Cordillera and Maguindanaon Performing Arts – Pre-Colonial Lecture Notes

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards that review instruments, ensembles, dynamics, vocal forms, and dances discussed in the lecture.

What is the six-gong ensemble of the Kalinga and Tingguian flat gongs called?

Topayya ensemble

In the Topayya ensemble, what is the fifth gong that provides a two-tone drone called?

Pokpok

What is the sixth gong in the Topayya ensemble that plays a free rhythm for the tadek dance?

Anungos

Among the Kalinga, during what specific occasion are nose flutes used, besides serenades and relaxation?

funerals

What type of pipe ensemble replicates the rhythm of the flat gongs and is played for entertainment while walking along trails?

stopped

What kind of tubes imitate tapayya rhythms and may be used to relax, entertain, or cure the sick and drive away evil spirits?

Stamping

What is the purpose of playing quill-shaped tubes and bamboo buzzers along trails?

drive away

Besides entertainment, what else can the jaw harp do with words or phrases?

imitate

What is the Italian dynamic marking for “very loud”?

fortissimo

What is the Italian term that means “very soft”?

pianissimo

Who founded the independent Sultanate of Maguindanao?

Shariff Kabungsuwan

What does the name “Maguindanaon” literally mean?

flood plain

What is the eight-knobbed gong instrument laid on an antangan frame called?

kulintang

What are the beaters used to strike the kulintang gongs called?

basal

What is the large kettle-shaped bossed gong that can signal time and emergencies?

agong

What are the four graduated “talking gongs” used to send messages known as?

gandingan

In playing the gandingan, where does the woman performer stand in relation to the paired gongs?

between

What is the small thin-rimmed gong that keeps the ensemble’s time?

babandir

What is the goblet-shaped drum of the Maguindanaon ensemble called?

dabakan

What does Palabunibunyan literally mean?

loud-sounding

During what holy month is Palabunibunyan music NOT heard, in addition to deaths and calamities?

Ramadan

What is the fastest kulintang rhythmic mode?

tidtu

What is the slow kulintang rhythmic mode?

sinulog

What rhythmic mode is played only in rituals and as accompaniment to the warrior dance sagayan?

tangunggo

What are songs chanted during the Molud to honor the Prophet’s birth collectively called?

Dikil

What is a Maguindanaon love chant rich in metaphor and simile called?

Sindil

What is a love chant that uses proverbs and is sung in a relaxed lower register called?

Bayok

What are lullabies, children’s songs, and singing games of the Maguindanaon grouped as?

Sangel

What is the solo “dance of dolls” performed with umbrellas and fans called?

Asik

What is the “dance-in-verse” that dramatizes poetic lines in a courtship context called?

Diggunda

Two half notes equal what type of note?

whole

How many quarter notes does it take to equal the duration of a whole note?

four

What style do the first four gongs (balbal, salbat, katlo, kapat) of the Topayya ensemble play in succession?

topayya