Instrumental Music of Luzon - Lesson 3 - Quarter 1
Instrumental Music of Luzon - Lesson 3 - Quarter 1
Instrumental Music of Luzon - Lesson 3 - Quarter 1
Identification and
Classification of
Instruments in Lowland
Luzon
Music Grade 7– Quarter 1
Department of Education
Lesson 3
Schools Division Office, Manila
MAPEH Section
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Learning Objectives:
1. Identifies the musical instruments and other
sound sources from the lowlands of Luzon.
2. Explores ways of producing sounds on a
variety of sources that is similar to the
instruments being studied.
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REMINDERS:
1. Always bring your Music notebook and ballpen beside
you as you will be answering some activities for this
lesson. You may also use it to write the lesson or
question you wanted to ask and remember.
2. Make sure that you follow the sequence of the lesson
by looking at the slide number in the corner of the
presentation.
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Brassband
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1. Brassband
✔an instrumental music that mostly can be
found in fiestas that are celebrated in various
provinces of the Philippines to honor different
patron saints
✔ This consist of instruments that belongs to
different classification such as brass, woodwind
and percussion instruments.
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Rondalla
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2. Rondalla
✔derived from the Spanish word ronda which means
“serenade”. It is an ensemble of stringed instruments
that are played with a plectrum or pick
✔originated in Spain but became most popular in
Philippine folk music
✔Initially use in social gatherings as accompaniment
to folk dances and traditional Filipino songs but
evolved its versatility and capable to play any genres
of music
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Bamboo Organ
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3. Bamboo Organ
✔ The national treasure bamboo organ was built
completely in 1824 under the supervision of Father
Diego Cera who was from a family of organ-builders
✔It was designed with pipes made of 902 bamboo
and the remaining pipes are made of 109 metal. It is
housed at St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas
City
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Musikong Bumbong
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4. Musikong Bumbong
✔Is an original Filipino marching band that uses
bamboo instruments and has a similar physical
structure of brass band instruments but different
sound production
✔ The pitches and melodies comes from the voice of
the instrument player
✔ Many of this bands can be found in Malabon and
was said to be the origin
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Himig Kawayan/Banda
Kawayan
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5. Himig Kawayan
✔ Popularly known as “singing bamboos” of the
Philippines
✔ An ensemble of percussion and woodwind
instruments that plays music using non-
traditional bamboo instruments
✔ Most of the instruments are originally from
Indonesia and was localized, adopted and
developed for Filipino music culture
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Brass band
Rondalla
Bamboo Organ
Musikong Bumbong
Himig Kawayan
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Instruments
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Brass Band
Saxophone
French Horn
✔Commonly known as horn
✔circular shape, with a large
bell at its end
✔Quality of the sound may
be controlled through the
adjustment of lip tension
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Cymbals
✔Consist of 2 thin cylindrical
metal
✔Normally sound majestic and
it is used in climax of the music
✔Used in orchestra, jazz, bands
and marching bands
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Rondalla
Banduria
✔It has 14 strings that are made up of steel
✔Has shorter neck and fret board
✔Has higher pitch than the other Rondalla
instruments
✔Uses pick or plectrum to play the
instruments
✔ usually plays the melody in Rondalla
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Laud
✔Similar to Banduria has 14 strings
✔Longer neck and fret board
✔Lower pitch than the Banduria
✔Has a unique F shape sound hole
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Bajo de Unas
✔Also known as Double Bass
✔Largest instruments in Rondalla
✔Uses the hand of the musician to
pluck the strings and create a sound
✔Has the lowest pitch among
Rondalla instruments
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Himig
Angklung
Kawayan
✔Originally instruments invented
in Indonesia
✔Being shaken to produce
sound
✔A set of angklung has different
pitches it is about 30 pieces or 2
and half octave
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Talunggating
✔Bamboo xylophone similarly to
marimba
✔Usually plays the melody in
Himig Kawayan
✔Struck the wooden bars in
different pitches by mallets to
produce sound
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Kalagong
✔Is an instruments that produces
a hollow gong-like-sound
✔The manner of playing this
instrument is by tapping the top
holes of the bamboo by any flat
rubber like material
✔It serves a one of the bass in
Himig Kawayan
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Assignment:
1. Copy Lesson 3 in your Music
Notebook.
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