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Philippine Indigenous Musical Instruments

This document provides descriptions of several traditional Philippine musical instruments: - The kudyapi is a two-stringed boat lute made of soft wood like jackfruit that is played by the Maguindanao people. - The budlong is a bamboo zither with two strings carved from the bamboo that can be played by plucking or striking the bamboo body. - The kubing is a bamboo jaw harp used for communication between loved ones by the Maguindanaon and other tribes. - Other instruments mentioned include the bamboo organ, dabakan drum, kulintang gong set, tulali bamboo flute, and gabbang/gambang bamboo xy

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Philippine Indigenous Musical Instruments

This document provides descriptions of several traditional Philippine musical instruments: - The kudyapi is a two-stringed boat lute made of soft wood like jackfruit that is played by the Maguindanao people. - The budlong is a bamboo zither with two strings carved from the bamboo that can be played by plucking or striking the bamboo body. - The kubing is a bamboo jaw harp used for communication between loved ones by the Maguindanaon and other tribes. - Other instruments mentioned include the bamboo organ, dabakan drum, kulintang gong set, tulali bamboo flute, and gabbang/gambang bamboo xy

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  • Budlong and Bamboo Organ
  • Kudyapi and Kubing
  • Indigenous Musical Instruments Overview
  • Dabakan and Tulali
  • Kulintang and Gabbang

Russel Austin Dreggs P. Ungab Gr. 7- St.

Joseph Freinademetz

Indigenous Musical Instruments

Kudyapi -  is a Philippine two-stringed, fretted


boat-lute. It is the only stringed instrument among
the Maguindanao people, and one of several
Budlong - a bamboo zither. It is made out of a
among other groups such as
bamboo tube with nodes retained at both ends. It
the Maranao and Manobo. It is four to six feet long
has two strings carved out from the bamboo
with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The
surface which are not more than 4-5 cm. It belongs
instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as
to the Chordophones family. The musician can
that from the jackfruit tree.
either strike the center plate or the string, or he can
also pluck the string with his fingers (Batak). The
instrument can be also played by striking the body
of the bamboo.

Kubing- is a type of Philippine jaw harp from


bamboo found among the Maguindanaon and other
Muslim and non-Muslim tribes in
the Philippines and Indonesia. The kubing is
traditionally considered an intimate instrument,
usually used as communication between family or a
loved one in close quarters. Both genders can use
Bamboo Organ- is a large pipe organ made the instrument, the females more infrequently than
entirely out of bamboo. It is played by pressing the males who use it for short distance courtship.
keys which force air into the pipes thus, creating a
sound. This magnificent instrument can be found in
Las Pinas City.
kulintang gongs are placed on it. It is played by
striking the bosses of the gongs with two wooden
beaters. When playing the kulintang, the
Maguindanao and Maranao would always sit on
chairs while for the Tausug/Suluk and other groups
that who play the kulintangan, they would
commonly sit on the floor.[

Dabakan -  is a single-headed Philippine drum,


primarily used as a supportive instrument in
the kulintang ensemble. Among the five main
kulintang instruments, it is the only non-
gong element of the Maguindanao ensemble.

Tulali- a bamboo flute with 6 holes. The tulali is a


Filipino musical instrument that is a type of reed
flute. It has a single aperture, or hole, to place the
mouth on and six others to place the fingers on.

Kulintang -   set of eight, tuned knobbed metal


plates strung on a wooden frame (Maguindanaon)..
The kulintang frame is known as an "antangan" by
the Maguindanao (which means to “arrange”) and
"langkonga" by the Maranao. The frame can be
crude, made from simple bamboo/wooden poles, or
it can be highly decorated and rich with
traditional okil/okir motifs or arabesque designs.
The frame is a necessary part of the instrument,
and functions as a resonator. It is considered taboo Gabbang/ Gambang - bamboo blades on a frame
to step or cross over the antangan while the (Yakan, Batak, B'laan, Badjao, Taus). It is also
known as  bamboo xylophone,a musical
instrument made of bamboo widely used in the
southern Philippines. A gabbang consists of a set
of trapezoidal bamboo bars of increasing length.
The number of bars varies with the group that
made them. For Yakan, the number ranges from 3
to 9 bamboo bars but the common agung
gabbang has 5. For Tausug, the number ranges
from 14 to 22 bamboo bars but the
common gabbang has 12. And for Palawan, the
common gabbang has 5.
A bamboo xylophone is played by direct
striking using a wooden mallet.

Russel Austin Dreggs P. Ungab Indigenous Musical Instruments Budlong - a bamboo zither. It is made out of a bamboo tube with
Dabakan -  is a single-headed Philippine drum, primarily used as a supportive instrument in the kulintang ensemble
known as  bamboo xylophone,a musical instrument made of bamboo widely used in the southern Philippines. A gabbang cons

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