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Cordilleramusicalinsruments 150723063927 Lva1 App6892 PDF
Cordilleramusicalinsruments 150723063927 Lva1 App6892 PDF
Provinces Capital
Abra Bangued
Apayao Kabugao
Benguet La Trinidad
Ifugao Lagawe
Kalinga Tabuk City
Mountain Province Bontoc
CORDILLERA
It is the country's only land-locked
region. It has a mountainous
topography and dubbed as the
"Watershed Cradle of North
Luzon" as it hosts major rivers
that provide continuous water for
irrigation and energy for Northern
Luzon.
Characteristics of Music of Cordillera
1. Music is very much part of life and living
2. Have a rich variety of songs and music
performed on instruments
3. Often performed in groups, all members
of the community are welcome and
encouraged to join the singing, dancing and
playing of instruments
4. Their music is communal and
participatory
5. Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic
melodies
6. Music and other components of their culture
are transferred from generation to generation
through oral tradition.
Oral tradition is cultural material and traditions
transmitted orally from one generation to another
Oral may refer to speech communication as
opposed to writing
(http://sppcfreshmen20112012.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/traditional-music-culture-
from-north-the-cordillera-administrative-region-car/)
Important Activities Where Music is Utilized
1. Peace pacts
2. Healing rituals
3. Invocation of the gods
4. Rites of passage
5. Weddings and festivals
6. Other life cycle events such as birth, coming of
age, work, marriage and death
(http://sppcfreshmen20112012.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/traditional-
music-culture-from-north-the-cordillera-administrative-region-car/)
Vocal Music
Life Cycle Music
Birth to Childhood
• Owiwi- lullabye of Kalinga that relate a child’s life
• Dagdagay- song of Kalinga that foretells the baby’s
future.
• Oppiya- kalinga song, sung while cradling
Love, Courtship and Marriage
• Chag-ay- an expression of secret love of Bontoc.
• Oggayan- greeting and advice to newly weds of
Kalinga.
Death Rite Music
• Didiyaw- song to a dead child of Bontoc
• Sangsangit- a dirge of Isneg.
Entertainment Song
• Hudhud- epic song of Ifugao, a leader chorus style.
• Alim- leader chorus style of music of Ifugao where
to groups of singers reply to 2 make leaders.
• Dang Dang-ay- Kalinga entertainment song
Hudhud- chanted epic poetry
consisting of poems about heroism,
honor, love and revenge. It is a long
tale sung during special occasions. This
particular long tale is sung during
harvest. A favorite topic of the hudhud
is a folk hero named Aliguyon, a brave
warrior.
Hudhud Chants of the Ifugao
The hudhud is recited and chanted among the Ifugao people - known for their rice
terraces - during the sowing and harvesting of rice, funeral wakes and other rituals.
Estimated to have originated before the 7th century, the hudhud - comprised of some
40 episodes - often take three or four days to recite. The language of the chants,
almost impossible to transcribe, is full of repetitions, synonyms, figurative terms and
metaphors. Performed in a leader/chorus style, the reciter - often an elderly woman -
occupies a key position in society. There is only one tune, common to the entire
region, for all of the verses. Very few written examples of hudhud exist.