Music of VISAYAS

VOCAL MUSIC
 BALITAW
 IT
IS THE MUSICAL STYLE
OF THE VISAYAN IS A
SONG – AND – DANCE
DEBATE BETWEEN A MAN
AND A WOMAN
 SONGS
 MATUD NILA – LOVE
SONG
 ROSAS PANDAN –
COURTING SONG
 CANDANSOY – DRINKING
SONG
 SONGS
 ILO NGA BATA –
CHILDREN’S SONG
 DANDANSOY – ILONGGO
FAREWELL SONG
 ILI – ILI TULOG ANAY –
ILONGGO LULLABYE
 SONGS
 AKO KINI SI ANGI – WORK
SONG
 SI PILEMON – WORK SONG
Music of VISAYAS
INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC
 A
 IS A STRING ENSEMBLE
ORIGINATED IN SPAIN.
 INSTRUMENTS PLAYED
USING PICK OR
PLECTRUM
 A
 ITCAME FROM THE WORD
“ RONDA” MEANING
“SERENADE”.
INSTRUMENTS
 BANDURIA
 14– STRINGS, 16 FRETS AND SHORT
NECK
 USED TO PLAY MELODIC LINE OF
THE COMPOSITION
 NOTES OF THE STRINGS:
F# - B – E – A – D – G
 LAUD
 COMES FROM SPANISH WORD
WHICH MEANS “LUTE
 SIMILAR TO BANDURIA BUT

WITH LONGER NECK

 12 STRINGS IN PAIRS
 NOTES OF THE STRINGS:

F# - B – E – A – D – G
 OCTAVINA
 SHORTER NECK THAN
GUITAR
 14 STRINGS AND 16 FRETS
 SERVES AS ALTO
 NOTES OF THE STRINGS:
F# - B – E – A – D – G
 GUITAR
 POPULAR INSTRUMENT
 STRUMMED AND
PLUCKED
 WITH 6 STRINGS
 NOTES OF THE STRINGS:
E–A–D–G–B–E
BAJO DE ARCO
 LARGEST AMONG THE
STRINGED ENSEMBLES.
 STANDARD – 4 STRINGS
 RARE – 6 STRINGS
 SERVES AS BASS
 NOTES OF THE STRINGS:

E–A–D–G