Music of Cordillera

MUSIC OF CORDILLERA
PROVINCES CAPITAL
ABRA BANGUED
APAYAO KABUGAO
BENGUET LA TRINIDAD
IFUGAO LAGAWE
KALINGA TABUK CITY
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE BONTOC
CORDILLERA
• It is the country's only land-locked region.
It has a mountainous topography and
dubbed as the "Watershed Cradle of North
Luzon" as it hosts major rivers that provide
continuous water for irrigation and energy
for Northern Luzon.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THEIR MUSIC
1. Music is very much part of life and living
2. Have a rich variety of songs and music
performed on instruments
3. Often performed in groups, all members of
the community are welcome and encouraged
to join the singing, dancing and playing of
instruments
4. Their music is communal and participatory
5. Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic melodies
6. Music and other components of their culture are

transferred from generation to generation through oral
tradition. Oral tradition is cultural material and
traditions transmitted orally from one generation to
another Oral may refer to speech communication as
opposed to writing
WHERE ARE THESE MUSIC PERFORMED?
1. Peace pacts
2. Healing rituals
3. Invocation of the gods
4. Rites of passage
5. Weddings and festivals
6. Other life cycle events such as birth, coming of age,
work, marriage and death
VOCAL MUSIC
LIFE CYCLE MUSIC
• Owiwi- lullabye of Kalinga that relate a child’s life
• Dagdagay- song of Kalinga that foretells the baby’s future.
• Oppiya- kalinga song, sung while cradling Love, Courtship
and Marriage
• Chag-ay- an expression of secret love of Bontoc.
• Oggayan- greeting and advice to newly weds of Kalinga.
DEATH RITE MUSIC
• Didiyaw- song to a dead child of Bontoc
• Sangsangit- a dirge of Isneg
OCCUPATIONAL SONG
• Sowe-ey- Rice pounding song of Bontoc.
• Dakuyon- kalinga song for hunting bats.
• Dinaweg- Ilongot song for catching wild boar.
• Owayat- song for gathering firewood of Ilongot.
• Chey-assa- Bontoc rice pounding song sung in a
groups.
CEREMONIAL MUSIC
• Kapya- song of Bontoc for curing ceremonies.
• Angba- song of Bontoc for curing ceremonies
• Dawak- song of Ilongot for curing ceremonies.
ENTERTAINMENT SONG
• Hudhud- epic song of Ifugao, a leader chorus
style.
• Alim- leader chorus style of music of Ifugao
where to groups of singers reply to 2 make leaders.
•Dang Dang-ay- Kalinga entertainment song
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
GANGSA
Gangsa is a single hand-held smooth surfaced
gong with a narrow rim. A set of gangsa, which is
played one gong per musician, consists of gangsa
tuned to different notes, depending on regional or
local cultural preferences
KALALENG OR TONGALI
Because the kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal diameter, it
is possible to play different harmonics through overblowing—even
with the rather weak airflow from one nostril. Thus, this nose flute
can play notes in a range of two and a half octaves. Finger holes in
the side of the bamboo tube change the operating length, giving
various scales. Players plug the other nostril to increase the force of
their breath through the flute.
TONGATONG
is a bamboo percussion instrument used by the people of
Kalinga to communicate with spirits during house
blessings. It is made of bamboo cut in various lengths
DIWDIW
is 5 or more different size of slender bamboo that is
tied together.
SAGGEYPO
Saggeypo it is a 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 directly across the top. The pipe can be played individually
by one person or in ensembles of three or more.
SOLIBAO
Solibao is hallow wooden Igorot drug topped with pig skin or
lizard skin this is played by striking the drum head using the palm
of the hand.
BUNGKAKA
bamboo buzzer of Kalinga.
KULLITONG
polychordal bamboo tube zither of Kalinga
ULIBAW
bamboo Jew’s harp of Kalinga. ( Called as Kubing among
the among the Maguindanaon and other Muslim and
non- Muslim tribes.)
PATANGGUK
bamboo quill-shaped instrument
PATETEG
bamboo leg xylophone
PALDONG
bamboo lip-valley

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