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Instrumental Music in Cordillera

This document describes traditional instrumental music from the Cordillera region of the Philippines. It discusses the gangsa ensemble, where individual musicians each play a single handheld gong. Gangsas can be played either by striking the surface with the hand or by suspending the gong and striking it with a stick. It also outlines various bamboo instruments that are played solo or in ensembles, including the jew's harp (kubing), bamboo flute (saggeypo), bamboo tubes of different sizes tied together (diwdiw-as), bamboo tubes of graduated sizes (tongatong), bamboo buzzer (bungkaka), and bamboo xylophone (patatag).

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Instrumental Music in Cordillera

This document describes traditional instrumental music from the Cordillera region of the Philippines. It discusses the gangsa ensemble, where individual musicians each play a single handheld gong. Gangsas can be played either by striking the surface with the hand or by suspending the gong and striking it with a stick. It also outlines various bamboo instruments that are played solo or in ensembles, including the jew's harp (kubing), bamboo flute (saggeypo), bamboo tubes of different sizes tied together (diwdiw-as), bamboo tubes of graduated sizes (tongatong), bamboo buzzer (bungkaka), and bamboo xylophone (patatag).

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INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN CORDILLERA

1.GANGSA ENSEMBLE- Gangsa is a single handheld smooth


surface gong with a narrow rim. It is played according to the traditions
of the different tribes of the Cordillera: Kalinga, Ifugao, Bontoc, etc.
- Each musician plays one gong consisting of Gangsa tuned to different
notes.

Two ways of playing the Gangsa:


a.TOPPAYA STYLE – The musicians play the surface of the gangsa
with their hand while in a sitting position with a single gangsa resting on
the lap of each musician.

b. PATTUNG STYLE- the gansa is suspended from the musician’s left


hand and played with a padded stick held in the musician’s right hand.

2. BAMBOO SOLO/ENSEMBLE
A. KUBING ( JEWS HARP)- The instrument is held horizontally with
the tongue in front of the opened mouth while the left end is either
strummed by the thumb or plucked.
 Idiophone
B. SAGGEYPO- 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 it is blown
directly across the top.
 Aerophone

C. Diwdiw-as
 Five or more different sizes of slender bamboos that are tied
together.
 Aerophone

D. TONGATONG
 Sets of five to six bamboo tubes with one hole on top in
graduated sizes.
 idiophone

E. BUNGKAKA
 Bamboo buzzer
 idiophone

F. PATATAG
 Bamboo xylophone
 Idiophone

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