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Music
Third Quarter–Module 2
Musical Instruments from
Mindanao

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Music – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Third Quarter – Module 2: Musical Instruments from Mindanao
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Music
Third Quarter – Module 2
Musical Instruments from
Mindanao

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 Introductory Message

For the learner:

Welcome to the Music 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Musical
Instruments from Mindanao!

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 Table of Contents

What I Need to Know ---------------- 1

What I Know ---------------- 1
Multiple Choice ---------------- 1
What’s In ---------------- 4
Classify Me ---------------- 4
What’s New ---------------- 5
Analyze Me ---------------- 5
What Is It ---------------- 6
Musical Instruments From Mindanao - - - - 6
Musical Ensembles in Mindanao - - - - - - - 14
Solo Instruments ---------------- 17
What’s More ---------------- 18
Fill Me Up ---------------- 18
What I Have Learned ---------------- 22
You Complete Me ---------------- 22
What I Can Do ---------------- 23
Draw Me ---------------- 23
Assessment ---------------- 24
Identification ---------------- 24
Classification ---------------- 25
Additional Activities ---------------- 26
Let’s Talk ---------------- 26
Answer Key ---------------- 27
References ---------------- 28

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 What I Need to Know

This module will help you understand and appreciate Mindanao music
to strengthen your cultural identity as Filipino. You will be introduced to various
musical instruments and expected to have fun in knowing them as you go
through the activities.

After going through this module, you are expected to identify the musical
instruments and other sound sources of representative music selections from
Mindanao. (MU7MN-IIIa-g-3)

Specifically, you will be able to:

1. describe the musical instruments from Mindanao;

2. identify the musical instruments in Mindanao according to their

classification; and,
3. express pride and honor of being a Mindanaon by drawing
an improvised musical instrument of the Land of Promise.

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 What I Know

Instructions: Multiple Choice. Read and analyze each item. Choose the
letter of the correct answer.

1. What do you call a gong-ensemble in Western Mindanao?

A. Bamboo Ensemble C. Kumintang Ensemble

B. Kulintang Ensemble D. Suling Ensemble
2. Which of the following is categorized as a solo instrument?

A. Agung C. Kudyapi
B. Gabbang D. Seronggagandi
3. What do you call this native xylophone in Sulu that is made of bamboo?

A. Gabbang C. Seronggagandi
B. Kulintang D. Suling
4. How many strings does a kudyapi have?

A. 2 C. 6
B. 4 D. 14
5. What plant in the Philippines is believed to have a spiritual connection
from our physical world to the spiritual?

A. Acacia C. Balete
B. Apitong D. Bamboo
6. What do you call an ensemble that uses bamboo as an instrument?

A. Bamboo Ensemble C. Rondalla Ensemble

B. Kulintang Ensemble D. Salmagi Ensemble
7. What is an ensemble of 6-8 hanging melody gongs in a row and is
commonly used by the Manobo?
A. Agung C. Kulintangan
B. Gabbang D. Suling
8. What instrument is made mainly of “tamiang” bamboo?
A. Kudyapi C. Seronggagandi
B. Kulintang D. Suling

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9. What do you call a rattan plectrum that is used in plucking the strings of a
kudyapi?

A. Ahadas C. Salmagi
B. Kubit D. Tunanetra

10. What is the bass gong in a kulintang ensemble?

A. Agung C. Sama-Bajao
B. Gandingan D. Yakan

11. How many gongs are played in a suspended gong ensemble?

A. 4-8 C. 6-10
B. 6-9 D. 9-11

12. What musical instrument in Mindanao which is valued as a priceless

heirloom and can command a high price as dowries?

