TXTBK/SLM + QA LAS

Textbook/Supplementary Materials/Self LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET No. 01

Learning Modules paired with MELC- in MAPEH 7-Music
Based Quality Assured Learning Activity
Sheet (LAS) Quarter: 03 Week: 01

Name: _____________________________Grade and Section: ________________________

Teacher : ___________________________Date Submitted: ___________________________

The learner:
MELC 1: Describes the musical characteristics of representative music selections from Mindanao after listening;
MU7MN-IIIa-g-1
MELC 3: Analyzes the musical elements of some Mindanao vocal and instrumental music; MU7MN-IIIa-g-2
Lesson/Topic:
Musical Characteristics of Mindanao in Relation to its Geography and Culture
References/Sources:
Music and Arts 7 Learner’s Material, Page No. 88-110
https://www.slideshare.net/ssuser982c6b/music-7-lesson-3-other-instruments-of-mindanao
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5GGdjF_UG0)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7jOR5aD0kg)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LTbfNNH7A)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LTbfNNH7A)
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/kulintang
http://philipdominguezmercurio.blogspot.com/2004/06/agung-1.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kontra-Gapi_Gabbang.jpg
https://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Serongagandi.htm
https://www.philembassy.no/newsroom/philippine-embassy-in-norway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suling

Objectives:
• Describe the musical characteristics of representative music selections from Mindanao after listening;
MU7MN-IIIa-g-1
• Analyze the musical elements of some Mindanao vocal and instrumental music; MU7MN-IIIa-g-2
Activity 1: Musical characteristics and elements of the music in Mindanao Day 1

Key Concepts:

Musical Characteristics of Mindanao in Relation to its Geography and Culture

Mindanao is the second largest and the easternmost island in the Philippines. It is named after
Maguindanaoan who constituted the largest Sultanate. The Islamic community in the Philippines consists of

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ethno-linguistic groups:

• The Maguindanao of Cotabato

• The Maranao of Lanao and Cotabato
• The Samal and Jama Mapun of the Sulu Islands of Sibutu and Cagayan De Sulu
• The Tausug of the Sulu Islands of Jolo, Siasi and Tawi-tawi
• The Yakan of Basilan and Zamboanga

The uniqueness of the cultures and his/her musical practices that make up the larger Islamic society in
Mindanao and Sulu belongs to one single tradition. Similarities do exist in some vocal styles within the large
society, but theoretical concepts, functions, aesthetics and repertoires differ from culture to culture and even from
village to village belonging to one language group.

Vocal Music of Mindanao

The different examples of vocal music in Mindanao are categorized as chant and lullaby.
• Chant- is a lyrical rendition of different improvised text
• Lullaby- a chant-style or chant formula use in rocking a baby to sleep

• Yakans do his/her chantings through solo and counter or group singing. His/her three famous everyday
style chants are Lugu, Kalangan and Sa-il/Lunsey

• Maranaos have an extensive vocal repertoire such as Dikker and Bayok.

VOCAL MUSIC GENRE CHARACTERISTICS

Lugu Chant Chants that they use in reading
his/her Qu’ran and other books
they use in his/her Islam religion
Kalangan Chant Songs that they use for
serenading his/her loved ones
Sa-il/Lunsey Chant An important chant to be sung
by the wife-to-be during the
ceremony that talks about
married life.
Dikker Chant Sacred songs highlighted by
quotations from the Qu’ran
Bayok Chant Semi-generic term for a lyrical
rendition of different improvised
text
Ya-ya Lullaby Is a song of the Yakans to put
the baby to sleep, sung in a
relax/sow manner, soft and
soothing while rocking the baby
Bayok Lullaby A Maranao term for lullaby

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 The most prestigious local form of vocal expression is reading the Qu’ran, heard during the Friday noon service,
before and after Ramadan, during Maulud, and in commemorating the anniversaries of deaths. Mindanao’s
Islamic communities cover different forms and stylic differences that exists in rendering these forms.

In order to fully understand and appreciate the music and music performances of Mindanao, let us check
or analyze the elements of music.
The basic elements of music are melody, harmony, rhythm, dynamic and timbre and texture.

• Melody – exact production of the tune or pitch

(Does the musical interval sound right?)
• Harmony – accurate blending of sounds
(Do the different pitched notes sound together and blend
perfectly?)
• Rhythm - perfect timing
(Is the duration of the note to be sounded being followed?)
• Dynamics – variation and contrast in force or intensity of music
(Can the loudness and softness be heard in the piece or
song? Is the emotion retained?)
• Timbre – quality of sound
(Is the tonal envelope (totality of the sound produced) of
instrument/s or voice/s better conveyed?)
• Texture - relationships among the various notes in a musical composition
(Do they sound together (vertical texture) or one after another (horizontal texture)?

