Lesson 3: Contemporary Music in the Philippines

Question 1

Compositions that have adopted ideas and elements from
the 20th century West

Answer 1

Contemporary Philippine Music

Question 2

• Incorporates Filipino folk music into
  modern styles.
• New music based on indigenous music. It
  includes indigenous characteristics to music
  through lyricism or instruments.
• Represented by three main names: Eliseo
  Pajaro, Rosendo Santos, and Lucresia
  Kasilag.

Answer 2

Neo-Classim

Question 3

A short musical score that gets
repeated all throughout the piece in different
variations.

Answer 3

• Motif

Question 4

Another sub-classification of Neo-classical
music
- Created by Alfredo Buenaventura, Jerry
Dadap, Eduardo Parungao, and Manuel
Maramba.
- Characterized by the eclectic use of various
harmonic idioms

Answer 4

unknown

Question 5

• A type of new music
• Sometimes sounds weird
  Ex.
• Radyasyon by Ramon Santos

Answer 5

Improvisational Music

Question 6

• Filipino in tone, lyricism, instruments, and
  origin.

Answer 6

Original Pinoy Music (Pop)