A. Agung C. Kulintang
B. Debakan D. Tahunggo

13. What kind of ensemble uses blowing, shaking or hitting, and plucking as
manners of playing the instruments?

A. Bamboo Ensemble C. Rondalla Ensemble

B. Kulintang Ensemble D. Salmagi Ensemble

14. What do you call a goblet - shaped beaten drum?

A. BlowonSemagi C. Kwintangan
B. Debakan D. Suling

15. What musical instrument in Mindanao that looks like a guitar but is made
of bamboo?

A. Debakan C. Kudyapi
B. Gandingan D. Seronggagandi

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 Lesson
Musical Instruments from
Mindanao

What’s In

Activity 1: Classify Me!

Instructions: In the box are the classifications of instruments, choose the
appropriate word and write ONLY the letter in your answer sheet.

A. Aerophones C. Idiophones
B. Chordophones D. Membranophones

___ 1. These are instruments that make sound by vibrating string or

stretching strings between two points.

___ 2. This refers to the classification of instruments that creates sound by the
vibration of its body caused by striking, scraping, and rubbing.

___ 3. This classification of instruments produces sound by causing a body of

air blown inside to vibrate.

___ 4. These are instruments that produce sound primarily by vibrating

stretched membrane tapped by hands or sticks.

You have identified the four classifications of instruments according to

the manner they are played. With the collaboration of these musical
instruments, a wonderful work of art that depicts the culture and tradition of a
particular place emerges.

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 This module will lead to a great knowledge on the different instruments
inherited from the ancestors in Mindanao and will provide a deeper
understanding and appreciation of the Mindanaon culture.

In this lesson, you will be introduced to the musical instruments from the
Land of Promise, Mindanao.

What’s New

Activity 2. Analyze Me!

Instructions: Look at the pictures and answer the following questions.
1. Do you see more than one instrument in the picture?
2. What are the instruments that you see in the picture?
3. What is common among the instruments in terms of use?

These, along with many other kinds of musical instruments in Mindanao,

come in any shape and size, sound quality, functions in the society and even
styles of playing.
Let us know them then!

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 What is It

Musical Instruments from Mindanao

In the past, the musical instruments of Mindanao were used in relation

to social gatherings and rituals describing the unique tradition and culture of the
Mindanaons.
These are the following instruments found in Mindanao.

I. Chordophones (Stringed Instruments)

Instrument Instrument's Description

Name
Kudyapi
It is a 2-string plucked lute
Other names: instrument in Maguindanao that is
Faglong – Bilaan made of wood which resembles an
Hagelong or elongated guitar usually having two
Hegalong – T’boli strings. It varies in sizes, but
Kudlong/Kudlung –
normally is about one and a half
Mansaka
Kutyapi – Ilianen meters long.
Manobo
Kutyapi – Maranao
Piyapi – Bukidnon
Kutapi – Subanen
Fegrong – Teduray
Kuglung – Ata
Manobo
Kuglung – Bagobo
Kudyapi –
Maguindanao

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 Seronggagandi
A guitar-like made of bamboo, cut
before one nod and after next. Two
cords are slit loose side by side from
the outer skin fibers of the bamboo
itself and these are given tension by
means of bridges. A hole is then cut
into the bamboo just under the two
wikipedia.org cords, to serve as resounding holes.
It is a musical instrument of the
Maranaw ethnic group.
Saluroy It is a polychordal tube zither of
Bagobo.It has six parallel strings
running through the bamboo tube.
The tube which is the body serves as
the resonator and it can be a whole
https://www.slideshare.net tube or a half tube, with both ends
enclosed by bamboo nodes.
Aduwag-ay It is a one-stringed fiddle instrument
of B’laans.
Other names:
Kugot – Agusan
https://www.slideshare.net Manobo
Duwagey – T’boli

II. Aerophones (Wind Instruments)

Instrument Instrument's Description

Name
Sahunay It is a bamboo flute of the Tausugs in
Sulu, having six holes for the fingers
and trumpet made of coconut leaf. It is
about 50 cm long and 3 cm in diameter.

