What I Know

Before studying this module, answer the PRE – TEST below to check your prior knowledge about
the topic to be discussed. Write the letter on the space provided.

_____1. Songs written by the folk and are sung to accompany daily activities such as farming,
fishing and putting the baby to sleep.
a. Devotional folksong b. Folk song
c. Harana d. Kundiman

_____2. Genre performed by one or more singers with or without instrumental

accompaniment where singing provides the main focus.
a. Folk song b. Instrumental music
c. Secular music d. Vocal music

_____3. An Ilocano Folk song about Ilocano woman, to whom the man is singing.
a. Atin Cu Pung Singsing b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen d. Sarung Banggi

_____4. Tells of a small hut with a variety of a vegetables surrounding it.

a. Atin Cu Pung Singsing b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen d. Sarung Banggi

_____5. A popular Bicolano song written by Poteciano B. Gregorio Sr. in Albay more than a
hundred years ago.
a. Atin Cu Pung Singsing b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen d. Sarung Banggi

Well, how was your pre-test? Did you find it difficult? Compare your answers with those in the
Answer Key on page ___ to find out.

If all your answers are correct, this means that you already know much about this topic. You may
still proceed to this module and gain more knowledge about our topic. Who knows you might learn
something new!

If your score is low, don’t worry. This means that this module is for you. This module will help
you understand and appreciate the characteristics of music from Lowlands Luzon. Are you
ready?

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 Music 7
First Quarter – Module 1

VOCAL MUSIC: FOLKSONGS OF THE LUZON (Lowlands)

: Folk
What’s In

Let us go back of what you have learned when you are in Grade 6.
Identify the following musical symbols. Choose your answer in the box below and write the
answers on the space provided.
Fortissimo Crescendo F – clef Half rest Whole note
Time signature Staff G – clef Sharp Quarter note

1. _________ 6. _________

2. _________ 7. _________

3. _________ 8. _________

4. _________ 9. _________

5. _________ 10. _________

Follow up Questions:

1. Where do we used or see these symbols?

_____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________.

What’s New

Analyze the picture from your left. There you will see a
map of Luzon.
1. Can you identify the places that belongs to the lowland
Luzon. Enumerate them.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________

2. Can you name the dialects that are used in each places.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
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 The Philippines is an archipelago, thus in each town/ region there are various beliefs and traditions
that are passed on and until now these traditions are practiced and remembered until now. Folk
songs mirrored the rich culture of Filipinos.

What is It

Let’s Learn
Vocal music is a genre performed by one or more singers with or without instrumental
accompaniment where singing provides the main focus. It features sung words called lyrics.
Folk song it is also known an indigenous or traditional music, which uses simple melodies. It
shows a specific topic that has a short and simple theme that conveys the people’s emotions, thoughts
and ideas.
Folk song reflect the everyday activities of the people that focus on love, work, nature and
children.

Folk songs are also traditionally passed on orally. Most Philippine folk songs have Spanish
and other Western influences. The people created melodic chants and indigenous instruments
based on the materials available where they lived.
The folk songs of Luzon Lowlands are performed in his/her native language such as Ilocano,
Pangasinense, Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano and others. What are the characteristics of folk
songs?

• Originally passed down orally to the family and to the other members of the community.
• Learned through rote.
• Sung in his/ her own dialect.
• Begins in one key and ends in the same key
• Composers and lyricists are usually unknown.
• Mood can be sentimental, playful and humorous.
• Concepts are based on nature of people’s work, tradition, culture
• Short and simple
• Either in duple meter 2, triple meter 3, or quadruple meter 4

Some examples of Philippine folk songs from the lowlands of Luzon are:

ILOCANO KAPAMPANGAN TAGALOG

· Pamulinawen – an · Atin Cu Pung · Magtanim ay Di
Ilocano folk song Singsing – a Biro
about Ilocano popular · Bahay Kubo – a
woman, named kapamangan folk traditional Filipino
pamulinawen song folk song, tells of a
whom the man is · Doredo small hut with a
singing. variety of vegetables
Manang Biday surrounding it.
Naraniag a Bulan

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 BICOLANO · Leron Leron Sinta
· Dungdungawen · Sarung Banggi – · Sitsiritsit – it
Kanto means “one originated durimg
evening”, a song the country’s
written by Spanish
Potenciano colonization, as its
Gregorio Sr. in lyrics suggest the
albay more than a
hundred years ordinary life during
ago that time.

