This document discusses several traditional Filipino musical instruments that are part of a rondalla band. It describes the bandurria as the main melody instrument with a pear-shaped body. The laud is similar to the bandurria but larger and plays lower accompaniment notes. The octavina is guitar-shaped and also plays lower accompaniment notes. The guitar, introduced by Spaniards, plays accompaniments and melodies and provides rhythm. The double bass is the largest instrument and provides the fundamental tone and reinforces rhythm.
This document discusses several traditional Filipino musical instruments that are part of a rondalla band. It describes the bandurria as the main melody instrument with a pear-shaped body. The laud is similar to the bandurria but larger and plays lower accompaniment notes. The octavina is guitar-shaped and also plays lower accompaniment notes. The guitar, introduced by Spaniards, plays accompaniments and melodies and provides rhythm. The double bass is the largest instrument and provides the fundamental tone and reinforces rhythm.
This document discusses several traditional Filipino musical instruments that are part of a rondalla band. It describes the bandurria as the main melody instrument with a pear-shaped body. The laud is similar to the bandurria but larger and plays lower accompaniment notes. The octavina is guitar-shaped and also plays lower accompaniment notes. The guitar, introduced by Spaniards, plays accompaniments and melodies and provides rhythm. The double bass is the largest instrument and provides the fundamental tone and reinforces rhythm.
This document discusses several traditional Filipino musical instruments that are part of a rondalla band. It describes the bandurria as the main melody instrument with a pear-shaped body. The laud is similar to the bandurria but larger and plays lower accompaniment notes. The octavina is guitar-shaped and also plays lower accompaniment notes. The guitar, introduced by Spaniards, plays accompaniments and melodies and provides rhythm. The double bass is the largest instrument and provides the fundamental tone and reinforces rhythm.
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MAPEH
(MUSIC)
RONDALLA INSTRUMENTS
MA. CRISTINA A. DEDASE
Subject Facilitator
Submitted by:
GIAN PAULINE T. LAZARO
GRADE 7 – ST. EZEKIEL MORENO Bandurria Pear-shaped body with a round sound hole, the bandurria is the mainstay of the group. This instrument usually carries the main melody and plays melodies and counterparts. Bandurrias may be divided into first, second, and third, each one playing a different part. Laud Shaped similar to the bandurria but bigger, the laud has a longer neck and two f- sound holes. It usually plays the lower notes in accompaniments, counterparts, and in unison with the bass. The old original laud, better known as the lute, has a round body in the shape of a half pear, a flat neck with seven or more frets, and a separate pegbox bent back at an angle. Octavina Formed like a guitar with shorter neck and with round sound hole, the octavina, like the laud, plays the lower notes in accompaniments, in counterparts, and in unison with the bass. Guitar Six-stringed with long, fretted neck which can be plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum, larger body than the octavina with round sound hole, the guitar (guitarra) plays the accompaniments, plays melodies and counterparts, and provides the permanent rhythm for the group using chordal and arpeggio accompaniments. This instrument brought into the Philippines by the Spaniards have inspired the development of the rondalla in the country. Filipino ingenuity produced several other instruments modeled after the guitar which soon joined it in musical group which develped into the rondalla. Double Bass The double bass, also called bass VIOL or contrabass, is four-stringed, the largest instrument of the rondalla, shaped like the violin with two f sound holes, provides the fundamental tone, and reinforces the rhythm. Until 1910, the bass guitar was just slightly bigger than the ordinary guitar and was played in the same manner as the guitar, placed on the lap. Later, the bass guitar adapted a tailpiece and was henceforth played with the player standing up. With the tailpiece this instrument is adjustable to suit the player's height. In the interior of the bass, a small piece of round wood is fixed immediately behind the right foot of the bridge, to act as a support. It is called the "sound post." Under the bridge's left foot a strip of wood known as the "bass bar" is glued lengthways along the belly. It has different sizes: 1/2, 3/4, 7/8, or a full size. A 1/2 or 3/4 size double bass is usually used in the elementary grades, and 3/4, 7/8 or a full size double bass is for junior or senior high school students depending on the person's physical stature.