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Southeast Asia Music

The document summarizes several traditional musical instruments from Southeast Asia, including the gangsa and kulintang from Indonesia, the agung from the Philippines, the gong, bungkaka, Jew's harp, tube zithers, ring flutes, xylophone, and two-stringed lutes. It provides brief descriptions of each instrument, noting features like material composition and cultural context.

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Southeast Asia Music

The document summarizes several traditional musical instruments from Southeast Asia, including the gangsa and kulintang from Indonesia, the agung from the Philippines, the gong, bungkaka, Jew's harp, tube zithers, ring flutes, xylophone, and two-stringed lutes. It provides brief descriptions of each instrument, noting features like material composition and cultural context.

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Gangsa- A gangsa is a type of metallophone which is used mainly in

Balinese and Javanese Gamelan music in Indonesia. In Balinese gong


kebyar styles, there are two types of gangsa typically used: the smaller,
higher pitched kantilan and the larger pemade.

Kulintang- Kolintang is a traditional Minahasan percussion instrument from


North Sulawesi Indonesia consisting of wooden blades arranged in a row
and mounted on a wooden tub. Kolintang is usually played in ensemble
music. Kolintang in the Minahasan community is used to accompany
traditional ceremonies, dance, singing, and music.
Agung- The agung is a set of two wide-rimmed, vertically suspended gongs
used by the Maguindanao, Maranao, Sama-Bajau and Tausug people of
the Philippines as a supportive instrument in kulintang ensembles.

Gong- A gong is an East and Southeast Asian musical percussion


instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc that is hit with a
mallet. The earliest mention of gongs can be found in sixth century Chinese
records, which mentioned the instrument to have come from the Western
Regions

A bungkaka, also known as the bamboo buzzer is a percussion


instrument (idiophone) made out of bamboo common in
numerous indigenous tribes around the Philippines such as the
Ifugao, Kalinga, and Ibaloi.
Southeast Asia Musical
Instrument

Jew’s Harp- The Jew's harp, also known as jaw harp, vargan,
mouth harp, gewgaw, guimbard, khomus, Ozark harp, Galician
harp, Berimbau de boca or murchunga, is a lamellophone
instrument, consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo tongue or
reed attached to a frame.

Tube Zithers- The tube zither is a stringed musical instrument in


which a tube functions both as an instrument's neck and its
soundbox. As the neck, it holds strings taut and allows them to
vibrate. As a soundbox or it modifies the sound and transfers it
to the open air.
Ring Flutes- Ring flutes are end-blown flutes with a ring
wrapped around the hole at the blowing end of the flute. The ring
is usually made of a strip of rattan; however some other
materials such as a leaf may be used.
Xylophone- The xylophone is a musical instrument in the
percussion family that consists of wooden bars struck by mallets.
Like the glockenspiel, the xylophone essentially consists of a set
of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano.

Two-Stringed Lutes- A lute (/ljuːt/[1] or /luːt/) is any plucked string


instrument with a neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow
cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be
either fretted or unfretted.

Keycilyn Anne V. Ilumin Grade 8-Faith

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