What’s More

Enrichment Activity
Independent Activity 1. Using the picture as a clue identify the title of the folk song in each number.
Write it on the space provided.
1. 2. 3.

______________ __________________ _______________

4. 5. 5.

______________ ________________

Independent Assessment 1. Answer the following questions. Write at least 2-3 sentences.
1. What songs did you depict from the pictures above? Enumerate them.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

2. How often do you hear this songs? Are you familiar with them? What is the importance of
folk songs in the daily lives of Filipinos?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

3. Among the song mentioned, what song are you most familiar with? Write the favorite line
of the song.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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 Independent Activity 2. Put a check mark (/) if the statement is a characteristic of a folk song
and leave it blank if not.
______1. It is sung in his or her own dialect
______2. It is short and simple
______3. It is passed down orally to the family or the community
______4. It is sometimes sentimental, playful or even humorous
______5. It is incorporated to Christian practices.

Independent Assessment 2. Fill in the blanks. Complete the sentences with an appropriate answer.
Answer at least 2 – 3 sentences.
1. Vocal music is
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

2. Folk songs shows or conveys

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

3. Most Philippine folk songs reflects

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Independent Activity 3. Identify the native origin of each folk song. Tell whether it is BICOLANO,
ILOCANO, KAPAMPANGAN or TAGALOG. Write your answer on the space provided.
____________1. Pamulinawen
____________2. Atin Cu Pung Singsing
____________3. Magtanim ay di biro
____________4. Paru – Parong bukid
____________5. Sarungbanggi
____________6. Manang Biday
____________7. Leron Leron Sinta
____________8. Naraniag a Bulan

Independent Assessment 3. Answer the following questions.

1. What is the impact of folk songs in the early life of the Filipino? How does folk song help early
Filipinos?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

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 2. Do you think preserving the Filipino Folk song is important? Why or Why not?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

What I Have Learned

Folk songs had greatly influenced our music in any way. Folk songs from our native tribes
also help us to get in touch and have a deeper understanding of the vast variety of traditions
and beliefs that they have.

What I Can Do

Let’s compare and Contrast

SONG ANALYSIS. Analyze the song, observe the characteristics of the musical selection that
may be seen through the lyrics, tempo and tone of the song. In this activity you will need a reference,
it may be your prior knowledge or through online reference.
Magtanim ay di biro – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TgQ0aagls
Manang Biday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc2cLyZmEJA

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 Magtanim Ay 'Di Biro Lyrics MANANG BIDAY

Magtanim ay di biro ILOCANO

Maghapong nakayuko
Di naman makatayo Manang Biday, ilukatmo man
Di naman makaupo ‘Ta bintana ikalumbabam
Ta kitaem ‘toy kinayawan
Braso ko'y namamanhid Ay, matayakon no dinak kaasian
Baywang ko'y nangangawit.
Binti ko'y namimintig
Sa pagkababad sa tubig. ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Sa umagang paggising Dear Biday, please open

Ang lahat iisipin Open your window
Kung saan may patanim So you can see the one who adores you
May masarap na pagkain. Oh, I will die if you will not care

Halina, halina, mga kaliyag, Tayo'y

magsipag-unat-unat. Magpanibago tayo
ng lakas
Para sa araw ng bukas Para sa
araw ng bukas!

Compare and contrast the musical characteristics and elements of the two musical selections.

Magtanim ay Di Biro Manang Biday

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 Assessment

Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1 . Songs written by the folk and are sung to accompany daily activities such as farming, fishing
and putting the baby to sleep.
a. Devotional folksong b. Folk song
c. Harana d. Kundiman

2. Genre performed by one or more singers with or without instrumental accompaniment

where singing provides the main focus.
a. Folk song b. Instrumental music
c. Secular music d. Vocal music

3. An Ilocano Folk song about Ilocano woman, to whom the man is singing.
a. Atin Cu Pung Singsing b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen d. Sarung Banggi

4. Tells of a small hut with a variety of a vegetables surrounding it.

a. Atin Cu Pung Singsing b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen d. Sarung Banggi

5. A popular Bicolano song written by Poteciano B. Gregorio Sr. in Albay more than a hundred
years ago.
a. Atin Cu Pung Singsing b. Bahay Kubo
c. Pamulinawen d. Sarung Banggi

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