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Music– Grade 7

7 Junior High School

Music of Lowlands
of Luzon
Module 3& 4
Secular Music
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 This module is an overview on the Spanish-influences secular music of the lowlands
of Luzon. Through the lesson, one will discover how Spanish-influenced dance music and art
songs express their feelings towards each other and the environment, their history and their
religious beliefs through voice and musical instruments. A group musical theater performance
of the vocal forms with an accompaniment on found objects and instruments of the rondalla
will culminate the educational experience.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Define the meaning of Secular Music

2. Identifies the colonially-influenced secular music in Luzon
3. Recognizesong of secular music

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Direction: Read each question carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer. ( for those
who have online access click the link https://bit.ly/2QGzUTm to answer in google form)
1. It is a serenade traditionally sung by a man to express affection to a woman
a. Kumintang b. Polka c. Balitaw d. Harana

2. Written in triple meter with themes of love and courtship.

a. Kumintang b. Polka c. Balitaw d. Harana

3. It was performed in elegant evening gatherings at the height of it's popularity during
the Spanish colonial period.
a. Kumintang b. Polka c. Balitaw d. Harana

4. A dialog or courtship song in triple meter, mostly in 2 and 3 part forms and arranged
with counter melodies.
a. Kumintang b. Polka c. Balitaw d. Harana

5. It is a courtship dance but it can also refer to a type of song to entertain the farmers in
the rice field.
a. Kundiman b. Kumintang c. Harana d. Pandanggo

Lesson
SECULAR MUSIC
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WORD HUNT
Look on the different types of Secular Music. Highlight it and writethe definition of each
word in your notebook.

H A R A N A D A F G J Q
E R O G N A D N A P P C
A G H K E Y U K L L O V HARANA
F N A M I D N U K F L B PANDANGGO
POLKA.
C B A L I T A W O X K N KUNDIMAN
Q W S D F T H K L W A V KUMINTANG
V V F G H J K L E V S M BALITAW
H B N G H J K S S H D H
K U M I N T A N G K L F

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ACTIVITY 1: THE CONCEPT MAP
Instruction: Using a concept map write words associated with Secular Music inside
the circles and tell something about it.

SECULAR
MUSIC

Secular Music is non-religious music. Secular means being separate from religion. In the
Middle Ages, it included love songs, political satire, dances, and dramatic works. Drums, harps,
recorders, and bagpipes were the instruments used in secular music because they were easy for
the traveling musicians to carry about.

Secular Music in Luzon is a good vehicle not only for entertainment but also for another
significant social functions and purposes either individually, small or big groups. In vocal forms
are folksongs, harana, kumintang, polka, kundiman, balitaw and pandango.

Types of Secular Music:

Harana is a form of courtship in the Philippines. It is a

serenade usually sung by a man to express affection to a
woman. It is sang with emotion and usually accompanied by
a guitar. Some popular Filipino harana songs are “Ang tangi
kong Pag-ibig”. “o Ilaw” and “DungawinmoHirang”. It is
in duple or quadruple meter in danza menor or habanera
tempo.

Link below are examples of Harana

O’ ilawhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzEl2VTzAU
DungawinmoHiranghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avQVOliu2G8

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 Kumintangis the name given to several disctict styles, techniques and forms in music.
It was originated in Balayan, Batangas. Written in triple meter with themes of love and
courtship. In early 19th century, travelers’ accounts often mention the kumintang as a Tagalog
“chant national”, describing them as dance-songs performed by a pair of men and women,
concerning love and courtship. All accounts mention glass of coconut wine passed from hand
to hand by the dancers as they sing. Meanwhile, in the early 20th century, Francisca Reyes-
Aquino described the Kumintang as the circular hand and wrist movement popularly known
as “kunday”. It also refers to a guitar-plucking style which was dubbed as the most melodic
and beautiful sounding guitar styles amongst the old kinanluran style of pandangguhan
dances.In 1926, when Pasig became the venue of carnival performances, Nicanor Abelardo
was inspired to composed the ‘Mutya ng Pasig” in kumintang tempo, the mutya expresses
her feelings under the light of the moon, she is mourning the loss of her love, which
symbolizes the country’s loss of freedom.

Link: Mutya ng Pasig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxPVxAhHEKs

Pandanggo is a dance form that can be found in the different island of Luzon such as
Batanes, Ilocos and Tarlac and parts of Visayas. A variation of the Spanish word fandango. It
became popular in the 19th century among the elite of Manila. A form of entertainment in the
Tagalog region called Pandangguhan is a formed during social celebrations. It is a courtship
dance but it can also refer to a type of song to entertain the farmers in the rice field, the
singers of this folksong are called pandanggeros and pandanggeras.

Link for sample music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_21XZuy3E

Polka is originated from a Bohemian dance that became popular in Europe and
America in the early 19th Century. It was performed in elegant evening gatherings at the
height of it's popularity during the Spanish colonial period. The tempo is in quick duple meter
while the melody is supported by the chords/harmonies of tonic (I), dominant (V) and sub-
dominant (IV). Some Philippine folksongs that are in polka rhythm like Pamulinawen (Stone-
hearted), Magtanim ay di Biro (Planting Rice is Never Fun”) and Leron-leronSinta (Leron the
Beloved).

