CONTEMPORARY

PHILIPPINE
MUSIC
(Traditional – New Music)
 Traditional Philippine Music

• Traditional Philippine Music has

been influenced by other cultures
as a result of either intercultural
meetings or colonization.
• Some of its forms include:
• 1. Ethnic- (percussion music using
the gong to express a five-tone or a
seven-tone notation)
Ethnic Musical Instruments:
 Traditional Philippine Music

• 2. Hispanic- (sarswela and the

rondalla)

• 3. Filipino- (Awit at Korido)

• 4. Korido- (metrical story sang with
a guitar ex. “Florante at Laura”)
Sarswela and Rondalla:
 Traditional Philippine Music

• 2. Hispanic- (sarswela and the

rondalla)

• 3. Filipino- (Awit at Korido)

• 4. Korido- (metrical story sang with
a guitar ex. “Florante at Laura”)
Korido: “Florante at Laura”
 What are the classification of
Philippine traditional musical
instruments?

Music would be impossible to express

without the use of melody. Melody refers
to the succession of notes played one
after another under the accompaniment
of musical instruments. Among the basic
Philippine musical instrument
classification are the following:
 What are the classification of
Philippine traditional musical
instruments?

Bamboos that are blown – aerophones

Bamboos that are struck – idiophones
Bamboos that are plucked – chordophones
“Aerophones”
 What are the classification of
Philippine traditional musical
instruments?

Bamboos that are blown – aerophones

Bamboos that are struck – idiophones
Bamboos that are plucked – chordophones
“Idiophones”
 What are the classification of
Philippine traditional musical
instruments?

Bamboos that are blown – aerophones

Bamboos that are struck – idiophones
Bamboos that are plucked – chordophones
“Chordophones”
Filipino Traditional Music
Instruments

Kudlung-
two stringed lute
made of wood
Filipino Traditional Music
Instruments

Kudyapi-
two-stringed, boat-
shaped lute.
Filipino Traditional Music
Instruments

Serongagandi-
Decorated bamboo
tube, closed by a
node at both ends.
Filipino Traditional Music
Instruments

Sludoy-
tube made of
bamboo with five
strings cut from the
tube.
Filipino Traditional Music
Instruments

Afiw-
brass instrument
horizontally held by
the tongue in front of
the opened mouth.
Filipino Traditional Music
Instruments

Balingbing-
bamboo buzzer.