Cordillera Administrative Region

Provinces Capital
Abra Bangued
Apayao Kabugao
Benguet La Trinidad
Ifugao Lagawe
Kalinga Tabuk City
Mountain Province Bontoc
 CORDILLERA
It is the country's only land-locked
region. It has a mountainous
topography and dubbed as the
"Watershed Cradle of North
Luzon" as it hosts major rivers
that provide continuous water for
irrigation and energy for Northern
Luzon.
Characteristics of Music of
Cordillera
1. Music is very much part of life and living
2.Have a rich variety of songs and music
performed on instruments
3.Often performed in groups, allmembers
of the community are welcome and
encouraged to join the singing, dancing and
playing of instruments
4.Their music is communal and
participatory
5. Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic
melodies
6. Music andother components of their culture
are transferred from generation to generation
through oral tradition.
Oral tradition is cultural material and traditions
transmitted orally from one generation toanother
Oral may refer to speech communication as
opposed to writing
Important Activities Where Music isUtilized
1. Peace pacts
2. Healing rituals
3. Invocation of the gods
4. Rites of passage
5. Weddings and festivals
6. Other life cycle events such as birth, coming of
age, work, marriage and death
 Vocal Music
Life Cycle Music
Birth to Childhood
• Owiwi- lullabye of Kalinga that relate a child’s life
• Dagdagay- songof Kalinga that foretells the baby’s
future.
• Oppiya- kalinga song, sung while cradling
Love, Courtship and Marriage
• Chag-ay- an expression of secret love ofBontoc.
• Oggayan- greeting and advice to newly wedsof
Kalinga.
Death Rite Music
• Didiyaw- song to a dead child of Bontoc
• Sangsangit- a dirge of Isneg.

Work or Occupational Song

• Sowe-ey- Rice pounding song ofBontoc.
• Dakuyon- kalinga song for hunting bats.
• Dinaweg- Ilongot song for catchingwild boar.
• Owayat- song for gathering firewood of Ilongot.
• Chey-assa- Bontoc rice pounding song sung in a
groups.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
1.Gangsa is a single hand-heldsmooth
surfaced gong with a narrow rim. A set of
gangsa, which is played one gong per
musician, consists
of gangsa tuned to
different notes,
depending on
regional or local
cultural
preferences.
Gangsa is played in two ways. One way is called
"toppaya" and the other is called"pattung."

In "toppaya" style, the musicians play the

surface of the gangsa with their handwhile
in a sitting position, with a single gangsa
resting on the lap
of each musician.
In the "pattung" style, a gangsa is
suspended from the musician's lefthand
and played with a padded stick held in
the musician's right hand. In the
"pattung" style of playing, the players are
standing,
or they keep in
step with the
dancers while
bending
forward slightly.
2. Kalaleng or Tongali (nose flute) Because
the kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal
diameter, it is possible to play different
harmonics through overblowing—even with the
rather weak airflow from one nostril. Thus, this
nose flute can play notes in a range of two and a
half octaves. Finger holes in the side of the
bamboo tube change the operating length,giving
various scales. Players plug the other nostril to
increase the force of their breath through the
flute.
3. Tongatong
-is a bamboo percussion instrument used by
the people of Kalinga to communicate with
spirits during house blessings. It is made of
bamboo cut in various lengths.
4. Diwdiw-as is 5 or more
different size
of slender
bamboo that
is tied together.
5.Saggeypo it is a bamboo pipe that is
closed on one end by a node with the open end
held against the lower lip of the player as he
blows directly across the top. The pipe can be
played individually by one person or in
ensembles of three or more.
6. Solibao is hallow wooden
Igorot drug topped with pig skin or
lizard skin this is played by striking
the drum head using the palm of
the hand.
7. Bungkaka- bamboo buzzer
of Kalinga.
8. Kullitong- polychordal
bamboo tube zither of
Kalinga
9. Ulibaw- bamboo Jew’s harp
of Kalinga.
( Called as Kubing among the among the
Maguindanaon and other Muslim and non-
Muslim tribes.)
10. Patangguk-
bamboo quill-shaped
11. Pateteg-
bamboo leg
xylophone
12. Paldong-
bamboo lip-valley
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