Matud Nila

Visayan love song

Rosas Pandan
Visayan courting song

Condansoy
Visayan drinking song

Ilo Nga Bata

children's song

Dandansoy
Ilonggo Farewell song

Ili-ili Tulog Anay

Ilonggo lullabye

Ako Kini si Angi

Visayan work song

Si Pelimon
Visayan work song

Rondalla
String ensemble originating from Spain played with a pick or plectrum.

Juan Silos Jr.

Father of Rondalla

serenade
Spanish word [ ronda ]

Bandurria
14-stringed pear-shaped lute with a round sound hole and played with a plectrum; it plays the
main melody in rondalla shorter neck

Laud
spanish word lute, plectrum plucked chordophone with 12 stings in pairs similar to Bandurria but
longer neck

Octavina
it is like a small guitar with a shorter neck, with 14 strings and 16 frets, played like laud and
unison with bass notes serves as the alto of the rondalla.
Guitar
a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking the strings ,
instrument is classified as chordophone

bajo de arco
largest among the instrument is most stringed its thick strings large body and low tones 4
stringed to rare 6 stringed and can have pitches 3 octaves lower than middle octave.

tultogan
The Visayan songs can be well appreciated with the beat of bamboo and drum ensemble

Binanog
Gong, Drum, Wooden Percussion Ensemble used to accompany a dance movement
Mindoro is the 7th largest and eight most populous island in the Philippines. Located off the
southwestern coast of Luzon and northeast of Palawan.
Marayaw
Song used to communicate with spirits in rituals for healing the sick and protecting the
community

Pamuybuyen
Legend means fear of water

Ambahan
composed of 7 syllable line ending in rhymes. Among the different tribes of Mindoro the
Hanunoo Mangyans have developed a particular chant poetry

Kudyapi
Lute with long neck, and has two strings that run from the neck to the base of a resonating
chamber

Gitgit
an instrument with 3 to 4 strings with a wooden body and human hair for the bow

Kalutang
a pair of equal sized wood struck together

Palawan Music
is characterized by imitation of sounds of nature and environment

Palawan rituals
tambilaw and tinapay

Kulial
A lyrical poem expressing love.
Tultul - it is chanted vocal music about epic heroes and usually chanted at night ending at
daybreak.

Bagit - is an instrumental music reflecting the sound and movement of nature

Basal - gong ensemble of set of two big gongs

Agung - like in Mindoro, the people in Palawan also use gongs. The young ladies dance to
sound of gongs. It consist of two suspended gongs with boss.

Sanang - pair of small gongs

Gimbal - is an important Mandaya instrument used in all ceremonies and rituals. It is made from
the skin of a deer, with one side from a male and the other from a female deer.
Pagang
It is a bamboo zither made from a single-bamboo piece.

Batiwtiw is a 40cm bamboo instrument from Mindoro played by striking the split end of the
bamboo against the left palm.

Music of Palawan- affected by two major elements

-nature and their environments
-native dialect and language

Palawan – home for beautiful beaches, marvelous stone forrmations, the underground river and
the Tabon Man whose bones where discovered in Tabon cave of Palawan.

Suling -