes Music
both ancient and modern c. Sacred
traditions. It is also known as Music
part of the Roman Catholic d. Secular
Mass. Music
 a. Devotional
Music
b. Liturgical
12. Accompanies Music
religious c. Sacred
observances and Music
d. Secular
rituals Music
 a. Flores de
13. Philippine Mayo
b. Pasyon
narrative of the
passion, death and c. Salubong

resurrection of Jesus d. Santa

Cruzan
Christ
 a. Flores de
14. A religious ritual that Mayo
re-enacts the meeting of b. Pasyon
the Risen Christ with His c. Salubong
Mother on the dawn of
d. Santa
Easter Sunday Cruzan
 a. Flores de
Mayo
15. Also known as
b. Pasyon
“Flowers of May,” it is
a Catholic festival c. Salubong
held on the month d. Santa
of May Cruzan
 a. Flores de
16. A religious-historical Mayo
event that dramatizes of b. Pasyon
finding the Holy Cross by
c. Salubong
the Queen Helena and
her son, Constantine the d. Santa
Cruzan
Great.
 a.Devotion
17. Refers to any al Music
b.Liturgical Music
music that is not
c. Sacred Music
religious in
nature. d. Secular Music
18. A serenade a.Balitaw
traditionally sung b.Harana
by a man to c. Kumintang
express affection
d. Pandanggo
to a woman.
19. Song in triple meter a.Balitaw

with themes of love b.Harana

and courtship; c. Kumintang
originated from
d. Pandanggo
Balayan, Batangas.
20. A courtship dance a.Balitaw

but it can also refer to b.Harana

a type of song to c. Kumintang
entertain the farmers in
d. Pandanggo
the rice field.
 a.Balitaw
21. Performed in elegant
b.Harana
evening gatherings at the
height of its popularity c. Kumintang

during the Spanish d. Polka

colonial period.
 a.Balitaw
22. A dialogue song in
b.Harana
triple meter, mostly in 2
and 3 part forms and c. Kumintang
arranged with counter d. Polka
melodies
 a.Balitaw
23. An art song that came
b.Harana
from the words, “kung
hindi man” that conveys c. Kundiman

selfless and spiritual d. Polka

attitude.
 a.Balitaw
24. Which of the
b.Kumintang
choices is NOT a
secular music? c. Kundiman
d. Santa Cruzan
 a.Balitaw
25. Which of the b.Flores de Mayo
choices is NOT a c. Pasyon
liturgical/
d. Santa Cruzan
devotional music?
Musicofthe
LowlandsofLuzon
INSTRUMENTA
Video – brass band cover - sorry
BRASS BAND
Ensemble of
woodwind, brass and
percussion instruments
in the Philippines
BRASS BAND
 It is an ensemble of woodwind, brass and
percussion instruments in the Philippines
 usually play in fiestas, religious, and civic
celebrations
 repertoire may include folk songs, popular
music, dance music.
 bands was so remarkable that every town used to
have two or more bands. They sometimes
participate and even compete in many town band
competitions.
BRASS BAND
 most fiestas are celebrated in various
provinces of the Philippines to honor their
patron saints.
 town fiesta is made more lively by band music
 a parading brass band is called a marching
band
 provinces like Rizal and Laguna and schools
like the Philippine Military Academy are home
to prominent brass bands in the Philippines.
 BRASS BAND
INSTRUMENTS
WOODWINDS
Piccolo Clarinet
Tenor
Alto Saxophone
Saxophone

Flute
Piccolo
Piccolo
(Italian pronunciation: [ˈpikkolo]; Italian for "small",
but named ottavino in Italy

Shorter than the flute

The sounds it produces is
thinner than the flute
Clarinet
Johann Christoph Denner is generally believed to
have invented the clarinet in Germany
 Has a single-reed
mouthpiece
 A straight cylindrical tube
with cylindrical bore, and a flared bell
Alto Saxophone
- invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s,
and patented in 1846

 commonly used in classical music

concert bands, chamber music, and
solo repertoire, military bands,
marching bands and jazz bands
Tenor Saxophone
- a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s
 A medium sized member of the
saxophone family
 Most common types of saxophones along
with alto
 Pitched in the key B, and written as a
transposing instrument in the treble clef
 Uses a large mouthpiece, reed and
ligature than the alto and soprano
saxophones

 Easily distinguished by the bend I nits

neck, or its crook near the mouthpiece.
Flute
 An aerophone (wind Instrument)
that produces its sound from the flow
of air across an opening

 Sound it produces is thin in timbre

BRASSWINDS
Trombone Trumpet
Euphonium Sousaphone

French Horn
Trombone
 Sound is produced when the
player’s vibrating lips (embouchure) cause
the air column inside the instrument to
vibrate

 The name means “large trumpet”

 Pitch is produced by sliding the
valve
 Trumpet
 Has the highest register in the brass family

 Played by blowing air through almost-

closed lips, producing a buzzing sound
that starts a standing wave vibration in
the air column inside the instrument
Euphonium
 A valve instrument
 Current models are piston-valved
 It is a non-transposing instrument
 Known for its distinctive tone color,
wide range, variety of character and
agility
Sousaphone
 Known as the bass, is a type of tuba
designed to be easier than the concert
tuba to play while standing or marching
 Widely employed in marching bands
and various other musical genres
 The bell is above the tubist’s head and
projecting forward
French Horn
 Commonly known as a horn
 A brass instrument made of tubing
wrapped into a coil with s flared bell
 Quality of the sound may also be
controlled trough the adjustment of lip
tension in the mouthpiece and the
operation of valves by the left hand
PERCUSSION
Snare
Drum
Cymbals

