MUSIC

OF
VISAYA
S
Kulilal Ni Ligal
Music of Visayas:

--Performance practice,
--Representative
song/genre
--Instrumental music
A. VOCAL
MUSIC
Representative Music of
Visayas
Every song has its purpose to convey to the listeners
especially through its lyrics and melody, be it for entertainment or
rituals. As for Visayas, vocal music mirrors its culture and
tradition.
a. LOVE SONG
is a song about being in love, falling in
love, and heartbreaks upon the end of love
and the feelings that these experiences
bring. It can be found in the histories and
cultures of most societies, though their
universality is a modern phenomenon.
 Representative Music of
Visayas
b. COURTSING SONG
is a song about courting or dating. It represents the
romance between two people.

c. DRINKING SONG
is a song sung during social gatherings. It may vary
from person to person and region to region in both the
lyrics and in the music.

d. FAREWELL SONG
is a song of goodbye or leaving someone.
 Representative Music of
Visayas
e. LULLABY SONG
is a soothing song with which to lull a child to
sleep.

f. WORK SONG
is typically sung for two reasons: to coordinate
the labor of a group of people working together,
which improves the efficiency of the work, and to
relieve the boredom of a tedious job, which
improves the lives of the workers.
• MATUD NILA - VISAYAN LOVE SONG
VOCAL
• ROSAS PANDAN - VISAYAN COURTING SONG
MUSIC OF
• CONDANSOY - VISAYAN DRINKING SONG VISAYAS
• ILO NGA BATA - CHILDREN’S SONG

• DANDANSOY - ILONGGO FAREWELL SONG

• ILI-ILI TULOG ANAY - ILONGGO LULLABYE

• AKO KINI SI ANGI - VISAYAN WORK SONG

• SI PELIMON - VISAYAN WORK SONG

INSTRUMENT
AL
MUSIC
The different ensembles, with their
respective sounds reflect not noly the
enthusiastic musical involvment of the
Visayan people but also their sentiments,
way of life, and interactions with thier
environment and other people.
TWO CLASSIFICATION OF VISAYAS
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

1. RONDALLA
2. TUGUTGAN
 INTRUMENTAL

RONDALL MUSIC

 a string ensemble originating from Spain played with a pick

A
or plectrum.
 many Filipino musicians were able to lead the way in Rondalla
Ensemble and one of them was Juan Silos Jr., is known as
“Father of Rondalla”.
 from the Spanish ronda, meaning “serenade”
 its origin were in the folk playing bands of stringed
instruments that were played using the plectrum (pick) as
the piccolo, bandurria, laud, octavina, guitar, bajo de unas
(double bass) and often, a drum for percussion.
 INTRUMENTAL

RONDALL MUSIC

A
 RONDALLA BANDURRIA
INSTRUMENT  is a 14-string instrument
with 16 frets and shorter neck
S  It is the soprano instrument
of the rondalla and usually
plays the melodic melodic
line of the composition.
 The specific notes of the
strings are –F # B E A D G
 LAUD
RONDALLA
 LAUD comes from a Spanish
INSTRUMENT word which means LUTE.
 It is a plectrum-plucked
S chordophones that has twelve
strings in pairs, similar to the
bandurria, but with a longer
neck.
 Like the bandurria, it is tuned
in fourths, but its range is one
octave lower.
 The specific notes of the
strings are - F # B E A D G.
 OCTAVINA
RONDALLA
 OCTAVINA has a shorter neck
INSTRUMENT compared to the guitar, with 14
strings and 16 frets.
S  The instrument is played like
the laud, the lower notes in
accompaniments and in
unison with bass notes.
 It serves as the alto of the
rondalla.
 The specific notes of the
strings are F # B E A D G
 GUITAR
RONDALLA
INSTRUMENT  GUITAR is a popular musical
instrument classified as a
chordophone instrument with
S usually having 6 strings.
 It is typically played by strumming
or plucking the strings. It plays the
rhythm or beat of the musical
piece.
 The specific notes of the strings
are – E A D G B E
 Bajo de Unas
RONDALLA
 Bajo de Unas is the largest among
INSTRUMENT the instruments in most stringed
ensembles – evident by thick
S string, large body, and low tones.
 The number of strings varies
standard 4-stringed to the rare
stringed, and can have pitches
octaves lower than middle
 It plays the bass part or the piece.
 The notes of the strings are E A D
G
2. TULTOGAN
TULTOGAN – a bamboo
and drum ensemble used by
the natives for
communication.

To produce sound of the

body of the bamboos are
being struck with a sticks.
3. BINANOG
- A gong, drum, wooden
percussion ensemble.
- It is used to accompany a
dance movement imitating
the fight of the hawk.