Conventional Traditional or Local Folk Music & Arts

Grade 7 Quarter 2 Music & Arts

What is the vocal music of Panay Bukidnon?

Sugidanon

What does the term sugidanon mean?

Epic-Chanting or Storytelling

The sugidanon are long narratives reflecting the existing customary ______, _____, _______, and ______ of the Panay Bukidnon ancestors.

Laws, beliefs, practices, & values

It is reputed as the longest published epic in the Philippines.

Panay Bukidnon Sugidanon

How many parts does the longest epic in the Philippines have?

10

How many volumes does the longest epic in the Philippines have?

13

What do you call the epic chanter in the sugidanon?

Manugsugidanon

How many languages are used in sugidanon?

2

What are the languages used in sugidanon?

Kinaray-a & Ligbok

How many approaches are there in sugidanon?

3

What are the approaches in sugidanon?

Calmly, Loudly, & Repeated Lines

What is the vocal music of Indonesia?

Sulukan

It is used to set the mood of the scene, by soft-sounding instruments. It is a mastermind vocal song which has a very important role in a Wayang Kulit performance.

Sulukan

This is part of the social and cultural life of the Panay Bukidnon, marking significant personal or communal events.

Panay Bukidnon Bamboo Instruments

What are the instruments in Panay Bukidnon usually made of?

Bamboo

When is the the Panay Bukidnon Bamboo Instruments played?

Rituals or Celebrations

What do you call the courtship dance in the Philippines?

Binanog

A buzzer struck on the palm of a hand. The hole on one end is where pang-midya is done using the thumb so as to vary low/high relative pitches.

Suganggang

What is suganggang made of?

Bulo

This is a bamboo plant variety relatively smaller than kawayan

Bulo

This is both a percussion and chordophone. It is played by tapping one or two fingers on the bamboo lid. This is alternated by strumming the string, which was etched out from the body of the bamboo.

Tikumbo

What is tikumbo made of?

Kawayan

This is done by closing the hole on one side of the bamboo to vary low and high pitches.

Pang-midya

This is a bamboo flute. Air is blown through a bamboo opening encircled by a banana leaf. It is tuned according to a pentatonic scale. There are four holes on top surface and a hole underneath. The gap between two holes is measured by the maker’s two fingers.

Tulali

What is tulali made of?

Bagakay

It is one of the smallest bamboo varieties.

Bagakay

A two-stringed bowed instrument. It is mainly a melodic instrument although a rhythmic patterns from words/phrases are also employed.

Litgit

What is litgit made of?

Bulo

An aerophone, chordophone, and idiophone at the same time because to play it entails “inhaling and exhaling air” ( aerophone ). By repeatedly moving the bamboo’s pointed edge, the instrument’s tongue or bamboo string is vibrated ( chordophone ) and a percussive effect ( idiophone) is produced from the rhythm.

Subing

A _______ is a kind of musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments. The term refers more to the set of instruments than the players of those instruments.

Gamelan Ensemble

Typically consists of seven bronze bars placed on top of a resonating frame ( rancak ). It is played on the floor by a seated performer. It is struck with a mallet ( tabuh ) in the right hand. Typically, the striking mallet is angled to the right to produce a fuller sound.

Saron

How high is saron in cm & inches?

20 cm or 8 inch

What is the other name for mallet?

Tabuh

It plays the melody and form as the backbone of the Javanese gamelan ensemble.

Saron

It is a collection of small gongs placed horizontally onto strings in a wooden frame, either one or two rows wide. All of the kettles have a central boss, but around it the lower-pitched ones have a flattened head, while the higher ones have an arched one.

Bonang

What are the other names for Bonang?

Kettles or Pots

It refers to a decorative frame that enhances the visual presentation of the puppets.

Rancak

It is one of the most important instruments in the ensemble, as it gives many of the cues to other players in the gamelan.

Bonang or Bonang Barung

How many types of bonang are there?

2

What are the two types of bonang?

Bonang Panerus & Bonang Barung

It plays the fastest rhythms of the bonang.

Bonang Panerus

A type of hanging gong used in Indonesian gamelan. It is often placed with the gong suwukan and gong ageng hanging on a single rack, at the back of the gamelan, and these instruments are often played by the same player with the same mallets.

Kempul

Large Hanging Gongs

Gong Ageng

Medium Hanging Gongs

Gong Suwukan

Small Hanging Gongs

Kempul

Large Standing Gongs

Kenong

Pair of Small Standing Gongs

Kethuk-Kempyang

A xylophone-like instrument similar to saron but with wooden bars instead of metal ones. The bars of the instrument are made of a dense wood, generally teak or ironwood, and are mounted in a deep wooden case that serves as a resonator.

Gambang

It refers to several types of dense hardwood trees found in tropical regions, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Kayu Besi

How many keys does gambang typically have?

17-21

It plays the leading role in the creation of melodic patterns. Within a full gamelan, it stands out somewhat because of the high speed of playing, and contrasting timbre because it has widest melodic range which the other instruments don’t have.

Gambang

The primary drum used in the Gamelan ensembles of Java and Bali as well as various Kulintang ensembles in other Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Brunei, and the Southern Philippines. They usually are placed on stands horizontally and hit with the hands one either side while seated on the floor.

Kendang

It usually has the function of keeping the tempo and signaling some of the transitions to sections and the end of the piece. In dance or wayang, the kendhang player must follow the movements of the dancer and communicate them to the other players in the ensemble.

Kendang

What is the strings in litgit made out of?

Abaca Hemp