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 Palendag It is a lip-valley flute considered to be
the toughest of the three bamboo flutes
Other names: (the others being the tumpong and the
Bunabon – suling) to use because of the way one
Mandaya must shape one’s lips against its tip to
Hlandag – make a sound. The construction of the
T’boli mouthpiece is such that the lower end
Palundag – is cut diagonally to accommodate the
Bilaan lower lip and the second diagonal cut is
Tanggab and made for the blowing edge. The
Tulali – Maguindanaon is famous of using this
Subanon for intimate evening gatherings of
Pulalu – families.
Manobo and
Mansaka
Palandag –
Bagobo
https://www.slideshare.net Pulala -
Bukidnon

Suling It is made mainly of “tamiang” bamboo,

a long , thin-walled bamboo tube. The
Other names: mouthpiece of the suling is circled with
Lantey - Ata a thin band made of rattan near a small
Kinsi – hole.It is the ring flute of Bilaan and
Bukidnon Tiruray, Maguindanao, Samal, Tausug
Dagoyong – and Yakan.
Higanon
Babarak -
Palawan

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 III. Idiophones (Percussion Instruments)

Instrument Instrument's Description

Name
Kulintang It is a set of eight knobbed gongs in
graduated sizes from largest to smallest
Other names: mounted in wooden frame, about a meter
Kulintang – long. Muslim carvings decorated the
Bilaan, frame. The kulintang is played by striking
Subanon, the gongs with two pieces of wood, about
Maguindanao, 12 inches long while the player squats on
Maranao, the floor. This instrument is popular in
Samal, and
Sulu.Technically, however, the term
Jama
Klintang – kulintang is the Maguindanao word for
T’boli eight gong kettles which are laid
Kwintangan - horizontally upon a rack creating an
Yakan entire kulintang set called apasangan.
This idiophone functions as a
lead/central melodic instrument for the
entire ensemble.

Kulintang is an important social property.

This instrument is a highly valued
priceless heirloom that can command a
https://www.slideshare.net high price as dowries. The ownership of
these instruments indicates high social
status and cultivated taste.

Gabbang This is a native xylophone in Sulu, a

bamboo keyboard of different lengths on
top constructed out of wood. Ordinarily,
its main body is shaped like a coffin; keys
are struck with 2 mallets, each with a strip
of rubber fastened to its underside.

https://www.slideshare.net

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 Gandingan a It is translated as wooden gandingan,
Kayo or gandingan made of wood. It is a
Philippine xylophone and considered
the wooden version of the real
gandingan. This instrument is
relatively new and is coming of age
due to the increasing popularity of the
https://www.slideshare.net
wooden kulintang ensemble.

Kulintang a This is a wooden xylophone of the

Kayo Maguindanao people. Literally, it
means wooden kulintang. It is
composed of eight tuned slabs
arranged horizontally atop a wooden
antangan or rack. Made of soft wood
such as bayug, the kulintang a kayo
is common among Maguindanaon
households with musical background.
Traditionally, it was used for self-
entertainment inside the house, so
beginners could practice kulintang
pieces before performing them on the
https://www.slideshare.net real kulintang and only recently, they
became part of the wooden kulintang
ensemble.

Agung It is a set of two wide rimmed bossed-

gongs hangs from horizontal pole or
wooden frame. It is used by the
Maguindanao, Maranao, Samal-
Bajao and Tausug people of the
Philippines.

The larger, lower pitched gong of the

two is called the pangandungan by
the Maguindanao and the
p’nanggisa-an by the Maranao.
Played on the musician’s right, it
provides the main part, which it
predominantly played on the accents
of the rhythmic structure. The smaller,
higher pitched gong, the thicker of the
two, is called the panenteken by the
https://www.slideshare.net
Maguindanao folks and the p’malsan
or pumalsan by the Maranao people.
The mallets, called balu, are made
from short sticks about half a foot in
length and padded with soft but tough
material such as rubber at one end.

