(MUSIC) LESSON 1: CONTEMPORARY PH MUSIC

Question 1

• Reflects the way of life, beliefs, and traditions of the rural folks.
• Usually glorifies the beauty of nature and man’s strong connection with his environment.
• Influenced by other cultures through intercultural meetings or colonization.
• Employment of diatonic scale rather than the Asian pentatonic scale
• Traditional music in lowland areas in Luzon and Visayas has the Spanish influence the music of the upland people like the Igorot and
• Ifugao in Luzon and the Muslims and Lumad in Mindanao have the indigenous flavor

Answer 1

Traditional Filipino Music

Question 2

(ETHNIC)

Composed of a set of 8 gongs of graduated sizes arranged in a row

Answer 2

Kulintang ensemble by the Muslin

Question 3

(ETHNIC)

It is a smooth surface gong with a narrow rim

Answer 3

Gangsa ensemble by the Kalinga, Ifugao, Bontoc (Cordillera)

Question 4

(HISPANIC)

An ensemble of stringed instruments with the pick such as the guitar, Laud, piccolo and bajo de unas

Answer 4

Rondalla

Question 5

(HISPANIC)

A combination of melodrama, songs and dances. Served as accompaniment

Answer 5

Sarsuwela

Question 6

(FILIPINO)

• An art doing that speaks about the love of a man for a woman.
• Written in 3/4.
• Gives listeners a light and happy mood

Answer 6

Kundiman

Question 7

(FILIPINO)

• An old Visayan folk song and dance where a man and woman engage in a debate through a song

Answer 7

Balitao

Question 8

(FILIPINO)

A band that uses improved instruments made of bamboo

Answer 8

Musikong bumbong/ bamboo music

Question 9

Also known as “New Music” or Modern music, it pertains to compositions that have adopted elements of 20th-century Western music as well as the latest trends and musical styles in the entertainment industry and in the musical world

Answer 9

Contemporary Music