Philippine Indigenous Musical Instruments Options

[morena]

[Ek-ek]

Nice!

These musical instruments were part of the rich history of the Philippines!

[BatangDamo]

the kulintang i remember during elementary in Davao, every feild demo and festival event in the school. i miss it...

[kim_kayie]

i love to watch those people playing kulintang...
as if there's no sound that will come out from the instrument...

[dalawapo]

WOW GREAT TOPIC AND PICS MORENA!!!!!!!! U MADE ME CRY HAPPINESS!!!

I REMEMBER THE KULINTANG IN MY FILIPINO DANCE TROUPE, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT THE ONE TO PLAY IT... HAHA I HAD THIS OTHER WERID INSTURMENT THAT LOOKED GOOFY BUT THANK GOD I DIDNT HAVE THAT COW BELL HAHA!!!

AND I REMEMBER KALI STICK FIGHTING I ALWAYS SLIP OFF MY HAND AND FLY ACROSS THE GYM

& THAT DOOD WITH THE GANGAS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT MAN!!!!!!! AHHA I WISH I CAN MEET HIM AND HE CAN TEACH ME ALL ABOUT IGOROT (OR HIS TRIBE AT LEAST)

[BatangDamo]

WOW GREAT TOPIC AND PICS MORENA!!!!!!!! U MADE ME CRY HAPPINESS!!!

I REMEMBER THE KULINTANG IN MY FILIPINO DANCE TROUPE, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT THE ONE TO PLAY IT... HAHA I HAD THIS OTHER WERID INSTURMENT THAT LOOKED GOOFY BUT THANK GOD I DIDNT HAVE THAT COW BELL HAHA!!!

AND I REMEMBER KALI STICK FIGHTING I ALWAYS SLIP OFF MY HAND AND FLY ACROSS THE GYM

& THAT DOOD WITH THE GANGAS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT MAN!!!!!!! AHHA I WISH I CAN MEET HIM AND HE CAN TEACH ME ALL ABOUT IGOROT (OR HIS TRIBE AT LEAST)

the kulintang sounds really great, just like a xilophone or something....

[Ek-ek]

I have a nose flute back at home..........

[dalawapo]

WOW GREAT TOPIC AND PICS MORENA!!!!!!!! U MADE ME CRY HAPPINESS!!!

I REMEMBER THE KULINTANG IN MY FILIPINO DANCE TROUPE, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS NOT THE ONE TO PLAY IT... HAHA I HAD THIS OTHER WERID INSTURMENT THAT LOOKED GOOFY BUT THANK GOD I DIDNT HAVE THAT COW BELL HAHA!!!

AND I REMEMBER KALI STICK FIGHTING I ALWAYS SLIP OFF MY HAND AND FLY ACROSS THE GYM 

& THAT DOOD WITH THE GANGAS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT MAN!!!!!!! AHHA I WISH I CAN MEET HIM AND HE CAN TEACH ME ALL ABOUT IGOROT (OR HIS TRIBE AT LEAST)

the kulintang sounds really great, just like a xilophone or something....

i was watching a documentary one day, and i think they said the xilophone or whatever was first invented by the laos.... or maybe hmong?? i dunno im not for shure. can you find that out for me?

[Ek-ek]

I do not think so...................

[morena]

i was watching a documentary one day, and i think they said the xilophone or whatever was first invented by the laos.... or maybe hmong?? i dunno im not for shure. can you find that out for me?

The kulintang, or gongs in a row, is basically a melody instrument played by a single performer as a solo instrument or as part of an ensemble. It consists of eight gongs placed horizontally in a frame and tuned to a flexible pentatonic or five-tone scale. Among the Islamic peoples of the South of the kulintang ensemble, where it is the primary melody instrument supported by the dabakan (A conical drum), agung, gandingan (four suspended narrow-rimmed gongs), babandil (small gong, sometimes the last gong of the kulintang) – all of which act as drones constantly repeating a particular rhythmic pattern for the duration of the music. The kulintang player acts as the central player and makes various improvisations on the chosen mode moving in progressively ascending and descending steps of sounds. Usually, three types of rhythmic modes are utilized, namely, the duyug, sinulug and tidtu. The dabakan starts with the music, announcing the mode, while the other instruments follow.

The kulintang ensemble is often considered as the most cultivated of the region’s musical expressions. Aside from being a medium of entertainment and hospitality, the kulintang also serves as a vehicle for social interaction and group solidarity and for learning ethical principles.

Other idiophones of the South include the gabbang or bamboo xylophone of the Tausog of Sulu, and the edel or log drum, a plank idiophone made of molave wood suspended and beaten with sticks and used by the Tabakaolo, Bilaan and Manobo

[BatangDamo]

i was watching a documentary one day, and i think they said the xilophone or whatever was first invented by the laos.... or maybe hmong?? i dunno im not for shure. can you find that out for me?

The kulintang, or gongs in a row, is basically a melody instrument played by a single performer as a solo instrument or as part of an ensemble. It consists of eight gongs placed horizontally in a frame and tuned to a flexible pentatonic or five-tone scale. Among the Islamic peoples of the South of the kulintang ensemble, where it is the primary melody instrument supported by the dabakan (A conical drum), agung, gandingan (four suspended narrow-rimmed gongs), babandil (small gong, sometimes the last gong of the kulintang) – all of which act as drones constantly repeating a particular rhythmic pattern for the duration of the music. The kulintang player acts as the central player and makes various improvisations on the chosen mode moving in progressively ascending and descending steps of sounds. Usually, three types of rhythmic modes are utilized, namely, the duyug, sinulug and tidtu. The dabakan starts with the music, announcing the mode, while the other instruments follow.

The kulintang ensemble is often considered as the most cultivated of the region’s musical expressions. Aside from being a medium of entertainment and hospitality, the kulintang also serves as a vehicle for social interaction and group solidarity and for learning ethical principles.

Other idiophones of the South include the gabbang or bamboo xylophone of the Tausog of Sulu, and the edel or log drum, a plank idiophone made of molave wood suspended and beaten with sticks and used by the Tabakaolo, Bilaan and Manobo

i miss the sound of it...

[redhotchili]

are rainsticks indigenous filipino musical instruments as well? joey ayala uses this in some of his songs. i've heard the sound that they produce... really sounds like rain