MUSIC FROM THE

LOWLANDS OF
LUZON
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson the students should be able to:
Describes the musical characteristics of representative music
selections from the lowlands of Luzon after listening.
 PRE-ASSESSMENT
Identify the following musical symbols

5
4

3
2

Quarter note G-clef Quarter rest Sharp 6

1 Whole note

Eight rest
 FORMS OF MUSIC
Vocal Music
It is a type of music
performed by one or more
singers, with or without
instrumental accompaniment
in which singing provides the
main focus of the piece
 FORMS OF MUSIC
Vocal Music
Music without any non-
vocal instrumental
accompaniment is referred
to as acapella
 FORMS OF MUSIC
Vocal Music
A short piece of vocal
music with lyrics is
broadly termed as a
song.
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Let’s watch and listen
What is the genre of the
music that was just
played?

Folk Song
Folk Songs of Luzon
(lowlands
 Folk Song

- are songs written by the folk and are - traditionally passed on

sung to accompany daily activities orally to family and to the
such as farming, fishing and putting community.
the baby to sleep.
 Characteristics of Folk Songs

15%

A B C D
20%
25%

40%

 Sung in their own  Begins in one key  Composers and  Short and
dialect and ends in the lyricist are usually simple
same key unknown
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Listening EXAMPLES OF FOLK SONGS
ILOCANO Pamulinawen

An Ilocano folk song about an

Ilocano woman named
Pamulinawen to whom the
man is singing.

Kindly click the link below and watch,

listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn83STIjdQc
Listening EXAMPLES OF FOLK SONGS
Kapampangan Atin Cu Pung Singsing

The song is about a missing heirloom piece, a ring

with a single gem, it expresses the great sentimental
value placed by Filipinos on inherited objects from
parents.

Kindly click the link below and watch,

listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVZgJGC8u2k
Listening EXAMPLES OF FOLK SONGS
Ta g a l o g Bahay Kubo

tells of a small hut with a variety of

vegetables surrounding it.

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listen and sing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGlaMDF_5k
Listening EXAMPLES OF FOLK SONGS
Bicolano Sarung Banggi

a popular Bicolano song written by Potenciano B.

Gregorio Sr. in Albay more than a hundred years ago.

Kindly click the link below and watch,

listen and sing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaRJCG4MWjY
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