Musical Instrument

Musical Instruments in Luzon
BALINGBING
BANGIBANG
Classification: Idiophone, bamboo buzzer

Description:
Bamboo tube, one side closed. Two tongues and a
crack up to the node; hole. The instrument is played
by beating one of the tongues against the arm or
wrist; sound can be changed by closing and opening
the hole. Usually played by at least seven
individuals, each with one buzzer. Player play their
own rythmic pattern, all patterns fit together
('interlocking'). Players can form long rows while
dancing in an open space (such as a central
meadow).
AFIW
Classification: Idiophone, jaw harp

Description:
Made of brass; the instrument is held horizontally
with the metal tongue in front of the opened
mouth. The left end is either hit by the thumb of the
right hand or plucked (see photograph below). This
makes the metal tongue vibrate which causes a
sound. The mouth serves as a resonator and by
changing the shape and size of the mouth opening;
the overtones can be changed, thus creating a
melody. By strongly breathing in or out the volume
can be changed as well. The string is made of wool.
Classification: Idiophone, percussion bar

Description:
Set of at least seven wooden bars made of hard
wood. Each bar has its own pitch and is hit by the
player with a short stick of hard wood. Players have
one stick each and play their own rythmic pattern,
which fall together ('interlocking').
COURTING FLUTE
Classification: Aerophone, vertical flute

Description:
Short bamboo tube, cut off on the node and closed
with a piece of wood, lower part of the hole half
covered, with a burnt in hole.
KALLELENG
TONGALI
Classification: Aerophone, vertical flute, nose flute

Description:
Bamboo tube, closed at both end by a node. In both
nodes a star shaped opening is cut. Five strings are
cut loose from the skin, and lifted and tuned with
small pieces of wood. The tube is cracked and
slightly opened to improve resonance.
Classification: Aerophone, vertital flute. nose flute

Description:
Long bamboo tubes, closed at one end by the node
in which the blowing hole is burnt. The flute has
three finger holes. The blowing hole is placed under
an angle against the nose and the player gently
blows into the tube. The tongali is held against the
nostril; the other nostril is plugged.
GANGSA
PALDONG
Classification: Aerophone, lip valley flute (notch

flute)
Description:
Open bamboo pipe, top end cut at an angle (see
pictures). Three by one fingerholes.
PALIPAL
Classification: Idiophone, bamboo clapper

Description
Bamboo tube, one end open; cut open in the
middle; upper part cut into two halves. The
instrument is played by shaking: one half swings up
and down and in the down swing hits the lower
half.
A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used

mainly in Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music. It
consists of several tuned metal bars each placed
over an individual resonator. The bars are hit with a
mallet, each producing a different pitch. Duration of
sound intensity and sound quality factors are
generally accomplished by damping the vibration of
the bar with the fingers of the free hand. The
gangsa is very similar to the gendr and the saron.
Musical Instrument in Visayas

Kudyapi (guitar of flute) A kudyapi is a
stringed instrument similar to a lute; it features
two strings that are manipulated when the
instrument is played. The kudyapi is made of
wood, and most measure between four and six
feet long. The instrument is native to the
Philippines, where many residents learn to play
the traditional instrument. Traditionally, a man
with the plan of proposing to a woman would
firstly have to impress her with his musical skills
on the kudyapi. Of course, these practices are
no longer widespread, but the kudyapi remains
a part of the local culture in the Philippines.
Korlong (fiddle) A fiddle is any bowed
string musical instrument, most often the
violin.[1] It is also a colloquial term for the
instrument used by players in all genres,
including classical music. Fiddle playing,
or fiddling, refers to various styles of music.
Common distinctions between violins and
fiddles reflect the differences in the
instruments used to play classical and folk
music. However, it is not uncommon for
classically trained violinists to play folk music,
and today many fiddle players have some
classical training. A lot of traditional (folk) styles
are aural traditions, so are taught 'by ear'
rather than with written music.
Guimbal and Tugo (drums) A tugo is a
musical percussion instrument native to the
Philippines, where it is still played by many
residents. It is large and shaped like a guitar,
but made completely of wood. The lower part
of the instrument is hollow, but unlike the
guitar the tugo has no hole for the sound to
come out of. The player of the tugo can adjust
the strings on the instrument to produce
different pitched sounds as they hit the tugo
base with their hands or a beater. The tugo
could be broadly classed as a percussion
instrument (although it does feature strings).
Buktot (lutes) - a word in the filipino

language generally meaning a humpbacked
person. The instrument resonator, usually a
coconut shell, resembles a hunchback! The
buktot is a Visayan Guitar
Litguit (violins) A litguit instrument is a
traditional Filipino instrument that is used to
make percussion sounds that resemble those of
maracas. The instrument has a long, thin
wooden handle, and, when it is played, it is
struck with another long, slim piece of wood to
produce the distinctive sound. Traditional
musical instruments evoke the spirit of their
"home" countries, adding beauty and
uniqueness to traditional folk music or more
modern musical compositions. Today, many
musicians use traditional Filipino musical
instruments to add special elements to rock,
jazz, or pop music.
Musical Instruments in Mindanao
Bulungudyong
Kutiyapi
Classification: Chip-on-edge flute with open end and

finger holes.
Description: Bamboo flute with a chip on the mouth
hole wrapped with plastic straw. There are three
holes on top of the flute and one hole underneath.
The mouth piece of this bulungudyong has been
wrapped around with plastic tape to prevent the
plastic straw wrapped around the chip from further
deteriorating.
The kutiyapi, or kudyapi, is a Philippine twostringed, fretted boat-lute . It is the only stringed
instrument among the Maguindanao people ,), and
one of several among other groups such as the
Maranao and Manobo. It is four to six feet long with
nine frets made of hardened beeswax . The
instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as
that from the jackfruit tree.
Kulintang
Palendag
The palendag, also called Pulalu .
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. Among the Bukidnon, a similar
instrument with the same construction except that
it is three-fourths the length of the palendag, is
called the hulakteb.
Technically, kulintang is the Maguindanao, Ternate

and Timor term for the idiophone
It is played by striking the bosses of the gongs with
two wooden beaters. Due to its use across a wide
variety groups and languages, the kulintang is also
called kolintang by the Maranao and those in
Sulawesi ,kulintangan, gulintangan by those in
Sabah and the Sulu Archipelago and totobuang by
those in central Maluku.
By the twentieth century, the term kulintang had
also come to denote an entire Maguindanao
ensemble of five to six instruments. Traditionally
the Maguindanao term for the entire ensemble is
basalen or palabunibunyan, the latter term meaning
an ensemble of loud instruments or musicmaking or in this case music-making using a
kulintang.

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Musical Instruments in Luzon

Classification: Idiophone, bamboo buzzer

Classification: Idiophone, jaw harp

Classification: Idiophone, percussion bar

Classification: Aerophone, vertical flute

Classification: Aerophone, vertical flute, nose flute

Classification: Aerophone, vertital flute. nose flute

Classification: Aerophone, lip valley flute (notch

Classification: Idiophone, bamboo clapper

A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used

Musical Instrument in Visayas

Buktot (lutes) - a word in the filipino

Musical Instruments in Mindanao

Classification: Chip-on-edge flute with open end and

Technically, kulintang is the Maguindanao, Ternate

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