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Gangsa and Kalaleng: Cordillera Instruments

The document describes several traditional musical instruments of the highland Luzon region in the Philippines, including the gangsa, kalaleng nose flute, and tongatong bamboo percussion instrument. The gangsa is a single gong that is played either sitting down by hand or standing up using a padded stick. The kalaleng nose flute can play a range of notes through overblowing and has finger holes that allow different scales. The tongatong bamboo instrument is used to communicate with spirits during rituals and, when played with chanting, can induce trances.

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Gangsa and Kalaleng: Cordillera Instruments

The document describes several traditional musical instruments of the highland Luzon region in the Philippines, including the gangsa, kalaleng nose flute, and tongatong bamboo percussion instrument. The gangsa is a single gong that is played either sitting down by hand or standing up using a padded stick. The kalaleng nose flute can play a range of notes through overblowing and has finger holes that allow different scales. The tongatong bamboo instrument is used to communicate with spirits during rituals and, when played with chanting, can induce trances.

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Musical Instruments of highland Luzon

1. Gangsa is a single hand-held smooth-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. The
number of gangsa in a set varies with availability, and depends
on the tradition of a particular ethnic group of the Luzon
Cordillera: Kalinga, Ifugao, Bontoc, [Link]
the Kalinga people in the Cordillera region of Luzon Island, the
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 hand while 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 left hand 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.
([Link]

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 overblowingeven 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.
([Link]

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. 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. ([Link]

4. Diwdiw-as is 5 or more different size of slender bamboo that


is tied together. ([Link]

5. Saggeypo it is a
by a node with the open
lower lip of the player as
pipe can be played
one person or in

bamboo pipe that is closed on one end


end held against the
he blows directly across the top. The
individually by
ensembles of three or more.

([Link]

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.
([Link]

7. Bungkaka- bamboo buzzer

8. Kullitong- polychordal bamboo tube zither


[Link]

9. Ulibaw- bamboo jaws harp

10. Patangguk- bamboo quill-shaped

11. Pateteg- bamboo leg

12. Paldong- bamboo lip-valley

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