The learner:
MELC 2: Identifies the musical instruments and other sound sources of representative music selections from
Mindanao; MU7MN-IIIa-g-3
Objective:
Identify the musical instruments and other sound sources of representative music selections from Mindanao;
MU7MN-IIIa-g-3
Topic: Musical Instruments of Mindanao
Activity No.2: Musical instruments used in selected Mindanao music Day 2

KEY CONCEPTS:
Musical Instruments of Mindanao

The musical instruments used in Mindanao are classified as Kulintang ensemble and bamboo ensemble.

1. Kulintang ensemble- Gong based ensemble used by the Maguindanao and Maranao of western Mindanao, the
Tausug, the Yakan, and the Sama-Bajao of the Sulu Archipelago. They have varied functions but are mostly used
for celebrations/rituals and are mainly divided into two types:

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 • Kulintangan (ManoboCotabato)/Kwintangan- ensembles of 6-8 hanging melody gongs in a row, hung on
ropes in pyramidal order, with the smaller and higher-pitched gongs near the top.
• Tahunggo, Agung, Salmagi, BlowonSemagi- suspended gong ensembles (9-11 gongs, played a melody
and drone player) in various names according to each tribe; ensemble maybe completed with 1 or 2
drums.

2. Bamboo ensemble- Bamboo is considered among early Filipinos as a spiritual connection from our physical
world to the spiritual. Many bamboo instruments were made for this purpose while some were also used for
entertainment and personal expression.

KULINTANG ENSEMBLE
Name of the Instrument Description
Musical
Instrument

Kulintang An important social property.

This instrument of the
ensemble is a highly valued
priceless heirloom that can
command a high price as
dowries. The ownership of
these instruments indicates
high social status and
cultivated taste.

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/kulintang

Agung A large, deep-rimmed gong,

vertically suspended, hanged
in wooden frames.

http://philipdominguezmercurio.blogspot.com/2004/
06/agung-1.html

BAMBOO ENSEMBLE
Gabbang A native xylophone in Sulu, a
bamboo keyboard on top,
constructed out of wood.
Ordinarily, its main body is
shaped like a coffin; keys are
struck with 2 mallets, each with
a strip of rubber fastened to its
underside.

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kontra-Gapi_Gabbang.jpg
Seronggagandi A guitar like made of bamboo,
cut before one nod and after
next. Two cords are slit loose
side by side from outer skin
fibers of the bamboo itself and
these are given tension by
means of bridges. A hole is
then cut into the bamboo just
under the 2 cords, to serve as
resounding holes.

https://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Serongagandi.htm

SOLO INSTRUMENTS
Kudyapi A 2 string plucked lute
instrument made of wood
which resembles and
elongated guitar usually having
2 strings. It varies in sizes, but
normally it is about one and a
half meters long. It is held in
the performer’s lap like a
guitar, the left hand slides back
and forth along the melody
string between the frets; the
middle finger of the right hand
https://www.philembassy.no/newsroom/philippine-embassy-in- plucks both the melody and
norway drone string with a rattan
plectrum or kubit.
Suling (Maguindanao and Yakan’s) is
made mainly of tamiang
bamboo, a long, thin-walled
bamboo tube. The mouthpiece
of the suling is circled with a
thin band made of rattan near
a small hole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suling

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The learner:
MELC 4: Discovers ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that is similar to the instruments being
studied; MU7MN-IIIb-h-4
Objective:
Discover ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that is similar to the instruments being studied;
MU7MN-IIIb-h-4
Topic: Ways of Producing Sound Similar to the Musical Instruments of Mindanao
Activity No. 3 Title: Improvised Musical Instruments particular to Mindanao music Day: 3 & 4
Key concept
Ways of Producing Sound Similar to the Musical Instruments of Mindanao

The different ethno-linguistic groups in Mindanao have similar gongs and bamboo types of
instruments used in his/her celebrations and rituals, but they also have varied functions and different ways of
playing these instruments. Some Muslim groups play music using small and large kettledrums as accompaniment
to dancing, one of the highlights of the celebration. Mindanao folk music includes the ancient Muslim folk songs
and dances that are usually accompanied by drums, gongs, or other percussion instruments..

In the present time, music studies introduce the classification of musical instruments called the
Hornbostel-Saches System.

Hornböstel-Saches Classification of Musical Instruments

Idiophones Membranophones Aerophones Chordophones

(produce sound by (produce sound by (produce sound (produce sound
vibration of its body vibrating stretched through air vibration) through vibrating
such as being membrane or strings)
struck, scraped, covering)
rubbed, shaken,
rubbed or plucked)
1. Kulintang 1. Suling 1. Kudyapi
2. Agung 2. Seronggagandi
3. Gabbang

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