History of music in the philippines

HISTORY of PHILIPPINE MUSIC I. Indigenous Music • Largely functional • Expressed either instrumentally, vocally, or a combination of both Indigenous Musical Instruments • • • • Aerophones Chordophones Idiophones Membranophones Aerophones • any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound • best represented by the many types of bamboo flutes that are found all over the country Lip Valley Flute • paldong, or kaldong of the Kalinga • palendag of South Maguindanao • pulalu of Manobo Lip Valley Flute • Two by two fingerholes.

Protruding mouthpiece with a hole. The instrument is decorated with carvings blackened by burning. Nose Flute Nose Flute • The northern tribes call this kalleleng (Bontoc and Kankanai), tongali (Ifugao and Kalinga) and baliing (Isneg).

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