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GRA IC
M US
FOLK MUSIC:
Folksongs and Kundiman
Teacher
IMAR JU
D E RE A L IO
L
P R AYE R
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CLAS ETTEOOM
ETIQU
 ATTENDANCE
TIME!

Please RAISE Your

hand AND SAY,
“PRESENT!” once
your name was
called.
 D E 7
GRA IC
M US
FOLK MUSIC:
Folksongs and Kundiman
Teacher
IMAR JU
D E RE A L IO
L
 OB JE C T I VE S

Id en ti fy th e ch ar acteristics of folk songs

1.
Analyze the mus ic al el em en ts of se le ct ed fo lk so ng s
2.
 RE VI E W !

Please give at least one Element

of Music and its meaning.
 Atin cu pung
singsing

A Kapampangan folk song that tells the

story of a person who sings about a ring
that she has inherited from her mother.
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Pamulinawen is a popular old Ilocano folk song possibly
from the pre-Spanish era. It is about a girl with a hardened
heart who does not need her lover's pleading. It is about
courtship and love.
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PAMULINAWEN
 FOLK SONGS

DEFINITION
Folk songs are songs written by the folk and are
sung to accompany daily activities such as
farming, fishing, and putting the baby to sleep.
These are traditionally passed on orally. Most
Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other
Western influences.
 FOLK SONGS

DEFINITION
The people created melodic chants and indigenous
instruments based on the materials available where
they lived.

The folk songs of Luzon lowlands are performed in

their native languages such as Ilocano, Pangasinense,
Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano and others.
 FOLK SONGS

Characteristics
a. originally passed down orally to the family, and to
the other members of the community
b. learned through rote
c. sung in his/her own dialect
d. begins in one key and ends in the same key
e. composers and lyricists are usually unknown
f. mood can be sentimental, playful, and humorous
 FOLK SONGS

Characteristics
g. concepts are based on nature or people’s work,
tradition, culture
h. short and simple
i. either in duple meter 2/4, triple meter 3/4, or
quadruple meter 4/4.
One of the most popular examples of the kundiman genre,
this "classic Filipino love song" with original Tagalog lyrics
has been translated into different languages. The languages
it was translated in include English, Spanish, Japanese,
Chinese, and other local languages of the Philippines.
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DAHIL SA’YO
BY PILITA
CORALES
 BITUING MARIKIT
BY
CONCHING ROSAL
In the sweeping rhythm of a Danza, the song depicts a
passionate lover who compares the beloved to an
"unreachable star shining in the night of life," who begs "to
be thrown a ray of light, or be allowed to drink from the pure
stream of love."
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 KUN DI M AN

DEFINITION

Is a traditional Filipino LOVE song.

Its melody is characterized by a smooth,
flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic
intervals.
 RECAP

W H AT IS F O L K S O N G S
A N D G IV E AT L E A S T 2
C H A R A C T E R IS T IC S S ?
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 R E C AP

Define Kundiman.
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 LET'S SEE W H AT H AV E
N E D S O F A R !
YO U L E A R
U C TIO NS
INSTR

R W IL L FL AS H QU ES TI ON S ON TH E SC RE EN .
1. TH E TE AC HE

CO ND S TO W RI TE TH EI R AN SW ER ON A PI EC E OF
ST UD EN TS HAVE 15 SE
2. PA PE R, te lli ng if its TR UE or FA LS E.

RR EC TLY W IT HI N TH E GI VE N TI M E W IL L
ST UD EN TS TH AT AN SW ER ED CO
3. GE T A PO IN T.
 O R FA L SE # 1
T R U E

“Atin Cu Pung Sin g s in g ” is a n e x a mp le o f

a Kapa mp a n g a n f o lk s o n g .
 O R FA L SE # 2
T R U E

Folk songs are p a ss e d o n to a n o th e r

generation through r e c o rd e d te c h n o lo g y.
 O R FA L SE # 3
T R U E

IN G R O S A L d e p ic ts a p a ssio n a te
BITUING MARIKIT BY CONCH
m p a re s th e be loved to a n "u nre a ch a b le st a r sh in in g in
love r w ho co
th ro w n a ray o f li g ht, o r b e a llo w e d
the night of life," who begs "to be
to dri n k fro m th e p ure st rea m o f love."
 O R FA L SE # 4
T R U E

Folk songs are sung to a c c o mp a n y d a il y

activities.
 O R FA L SE # 5
T R U E

Our Filipin o fo lk s o n g s o n ly su n g in
Tagalog.
 CHECKI
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EXCHANGE PAPER WITH
YOUR SEATMATE
 Answer Key

1. T R UE
2. FALSE
3. T R UE
4. T R UE
5. FALSE
A SS I G N M E N T
 And t ha t 's a wra p.

WELL DONE!