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Cordillera Traditional Music and Instruments

 


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CORDILLERA MUSIC

**-their music is used in various settings by the tribes ranging from songs about infancy to epic poetry.

3 Categories of Cordillera Music
  1. Vocal Music
  2. Instrumental Music
  3. Vocal ensemble with instrumental accompaniment
Characteristic of  Cordillera Vocal Music
Mellismatic 
- vocal passage with one syllable
- sung against several notes passages
- multiple notes are sounded into a single vowel in a song.

Free Meter
- musical meter without a time signature
- songs are bounded by a time signature

An example song is SALIDUMAY- Cordillera songs that express thanksgiving, worship, courtship among other positive themes.  


Cordillera Vocal Music by Tribe

Kalinga Tribe
-Tamuyong
-Dangdayang-ay
-Salidumay
-Oggaym
-Dango

Subannen Tribe 
-Bua
 
Manobo Tribe
-Antang

Tausug Tribe
-Langan Batabata
-Sindaay
-Tarasul 

Kalinga Tribe
-Kawayaman
-Oppia

Ifugao Tribe
-Hudhud

HUDHUD 
- epic poetry sang only in 4 major instances rice harvest, weddings, funerals, and wakes.
- it is composed of 200+ stories that each contains over 40 episodes that revolve around the lives of heroes and heroines as well as wealth and culture.

IBALOI BADIW
- major vocal music of Cordillera
- highly considered as the signature form of vocal music to specific cultures in the Cordillera
- it is in the style of the leader chorus form and is mostly sang without any prior preparations or practice.

Cordillera Musical Instrument
3 Major Divisions
  1. Metal
  2. Bamboo
  3. String

Metal Instruments
-Gangsa played in two ways
Toppaya- called when playing Gangsa in sitting position
Pattung- called when playing Gangsain standing position 

Bamboo Instruments

-Bungkaka- bamboo buzzer of Kalinga

-Kaleleng & Tongali- long narrow nose flute

-Tongatong- percussion instruments in various lengths

-Patteteg- bamboo leg xylophone.

-Diwdiw-as- 5 or more sets of slender bamboo pipes that are arranged from longest to shortest tied together. Played by blowing through the ends of the pipes.

-Saggeypo- bamboo pipe that is closed on one end by a node with the open end held against the lower lip of the player as he blows on the top.



-Solibao- a hollow wooden Igorot drum topped with pig or lizard skin that is played by striking the drumhead using the palm of the hand.

-Kulitong- a polychordal (two or more chords) bamboo tube zither of Kalinga.

-Ulibaw- a bamboo Jew's harp 

-Patangguk- a bamboo quill-shaped tubes with a hole near the closed end. This is played by hitting the bamboo on a small piece of wood while covering and uncovering the hole with the thumb.

String Instruments
- Kuglog
- Saluroy





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