PRESENTATION

Musical Characteristics of Visayas

in Relation to its Geography and
Culture
 visayan group of islands
Visayan islands is also called Visayas or Bisayas island
group. The Visayan group consists of seven large islands
and 700 smaller islands clustered around the Visayan,
Samar, and Camotes seas. The seven main islands Bohol,
Leyte, Masbate, Negros, Panay, and Samar.

These islands and their smaller neighbours make up the

central group of the phillipine archipeligo. They are the
largest ethnic groups in the geographical division of the
country. Some of their ethnic groups are Sugbuanon,
Hiligaynon, Karaya, Waray, Bol-anon and so on.
The archipelago of
the Phillipines
 The Visayan music is highly-influenced by Spanish culture
because they colonized the Philippines for a long time. They
brought the culture and religion through Western practices.
Spaniard musicians introduced new styles of music which have
also Western musical traditions.
A. VOCAL MUSIC
The vocal music of the visayans has different functions in thier lives.
the songs include children's songs, lullabies, ballad, working songs, serenade

Balitaw, a musical style of the Visayans, is a song-and-dance debate between

a man and woman .
The theme of the musical style is about love and marriage and is usually
performed by good singers as well as dancers and actors.The following are
the examples of vocal forms in Visayas:
Children's song

Ilo nga bata

 Lullabie

Ili-ili Tulog Anay

Working song

Si pilemon
Vocal music Type of song
1.Matud nila Love music

Description
It expresses love
against all odds
Vocal music Type of song
2. Rosas pandan Love music

Description
A song of joy and love , it tells about
a pretty mountain maid who loves to
dance the balitaw.

Vocal music Type of song

3. Condasoy Drinking song

Description
A name of a boy who is being asked to
drink Laloy's tuba, a coconut wine
Vocal music Type of song
4. Ilo nga bata Children's Song

Description
It is about a child whose parents are
dead or have abandoned their child
permanently in this world.
Vocal music Type of song
5. Dadansoy Farewell song

Description
This song is about the singer leaving
her man whose name is Dadansoy in
order to go back to her hometown.
Vocal music Type of song
6. Ili-ili Tulog Anay Lullaby

Description
It is a folk song which is sung to put a
baby to sleep.
Vocal music Type of song
7. Ako Kini Si Anggi Work song

Description
A work song that tells about a woman
who works very hard as a dressmaker.
Vocal music Type of song
8. Si Pelimon Work song

Description
Folk song that tells of a fisherman
whose only catch is a single
mudskipper. He then sells the fish,
earning just enough to buy coconut
wine.
 MUSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS
1. Music is generally perceived as rich in Spanish colonial
music tradition influence.
2. The instrumental music shows the rich diversity of the
musical culture of the visayan region.
3. the different collections, with their respective sounds,
display the enthusiastic musical involvement of the loveing
expressive Visayans.
4. It is where they express their emotions, sentiments, way of
life and interactions with their environment and other
people.
1. The visayan group consits of seven large islands and 700 smaller
islands clustered around the visayan, samar and camotes seas.
the seven main islands are?

A. Bohol,Cebu,Leyte,masbate,negros,panay,samar

B.Cadlao islands,Babuyan,island,Cabucayan island,Aliguay island

C.Katabunan island,Aguada islet,Bang-og island

2.some of their ethnic groups are?

A.sugbuanon,Waray,Aeta,Hiligaynon
B.Sugbuanon,Hiligaynon,karaya,Bol-anon,Waray

C.Lumad,Tausog,Ivatan,Mangyan
3.."A work that tells about a woman who works very hard as a
dress maker"which vocal music is this named of

A.Condansoy
B. Ako kini si Anggi
C.Ili-Ili tulog anay
4.It is a folk song which is sung to put a baby to
sleep.

A.Ili-ili tulog anay

B.condansoy
C.Ako kini si anggi

5."A name of a boy who is being asked to drink laloy's

tuba,a coconut wine"

A.Ilo nga
bata
B.Condansoy
C.Dadansoy