Bass Drum
Cymbals
 Consist of thin, normally round plates of
various alloys
 Used in many ensembles ranging from the
orchestra, percussion ensembles, jazz bands,
heavy metal bands and marching groups
 The heavier the cymbals the louder the
volume
 Thin cymbals have a fuller sound, higher pitch and
faster response.
Snare Drum
 Known as a side drum is a ever present
percussion instrument known for its
cylindrical shapeand powerful, staccato
sound
 Often used in orchestras, concert bands,
marching bands, parades, drum lines, drum
corps
 Played with drum sticks or brush
Bass Drum
Produces a note of low
definite and indefinite pitch
Known as percussion
instrument and vary in sizes
Viewing Activity
Activity No. 4

Malabon
Brass Band
LUPANG HINIRANG

Originally entitled,
“Marcha Nacional
Filipina” composed
by Julian Felipe in
June 12, 1898
Lupang Hinirang
It was composed by Julian Felipe n
march time tempo and initially
performed by the San Francisco de
Malabon Band at the Proclamation
of Philippine Independence on June
12, 1898 in Kawit, Cavite.
It is considered as “incidental music” which
means a background music set into a
particular event/occasion in a dramatic
mood.
Jose Palma wrote the lyrics adpted from the
Spanish poem “Filipinas” and entitled it
“Himno Nacional
Filipino”
Lupang Hinirang
March
are filipino marching bands that use
woodwind instruments that are made of
bamboo.

The shape and the sizes are similar to

brass band instruments but have different
sounds.
The MUSIKONG BUMBONG playing
togetherproduces good harmony.

The D’ Original Malabon Musikong

Bumbong started as a plain Banda de
Boca (meaning “bibig” or mouth) in Barrio
Tonsuya, Malabon in 1896.
Felix Ramos was both the founder and
inventor of the bamboo instruments.
The first members of the band were all
Katipuneros.
The band was renamed several times but
it is currently known as Musikawayan
under the leadership of P/Lt. Col. Gilbert
M. Ramos, a fourth generation
descendant of the band’s founder.
PANGKAT KAWAYAN
PANGKAT KAWAYAN
• It is popularly known as the “Singing
Bamboos of the Philippines”.
• It is an orchestra that plays music using non-
traditional bamboo instruments.
• Founded in 1966, It is always composed of
young students who are selected from Quezon
City and Manila Schools.
ANGKLUNG INSTRUMENTS
 Bamboo-rattle tubes attached to a
bamboo frame

Tubes are carved to have a resonant

pitch when struck, each ANGKLUNG
represents a note and is tuned to
octaves
 Plays the counterpoints to the melody

It is played by shaking the lower part

with on hand while the upper end
holding it either the other hand
steady.
BUMBONG (Bamboo Tube)
 It is made of hollow pieces of
bamboo that has been put together
and seve as the orchestra’s wind
section
It is divided into bass (lower) and horn
(higher) sections.
 Each BUMBONG represents one
note; to produce the sound it has to be
blown trough a mouthpiece
KALATOK (Bamboo Knocker)
 a percussion instruments made of
pieces of bamboos that are strung
together with pieces of bamboo
with varying tones when struck
by a rubber mallet.
TALUNGGATING (Bamboo Marimba)
Made from bamboo that follows the
musical scale and style of the typical
xylophone.
It plays the melody
Mallets made out of rattan and
rubber are used to play the
instrument.
KALAGONG
Wind instrument that produces a
hollow gong-like sound
Played by tapping the top wholes
of the bamboos by two flat and
flexible surface tapper
It serves as bass of the group
PAN PIPES
 small pieces of bamboo in graduated small
tubes that has been put together by a string
the sound and styling of the wind
instruments found in Northern Philippines
each pipe represents a note and is blown
to produce the sound.
TULALI (Bamboo Flute)
made of baga (one of the smallest bamboo
varieties)
a bamboo opening encircled by a banana
leafing to a pentatonic scale played on four
holes, one found below and three on top of
the bamboo tube.
KISKIS
a bamboo piece with ridges and serves as
a percussion instrument
KISKIS a Filipino word which means “ to
scratch” or “to rub” against something
It is played by rubbing a rattan stick on its
ridges.
 If you were in a brass
band, what instrument will
you choose to play and
why?
How does the brass band
music affect the present
local music?
 EVALUATION
.

DIRECTIONS: On your notebooks

(Music Segment), write the LETTER
of the BEST answer corresponding
their respective definitions.
 a.Anklung
Ensembl
1.Ensemble of e
woodwind, brass and b. Brass Band

percussion c. Musiko
Bumbon
instruments in the g
Philippines d. Rondalla
 a.Angklungs
b. Angklung, Bumbong,
Kalatok, Talunggating,
2. Which of Kalagong, Pan Pipes,
the choices Tulali & Kiskis
c. Bamboo Woodwind
will make a Instruments
d. Woodwinds,
Brass Band? Brasswinds & Percussion
 a. Bass Drum
3. Which of the b. Cymbals
choices is a
c. Flute
WOODWIND
d. Snare Drum
INSTRUMENT?
 a. Bass Drum
4. Which of the b. Flute
choices is a
c. Sousaphone
PERCUSSION
d. Trombone
INSTRUMENT?
 a.Bayan Ko
5. Originally entitled ,
b. Bayang Magiliw
“Marcha Nacional
c. Lupang Hinirang
Filipina” composed
by Julian Felipe in d. Pilipinas Kong
Mahal
June 12, 1898