MUSIC OF THE LOWLANDS OF

LUZON
 WHAT IS FOLK SONG?

➢ A FOLK SONG IS THE TRADITIONAL OR

COLLECTIVE MUSIC OF A TOWN, PROVINCE,
OR A COUNTRY THAT USES SIMPLE
MELODIES AND HARMONIES.
➢IT IS AN OLD SONG OF UNKNOWN
AUTHORSHIP.
 EXAMPLES OF FOLK SONGS

1. BAHAY KUBO
2. MAGTANIM AY DI BIRO
3. SITSIRITSIT
4. LERON LERON SINTA
5. ATIN CU PUNG SINGSING
6. PARU-PARONG BUKID
7. DANDANSOY
VOCAL FORMS
 SACRED MUSIC
•Is performed or composed for
religious gatherings and fellowships.
TYPES OF SACRED
MUSIC IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 1. MASS
• Is a sacrament of the
Eucharist mostly celebrated
by the Roman Catholic
Church. The word “Mass”
came from the Latin word
missa used in the
concluding rite of the mass
in Latin.
 2. PASTORES
• Is a Christmas season
folk dance and song.
It reenacts how the
shepherds visited the
child Jesus in a
manger.
 3. PASYON
• Is a verse narrative on the
life and sufferings of Jesus
Christ.
• The Pasyon can be read,
chanted, or sung whether
in a cappella or
accompanied by piano
or guitar.
 4. TIPLES
•Are young
chorus boy
sopranos who
are trained and
sustained by
important
parishes.