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 Gandingan It is a set of four small narrow-rimmed
and suspended gongs. They hang in
pairs with the knobs of the lower
pitched gongs facing each other.The
same with the two higher pitched
gongs. The pair of lower pitched
gongs is positioned on the player’s
left side while the pair of the higher
pitched gongs is on the right. The
player usually a woman who stands
between the two pair of gongs. Her
body touches slightly the gong in the
middle to prevent from swinging. She
uses two paddled mallets.

When integrated into the ensemble, it

functions as a secondary melodic
instrument after the main melodic
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instrument, the kulintang. When
played solo, the gandingan allows
fellow Maguindanao to communicate
with each other, allowing them to
send messages or warnings via long
distance. This ability to imitate tones
of the maguindanao language, using
this instrument has given the
gandingan connotation as the “talking
gongs”.
Babandil It is a single, narrow-rimmed
Philippine gong used primarily as the
Other names: “timekeeper” of the Maguindanao
Babendir – kulintang ensemble. It is struck with
Maguindanao
Babandir – thin bamboo sticks to produce a
Maranao, metallic sound.
Tagbanwa,
Batak, There are three ways to play the
Palaw’an babandil:
Banendir and
Tungtung – 1.By striking the rim of the
Tausug suspended gong with a pair of sticks
Salimbal – on the left hand
Samal 2. By striking the gong’s rim with the
Mapindil – right hand using one stick while the
https://www.slideshare.net
Yakan
Bubundi - left hand grasps the rim
Mansaka 3. By laying the instruments upside
and striking the gong’s rim with the
two sticks.

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 Kagul It is a type of Philippine bamboo
scraper gong/slit drum of the
Other names: Maguindanaon and Visayans with a
Garakot – jagged edge on one side, played with
Maranao
Tagutok –
two beaters, one scarping thejagged
Yakan edge and the other one making a
Bantula or beat.
Tagungtung -
Bukidnon The Maguindanaon and the
Banuwaen use it in the rice paddies
to guard against voracious birds,
using the sound it produces to scare
them away. The Maguindanaon and
the Bukidnon folks also use it for
https://www.slideshare.net simle dance rhythms during social
occasions.
Kulintang a This is a type of Philippine
Tiniok metallophone with eight tuned
knobbed metal plates strung together
via string atop a wooden antangan or
rack. Kulintang a Tiniok is a
Maguindanaon term meaning
kulintang with string but they also call
it kulintang a putao, meaning
kulintang of metal.The Maranao refer
to this instrument as a sarunay (or
https://www.slideshare.net salunay, salonay, saronay, saronai,
sarunai), a terminology which has
become popular for this instrument in
America.
Kubing It is a bamboo jaw harp of Tiruray.
These have become one of the most
Other names: popular jaw harps internationally due
Kumbing – to their highly responsive sound and
Bagobo
Lideng –
ornate designs. In the hands of a
Bilaan good player, the kubing is capable of
Kobing – a vast number of sounds and timbres.
https://www.slideshare.net
Maranao and This kubing was collected in Manila in
Samal 1987.
Kulaing –
Tausug and
Yakan

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 IV. Membranophones ( Drum Instruments)

Instrument Instrument's Description

Name
Dabakan It is a goblet-shaped drum of Maguindanao and
Maranao, which has a single head covered with
Other name: goat, lizard or snakeskin but the membrane could
Dadabuan - also be made of carabao skin. It is struck with two
Maranao
thin bamboo sticks about 18 inches in length.

https://www.slideshare.net

Gandang It is a two-headed cylindrical drum of Tausug,

Samal, Badjao, Maranao, and Maguindanao.
Called as Kendang in other Southeast Asian
countries, it is one of the primary instruments in
the Gamelan ensembles of Java, Bali, and
Terengganu.

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 Musical Ensembles in Mindanao

Musical ensembles are groups of musicians performing instrumental

music together.

The following are the musical ensembles from Mindanao.

I. Kulintang Ensemble

- It is a gong-based ensemble used by the Maguindanao and

Maranao of Western Mindanao, the Tausug, the Yakan, and
the Sama-Bajao of the Sulu Archipelago.

