Scribd
Upload
123 views35 pages

Music of Mindanao

The native musical instruments of Mindanao include membranophones like the dabakan goblet drum, aerophones such as the suling bamboo flute and palendag lip-valley flute, chordophones like the kutyapi two-stringed lute, and idiophones such as the kagul bamboo scraper. The most popular musical ensemble is the kulintang ensemble, which features the kulintang gongs, gandingan gongs, dabakan drum, agung bells, and babendil timekeeping gong. These traditional instruments are an important part of Mindanao culture.

Uploaded by

John Philip Reyes
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
123 views35 pages

Music of Mindanao

The native musical instruments of Mindanao include membranophones like the dabakan goblet drum, aerophones such as the suling bamboo flute and palendag lip-valley flute, chordophones like the kutyapi two-stringed lute, and idiophones such as the kagul bamboo scraper. The most popular musical ensemble is the kulintang ensemble, which features the kulintang gongs, gandingan gongs, dabakan drum, agung bells, and babendil timekeeping gong. These traditional instruments are an important part of Mindanao culture.

Uploaded by

John Philip Reyes
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 35

What are the native musical

instruments of Mindanao?
Mindanao musical instruments are
played either individually or by an
ensemble. Just like other ethnic
instruments, Mindanao indigenous
musical instruments are classified as
aerophones, membranophones,
chordophones and idiophones.
There are different
types of Musical
instruments of
Mindanao. These are:
Kulintang

It is composed of a row of small,


horizontally-laid brass gongs that
functions melodically. It is played by
striking the bosses of the gongs with two
wooden beaters. The players sit on
chairs or on the floor while playing the
instruments.
Kulintang
Kulintang A Kayo
Is a Maguindanaon xylophone, literally
translated to mean “wooden kulintang” or
“kulintang made of wood”. To make a
sound, the palyer uses betay (beaters).
Kulintang A Kayo
Agung

-male instrument with "supernatural


powers" because they believe that
agung’s stop earthquakes

-large kettle-shaped gong

-very loud
Agung
Dabakan
-goblet shaped drum with its single head
made of lizard, goat or snake skin.
Dabakan
Gandingan

- 2 pairs of 4 graduated gongs

- thin rim and boss that hang in


pairs with bosses facing each other
Gandingan
Babendil

-The babandil is a single, narrow-


rimmed Philippine gong used
primarily as the “timekeeper” of
the Maguindanao kulintang
ensemble.
Babendil
Suling
-Also called the ring flute, is the smallest
bamboo flute of Maguindanao. The
sound is produced when the air passes
through the hole found at the bottom of
the instrument while the pitch is
controlled through the five finger holes at
the top and one finger hole located at the
bottom.
Suling
Kutyapi
Two stringed lute made of wood, one
string for the melody, one for the drone.
Kutyapi
Palendag
Is the lip-valley flute and one of the
most common aerophones of the
maguindanaons.
Palendag
Kagul
(idiophone) is a maguindanao bamboo
scraper gong/slit drum with a jagged edge
on one side. To play the kagul, one would
use one’s foot to hold the instrument on the
ground. Then, using their right hand, one
would scarp against the rough edge while
their left hand makes a beat using another
betay (beater) at the kagul’s edge.
Kagul
Kagul
Mindanao Music Ensemble
Music ensembles refers to a
group ethnic instruments. In
Mindanao Kulintang Ensemble
is considered as the most
popular music ensemble.
Kulintang Ensemble
Kulintang ensemble of Mindanao is consist
of the following instruments:
 1 Kulintang
 1 Gandingan
 1 Dabakan
 2 Agung
 2 Babendil
Kulintang Ensemble
Kulintang Ensemble
Improvise Instruments
Improvise Instruments
Improvise Instruments
Improvise Instruments

You might also like