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Music 7 (Week 1)

This document summarizes the Palabunibunyan ensemble from the Maguindanaon people of the Philippines. It is an ensemble of loud instruments traditionally played by men or women except for the Agung gongs which are exclusively played by men. The ensemble includes gongs, drums, and other percussion instruments and is used for merrymaking but not during times of death, calamities, or Ramadan. It also briefly describes a Gamelan ensemble from Indonesia.

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Music 7 (Week 1)

This document summarizes the Palabunibunyan ensemble from the Maguindanaon people of the Philippines. It is an ensemble of loud instruments traditionally played by men or women except for the Agung gongs which are exclusively played by men. The ensemble includes gongs, drums, and other percussion instruments and is used for merrymaking but not during times of death, calamities, or Ramadan. It also briefly describes a Gamelan ensemble from Indonesia.

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Palabunibunyan

Ensemble
Music 7
PALABUNIBUNYAN
INSTRUMENTS
• Most widely performed instruments
of the Maguindanaon
• An ensemble of loud instruments.
• Gongs with boss
• Played by either men or women
except for AGUNG which is
exclusively played by men.
• Merrymaking
• Not played during
– Death
– Calamities
– Ramadan
1. Kulintang
• 8 gongs
• 2 wooden sticks
• Melody part
• Instrumental part lasts 2-3 minutes
2. Dabakan

• A goblet
shaped
wooden drum
• Covered with
animal skin
3. Babandil

• Small
suspended gong
• Played on its rim
4. Agung

• 2 large kettle
shaped gongs
5. Gandingan

• 4 suspended
gongs with
narrow rims.
GAMELAN
• Indonesian percussion ensemble.
• “to strike”
• Traditional percussion orchestra
(Bali/Java)
• Gongs
• Double headed drum/ bamboo flute/
spiked fiddles
• Vocalist

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