- They have varied functions but are mostly used for

celebrations, rituals and are mainly divided into two types:

1. Kulintangan (Manobo Cotabato)/Kwintangan –

ensembles of six to eight hanging melody gongs in
a row, hung on ropes in pyramidal order, with the
smaller and higher-pitched gongs near the top.

Watch and listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czh1oqx0Bpw

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 2. Tahunggo, Agung, Salmagi, BlowonSemagi –
suspended gong ensembles ( 9-11 gongs, played a
melody and drone player) in various names
according to each tribe; these ensembles may be
completed with 1 or 2 drums.

Watch and listen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62IZSynxbw

Some common instruments:

1. Kulintang

Watch and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62IZSynxbw

2. Agung

Watch and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czh1oqx0Bpw

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 II. Bamboo Ensemble

- According to Philippine legends, the first man and woman are

born out of bamboo. Bamboo is also considered among early
Filipinos as a spiritual connection from our physical world to
the spiritual. Many bamboo instruments were made for this
purpose while some were also used for entertainment and
personal expression. The different manners in playing
bamboo instruments include: blowing (aerophones), shaking
or hitting (idiophones), and plucking (chordophones).

wikipedia.org

Some common instruments:

1. Gabbang

Watch and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AR0heXocsA

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 2. Seronggagandi

Watch and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok83kx17aXg

Solo Instruments

Solo means “alone” literally. Henceforth, a solo instrument can be

performed alone or supported by an accompanying instrument or set of
instruments.

Some common instruments:

1. Kudyapi

Watch and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqtEPoNEg-U

2. Suling

Watch and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpOfEwZeF6Q

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 What’s More

Activity 3. Fill Me Up!

Instructions: Identify and describe the instruments. Write the name of the
instrument and 2 – 3 descriptions of each.

Instrument Instrument’s Description

Name

1.

2.

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3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

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Activity 4: Know Me Well!

Instructions: Study each of the musical instruments in every item. Identify

their names by rearranging the given letters and identify their

classification as shown in the box.

Aerophone Idiophone

Chordophone Membranophone

Instrument Instrument’s Name Classification of

Instrument
1. IAUPYDK

Answer:

______________________

2. GGAANNNID

Answer:

______________________

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3. AAYNUSH

Answer:

______________________

4. BDKNAAA

Answer:

______________________

5. NGATUKNIL

Answer:

______________________

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 5: You Complete Me!

Instructions: Read and analyze carefully the selection. Fill in the blanks with

the correct word or words to complete the meaning of the

selection. Choose your answer from the box.

culture functional rituals understand

entertainment played social ethnicity

ethno-linguistic groups represent tradition

The musical instruments of Mindanao produce 1._____________ music

since they were used in the olden times in relation to 2.____________
gatherings and 3._________. Because of this, they mirrored the unique 4.
____________ and 5. ______________ of every Islamic and Non-Islamic
ethnic community of Mindanao. It is, therefore, important for us to 6.
_______________ why gongs and bamboos, for example, are 7. __________
in various ways since such 8. _________________ the kind of life these people
live as a society.

To date, these musical instruments still function according to the tradition

of the different 9._________________________ in Mindanao and act as 10.
_______________ as well which captured the spirit of the Filipinos in keeping
the flame of patriotism alive that bridges all generations as a nation.

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 What I Can Do

Activity 6: Draw Me!

Instructions: Draw an inspired Mindanaon musical instrument. Afterwards,

answer the following questions.

1. What motivates you to draw this musical instrument?

2. Are you proud and honored as Mindanaon that you have this kind of
culture and tradition? Why?

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 Assessment

Instructions:
I. Identification. Identify the name of every instrument as shown in
the picture. Supply the missing letters to complete
their names.

1. ___ A N ___ A N ___

2. K ___ B ___ ___ G

3. K __ ___ I ___ T A ___ G a

T ___ ___ ___ O K

4. ___ A ___ ___ I ___ ___ A ___ a

KAYO

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 5. S ___ L ___ ___ G

II. Classification. Listed inside the box are names of musical

instruments in Mindanao. Identify their classification
and write them on the space provided.

