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Muscial Intruments Indigenous Peoples Group Descriptions

The document describes several traditional musical instruments used by indigenous peoples in the Philippines. It discusses the tumpong, a half-sized bamboo flute played by the Maguindanaon people; the bansik, a Negrito flute from Zambales; and the faglong, a two-stringed boat lute carved from jackfruit wood and played by the Maguindanaon and Tausug with one string as a drone and the other playing the melody. It also mentions the kudyapi, a similar two-stringed boat lute of the Maranao and Manobo, and the sahunay, a 50 cm bamboo flute with six finger holes and a coconut leaf trumpet,

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Muscial Intruments Indigenous Peoples Group Descriptions

The document describes several traditional musical instruments used by indigenous peoples in the Philippines. It discusses the tumpong, a half-sized bamboo flute played by the Maguindanaon people; the bansik, a Negrito flute from Zambales; and the faglong, a two-stringed boat lute carved from jackfruit wood and played by the Maguindanaon and Tausug with one string as a drone and the other playing the melody. It also mentions the kudyapi, a similar two-stringed boat lute of the Maranao and Manobo, and the sahunay, a 50 cm bamboo flute with six finger holes and a coconut leaf trumpet,

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Muscial Intruments Indigenous . . .

Descriptions
. Peoples Group

The tumpong (also inci among


the Maranao) is a type
1.) Tumpong Instrument of Philippine bamboo flute used by
the Maguindanaon, half the size of
the largest bamboo flute,
. the palendag. A lip-valley flute like
the palendag, the tumpong makes a
Maguindanao sound when players blow through a
.. People bamboo reed placed on top of the
instrument and the air stream
produced is passed over an airhole
atop the instrument. This masculine
instrument is usually played during
family gatherings in the evening and
is the most common flute played by
the Maguindanaon.

2.) Bansik Instrument Filipinos make a wide variety of musical


instruments, be they wind, string or
percussion. Among the wind instruments
are the kalaleng (Tinggian flute), bansik
Zambales (Zambales Negrito flute), lantuy (Visayan
bamboo clarinet), tulali (Sulod flute),
sahunay (Tausug flute), diwdiw-es (Abra-
Tinggian panpipe), nose flutes called
baliing (Apayao) or kipanaw (Abra
Tinggian) (Mangyan flute).
3.) Faglong Instrument

A Faglong is a Philippine two-


stringed, fretted boat-lute. It is four to
six feet long with nine frets made of
hardened beeswax. The instrument is
carved out of solid softwood such as
Maguindanao from the jackfruit tree. A constant
drone is played with one string while
Tausug People the other, an octave above the drone,
plays the melody with a pluck.

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4.) Kudyapi Instrument

The kutiyapi, or kudyapi, is


a Philippine two-stringed, fretted
boat-lute. It is the only stringed
Maranao People instrument among the Palawano
people, and one of several among
other groups such as
the Maranao and Manobo. It is four to
six feet long with nine frets made of
hardened beeswax. The instrument is
carved out of solid soft wood such as
that from the jackfruit tree.
5.) Sahunay Instrument
.
is a bamboo flute, leaving
six holes for the fingers and
trumpet made of coconut leaf.
Tausug People
It is about 50 cm long and 3
(Sulu) cm in diameter. This is a
bamboo flute of the Tausugs in
Sulu.

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