MUSIC OF
MINDANAO
ABOUT
MINDANAO
MINDANAO
• Second largest island of the Philippines
• At the southern end of the archipelago
Culture
• Consists of mostly MUSLIM or MORO people.
• It also composed of ethnic group
Ethnic Group
• Maranao,Tausug, Banguingi and indigenous tribe
• Known as Lumad.
SARIMANOK
Mangosteen MARAWI
Pacquiao
Philippine
Eagle
Characteristics of Music
of Islamic
Vocal Music
(LIFE CYCLE)
1.Langan Bata Bata - Lullabye of
Tausug.
2.Tarasul - Tausug song of advice to
wedded couple.
3.Dekir- death song of Maranao.
4.Dekil- Maguindanao dirge in vigil.
Religious Chant
1. Salathul Juma- Friday prayer
chant
2.Tarawe - chant during the
Ramadan Folk Epic Rajah
3.Indarapatra - Maguindanao
4Darangen - Maranao
NON-ISLAM CULTURAL GROUP
BAGOBO TRIBE – Davao
Gulf and Davao Region
BILAAN – Davao Gulf
KALAGAN – Davao Gulf
MANDAYA – Davao Region
MANSAKA – Davao
Region
MANOBO – Bukidnon,
Agusan del Sur, Cotabato
MATIGSALUG – Bukidnon
SUBANON – Zamboanga
Peninsula
TIRURAY– SOCCSARGEN
Region
T’BOLI – South Cotabato
LIFE CYCLE
1.Sinda-ay- Wedding chant sung before
inviting the groom’s party to enter
the bride’s house.
2.Balow– song for a dead husband of
Matigsalug.
3.Iring Iring- Manobo song sung on
wakes
4.Ulag Ing- lament song of Manobo
OCCUPATIONA
L SONG
1. Gago Napu- song for either hunting or
fishing of Subanon
2. Balatuking– Manobo harvest song Ritual
Song
3. Diwata- for curing ceremony of Subanon
4. Pamasag- for victory celebration of
Manobo
5. Pangan - Do- for thanksgiving of
Manobo
CHORDOPHONES
(STRINGED INSTRUMENTS)
A chordophone is any musical
instrument
which makes sound by way of a
vibrating string
or strings stretched between two
points
TWO STRINGED-LUTE
• Mansaka-Binarig • Bukidnon – “katyapi”
• Bilaan-Faglong • Subanen – “kutapi”
• T'boli-Hagelong or • Tiruray -“fegerong”
hegalong • Ata – “kudlung”
• Mansaka - • Bagobo – “kodlong”
Kudlong • Maguindanao-
• Manobo - Kudlong, Kudyapi
kdlung, kutyapi
• Maranao-Kutyapi
Kudyapi - is a guitar with two strings. It is
about 1 1/2 m long and made of wood. It
has a stick to support in its lower end and
is played in the same position as cello.
SALUROY - is a bamboo
poly chordal tube zither of
Bagobo . It is called as
kolitong in Cordillera
region.
Aduwag-ay -one -
stringed fiddle
instrument of Bilaans
also called Kugot
(Agusan-Manobo) and
Duwagey (T'boli)
AEROPHONES
(WIND INSTRUMENTS)
is any musical instrument which produces
sound primarily by causing a body of air to
vibrate without the use of strings or membranes
and without the vibration of the instrument
itself adding considerably to the sound.
Sahunay - is a bamboo
flute, leaving six holes for the
fingers and trumpet made of
coconut leaf. It is about 50 cm
long and 3 cm in diameter.
This is a bamboo flute of the
Tausugs in Sulu.
Palendag
A lip-valley flute, it is considered the
toughest of the three bamboo flutes (the
others being the tumpong and the
suling) to use because of the way one
must shape one's lips against its tip to
make a sound.
The construction of the mouthpiece is
such that the lower end is cut diagonally
to accommodate the lower lip and the
second diagonal cut is make for the
blowing edge.
Suling - ring flute of Bilaan and Tiruray, Maguindanao,
Samal, Tausug and Yakan
-is the smallest bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon and the
only one classified as a ring-flute (the other two bamboo
flutes of the Maguindanaon, the tumpong and the palendag
are both lip-valley flutes). Other names for the suling include:
Lantey (Ata), Kinsi (Bukidnon), Dagoyong (Higanon) Babarak
(Palawan)
IDIOPHONES
(PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENTS)
An idiophone is any musical instrument
which creates sound primarily by way of
the instrument's vibrating, without the use
of strings or membranes
Most percussion instruments which are
not drums are idiophones.
Kulintang is a term with various
meanings, all related to the
melody-playing gong row.