Aduwag-ay Dabakan Palendag

Babandil Kulintang a Kayo

Aerophones Chordophones Idiophones Membranophones

6. 7. 8. 9.
10.

III. Modified True or False. Read and analyze the statements. Some of them
are true while others are false. If the statement is
true, write T. However, if it is false, write F and
write down the word or phrase that makes the
statement erroneous.
___ 11. Kulintang a Kayo is also called kulintang a putao, meaning
“kulintang of metal”.
___ 12. The ownership of kulintang indicates high social status and
cultivated taste.
___ 13. Bamboo instruments were made as spiritual connections from our
physical world to the realm of the spirit.
___ 14. A gandingan player is usually a man who stands between the two
pairs of gongs to which the body touches slightly the middle gong
to prevent it from swinging.
___ 15. A palendag is used by the Maguindanaon and the Banuwaen in the
rice paddies to guard against voracious birds, using the sound it
produces to scare them away.

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 Additional Activities

Activity 7: Let’s Talk!

Instructions: Talk to an elderly of the family. Use the guide questions to
facilitate the activity. Make a written copy of the interview with
your reflection as the conclusion.

1. Were you able to witness a performance of a group of people using any

of the musical instruments in Mindanao? If yes, what did you feel as you
look back to this part of your life? If no, please explain why you were not
able to witness such.

2. As you heard the responses during the interview, how did you feel about
it? Are you proud to be a Mindanaon knowing that you have a culture
and tradition which you can claim as yours in this part of the Philippines?
Explain your answer.

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Assessment What’s More What I Know
I. Activity 2 1. B
1. GANDANG 2. C
2. KUBING
1. Kudyapi –
3. KULINTANG A Chordophone 3.A
TINIOK 2. Gandingan – 4. A
4. GANDINGAN A Idiophone 5. D
KAYO 3. Sahunay – 6. A
5. SULING 7. C
II.
Aerophone
6. PALENDAG 4. Dabakan – 8. D
7. ADUWAG-AY Membranophone 9. B
8. KULINTANG A 5. Kulintang – Idiophone 10. A
KAYO 11. D
9. DABAKAN 12. C
10. BABANDIL
Note:
What I Have Learned 13. A
Numbers 8 and 10 1. Functional 14. B
may come in any 2. Social 15. D
order 3. Rituals
III. 4. Tradition/culture What’s More
11. F – KAYO
12. T
5. Culture/tradition
13. T 6. Understand Activity 1
14. F – MAN 7. Played 1 Kubing
15. F - 2 Babandil
8. Represents 3 Dabakan Descriptions
PALENDAG 9. Ethno-linguistic may vary
4 Saluroy
Groups 5 Gandang
10. Entertainment 6 Kulintang a
Tiniok
7 Seronggagandi
Answer Key
 References

Book

Siobal, L., et al., 2017. Music And Arts 7 Learners Material. 1st ed.
Pasig City: Department of Education, pp.88-99.

Electronic Reference

Kimgravata.2014. Muslim Mindanao Instruments.

Retrieved on July 1, 2020 from: https://www.slideshare.net

Alucard.2014. The Musical Instruments of Mindanao.

Retrieved on July 1, 2020 from
https://mygrade7music.blogspot.com

Torres, E. 2019. Music 7 lesson #3 other instruments of

Mindanao. Retrieved on July 1, 2020 from https://www.slideshare.net

Andre, H. 2018. Binalig a Mamayug & Sinulog a Bagu [Video].

Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czh1oqx0Bpw

Galos, R. 2013. Philippine Music: Music of the Mindanao Muslims

Uwang Ahadas Gabbang [Video]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AR0heXocsA

Yabes, J. 2014. Tidtu [Video]. Retrieved from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v62IZSynxbw

Selected Photos

SPA – MUSIC of Bonifacio National High School

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