Cordillera

Aeta
The music of the Cordillera region of the Philippines is similar to the music of
continental Southeast Asia. It has rhythmic, speech-like enunciation. Genres
include epics. Musical instruments in the region include graduated flat gongs,
nose flutes, bamboo buzzers, clappers, quill-shaped percussion tubes and
bamboo jew's harps. Leader-chorus singing is common.
The Aeta have a musical heritage consisting of various types of agung
ensembles ensembles composed of large hanging, suspended or held,
bossed/knobbed gongs which act as drone without any accompanying
melodic instrument.

Cordillera's Musical Instruments

gangsa kalinga = gangsa are handmade by the Kalinga tribe of the Northern
Philippines (in the Cordillera mountain range) they are used in traditional dances
andd used to summon the gods for good fortune.
baliing = nose flute

umpong = Philippine bamboo flute

used by the Maguindanaon, half the
size of the largest bamboo flute, the
palendag. A lip-valley flute like the
palendag, the tumpong makes a sound
when players blow through a bamboo
reed placed on top of the instrument
and the air stream produced is passed over an airhole atop the instrument. This
masculine instrument is usually played during family gatherings in the evening
and is presently the most common flute played by the Maguindanaon.

tongatong = A 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. When you hit it against soft
earth a certain drone reverberates though
the instrument's open mouth. When an entire set of Tongatong is played in
interloping rhythm and prolonged with the tribal chanting, it could put the
audience and the dancers in a trance.

diwdiw-as = is one of the Cordillera instrument.It is

5 or more different size of slender bamboo that is tied
together.
saggeypo = Stopped
pipes found in northern
Philippines are the
saggeypo (Kalinga) and
the sagay-op (Bontok).
The bamboo pipe 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.
bamboo zither = any stringed musical instrument whose strings are the same
length as its soundboard. The European zither consists of a flat, shallow sound
box across which some 30 or 40 gut or metal strings are stretched.

Aeta s Musical Instruments

negrito violin-a five-stringed instrument used by natives of

zambales
tabungbung-guitar of the aetas of zambales
butting-a bamboo violin with a single
string made of a hemp or banana fiber.
among the negritos and isabela, it is
called yoggand

bansik-nose flute with 4 holes and a triangular mouth piece used by

the negritos of zambales
kullibaw-jew's harp made of bamboo
gurimbaw-violin of the aetas of tayabas
aydluing-a long guitar with strings similar to the kudyapi of
mindanao. this is used by the mamanua of mindanao
gassa- a flat gong that is sounded by the striking of a palm
patagong-a wing-shaped bamboo tube with a length of 4.5 cm and

5-7.5 cm in diameter
kabungbung-a guitar made of bamboo used by the aetas of bataan