Technically, the term
kulintang is the Maguindanao
word for eight gong kettles
which are laid horizontally
upon a rack creating an entire
kulintang set called apasangan.
Gabbang - is similar to a xylophone. It is
made of wooden box with one end wider than
the other, and with an open top. Across top,
wooden bars of different lengths are placed to
fit the shape of the box, about 1 cm from
each other. It is played by striking the
wooden bars with a wooden hammer. This
instruments is popular in Sulu.
Gandingan a Kayo (translated
means, “wooden gandingan,” or
“gandingan made of wood”) is
a Philippine xylophone and
considered the wooden version
of the real gandingan. This
instrument is a relatively new
instrument coming of age due
to the increasing popularity of
the “wooden kulintang
ensemble,”
Kulintang a Kayo This is a wooden
xylophone of the Maguindanao people.
Kulintang a Kayo (literally,
“wooden kulintang”) is a Philippine
xylophone of the Maguindanaon
people with eight tuned slabs arranged
horizontally atop a wooden antangan
(rack). Made of soft wood such as
bayug, the kulintang a kayo is a
common found among Maguindanaon
households with a musical
background.
Agung – is a set a two wide
rimmed bossed- gongs hangs
from horizontal pole or
wooden frame.
It is used by the
Maguindanao, Maranao,
Samal- Bajau and Tausug
people of the
Philippines
Gandingan - is a set of four
small narrow- rimmed and
suspended gongs.
They hang in pairs with the
knobs of the lower pitched
gongs facing each other. The
same with the two higher
pitched gongs. The pair of
lower pitched gongs is
positioned on the player's
left side while the pair of the
higher pitched gongs is on
the right.
Babandil- is a single, narrow-
rimmed Philippine gong used
primarily as the
“timekeeper” of the Maguindanao
kulintang ensemble.
Babandil It is struck with thin bamboo sticks to
produce a metallic sound. There are three ways
to play the babendil.
1.by striking the rim of the suspended gong with
a pair of sticks on the left hand.
2.by striking the gong's rim with the right hand
using one stick while the left hand grasps the
rim.
3. by laying the instruments upside and striking
the gong's rim with the two sticks.
Kagul - is a type of
Philippine bamboo scraper
gong/slit drum of the
Maguindanaon and Visayans
with a jagged edge on one
side, played with two
beaters, one scarping the
jagged edge and the other
one making a beat.
Kulintang aTiniok is a type of
Philippine metallophone with eight
tuned knobbed metal plates strung
together via string atop a wooden
antangan (rack).
Kulintang a tiniok is a Maguindanaon
term meaning “kulintang with string” but
they also could call them kulintang a
putao, meaning “kulintang of metal.”
The Maranao refer to this instrument as
a sarunay (or salunay, salonay, saronay,
saronai, sarunai), terminology which has
become popular for this instrument in
America.
Kubing –it is a bamboo jaw harp of
Tiruray. These have become one of
the most popular jaw harps
internationally due to their highly
responsive sound and ornate designs.
In the hands of a good player the
kubing is capable of a vast number of
sounds and timbres. This kubing
was collected in Manila in 1987.
Other names: Kumbing –Bagobo
Lideng- Bilaan Kobing- Maranao
and Samal Kulaing – Tausug and
Yakan
MEMBRANOPHONES
(DRUM INSTRUMENTS)
A membranophone is any musical
instrument which produces sound
primarily by way of a vibrating
stretched membrane
Dabakan - is a
goblet -shaped drum of
Maguindanao and Maranao,
which has a single head
covered with goat, lizard or
snakeskin. It is struck with
two thin bamboo sticks about
18 inches in length.
primarily used as a
supportive instrument in
the kulintang ensemble
Dadabuan
Ethnic group: Maranao
Location: West central
Mindanao (muslim south)
Classification Membranophone,
hour glass shaped drum
Description Hour glass shaped
drum made of wood; the
membrane is made of carabao
skin. Decorated with carvings
and painted. The drum is part
of the Kulintang ensemble.
Dimensions: height: 59 cm.
diameter (membrane): 19 cm.
Gandang - is a
two-headed cylindrical drum
of Tausug, Samal, Badjao,
Maranao and Maguindanao.
Called as Kendang in other
South East Asian countries. It
is one of the primary
instruments used in the
Gamelan ensembles of Java,
Bali and Terengganu.
Ensemble – small groups of
instrument played simultaneously.
Pala Buni Bunyan- Maguindanao
ensemble consisted of five
instruments the kulintang, agung,
gandingan, dabakan and babendil/
babandir
The complete ensemble Kulintang ensemble
Tagunggo – Yakan ensemble is made up of brass
kwintangan, gabbang, set of 3 agung and bamboo slit
drum called Tagutok.