Link: Pamulinawenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_hCrbe3sbc
Magtanim ay d birohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TgQ0aagls
LeronleronSintahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpBKZJcyYI

Balitaw is a type of folksong originating in the Visayas islands of the Philippines. It is

a form of dialogue or debate in song or a courtship song in triple meter, mostly in 2 and 3 part
forms and arranged with counter melodies. In which a man and woman compete at
improvising romantic verses. It was accompanied by a three-string coconut-shell guitar, but
later a harp became more popular for accompaniment. Some examples are LibissaNayon and
BakyamoNeneng and Arimunding-mundingcomposed by Santiago Suarez.

Link: BakyamoNenenghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGnbY8VgL2o
Sa LibissaNayonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTCw-z3Wnk
Arimunding-mundinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4dStpKzsPc

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 Kundiman came from the words “kung hindi man” the kundiman conveys a selfless
and spiritual attitude, intense love, longing, caring, devotion and oneness not only with the
romantic partner but also with a parent, child, a spiritual figure or the motherland. In music
context, kundiman usually starts in a minor key then goes to the major key and in triple
meter. Some famous Filipino kundiman composers are Francisco Santiago, Nicanor
Abelardo, Bonifacio Abdon, Francisco Buencamino and Angel Peña.

Among the famous kundiman performers in the early 1900’s are;

• Atang de la Rama
• Jovita Fuentes
• ConchingRosal
• Ruben Tagalog

Some Examples of kundiman are;

Pilipinaskong Mahal by Francisco Santiago, Nasaan ka Irog and HulingAwit by Nicanor
Abelardo, JocelynangBaliwag by an unknown composer inspired the revolutionaries in
Bulacan during the 1896 revolution, Sa sariling Bayan by V. Tolentino and Iyo Kailan pa
man by Angel Peña.

Link: Nasaan ka Iroghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhHtQU6b2JU

Sa sariling Bayan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOLZ0nUHzA

ACTIVITY 2: HEAR IT!

Instruction: Listen on the different songs, identify the type of secular music and describe the
element of music that is being used. You may use the link below for reference.
a. O’ Ilawhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzEl2VTzAU
b. Mutya ng Pasighttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxPVxAhHEKs
c. Pandangguhanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_21XZuy3E
d. Pamulinawenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_hCrbe3sbc
e. BakyamoNenenghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGnbY8VgL2o
f. Nasaan ka Iroghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhHtQU6b2JU

Songs Secular Music Pitch Meter Tempo

1. O’ Ilaw
2. Mutya ng Pasig

3. Pandangguhan

4. Pamulinawen

5. BakyamoNeneng

6. Nasaan ka Irog

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ACTIVITY 3: HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE RONDALLA?
Instruction: Fill in the chart with the necessary information.

Description
Name of Function in the
Instrument Number of
Instrument Size ensemble
strings

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ACTIVITY 4: DESCRIBE ME
Instruction: Think of a word that describe the Secular Music with letters
spelling out the SECULAR.

S _______________________
E _______________________
C _______________________
U _______________________
L _______________________
A _______________________
R _______________________

ACTIVITY 5: VIDEO PRESENTATION

Instruction: Choose one of the secular music and create a video presentation.
a. Harana c. Kundiman
b. Kumintang d. Pandanggo

RUBRICS FOR VIDEO PRESENTATION

PROFICIENCY APPROACHING DEVELOPING BASIC
PROFICIENCY

The video The important The video The content in

presentation information of presentation the video
clearly shows all the chosen topic shows some presentation and
the important is clearly shown inappropriate the topic
information of in the video information of discussed is
the chosen presentation the chosen confusing and
topic. The information topic. not focused in
Presented facts is clear, The information the chosen topic.
are appropriate appropriate and is not very clear. The continuity of
and accurate correct Some lapses the idea is
The superior The continuity of were seen in the vague.
continuity of the the idea is continuity of the
idea is evidently somehow shown idea.
shown.

1. What is Secular Music?

2. How does harana differ from kumintang?
3. Give 3 examples of song in each type of secular music

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 ACTIVITY : COLLAGE MAKING
Instruction: Choose one type of secular music and interpret a song through collage
using photos, newspaper clippings or magazines.

Instruction: TRUE OR FALSE. Answer the following statement TRUE if correct and
FALSE if not.( for those who have online access click the linkhttps://bit.ly/32zoLJy to
answer in google form)
________1. Rondalla came from the Spanish word ronda means to serenade
________2. The song O’ ilaw is an example of kundiman
________3. Juan Silos Jr, is known as the father of rondalla
________4. Balitaw is a dialog or courtship song usually written in duple meter.
________5. Harana is a serenade usually sung by a man to express affection to a woman.

As a student, What can you do to promote secular music in your generation?

________________________________________

________________________________________

________________________________________

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References
K to 12 Curriculum Guide in Music and Art
Music and Arts Teacher’s Guide
https://www.gov.ph/documents/20147/233614/MUSIC-AND-ART-K-TO-12-
Curriculum-Guide-Grade-1-and-7.pdf/2bf6cfac-da6d-a39d-02e5-f3c268650b5f
https://www.depedk12.com/2019/07/mapeh-dll-7-10.html
Mirano, Elena Rivera (1992), MusikaAn Essay on the Spanish influenceon Philippine
Music. CCP Special Publication Office
http://www.nhi.gov.ph/downloads/ca0002.pdf
http://www.himig.com.ph/features/49-marcelo-adonay
http://bambooorgan.org.home.htm
http://www.bambooman.com/bamboo organ.php

Recordings:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxPVxAhHEKs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_21XZuy3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_hCrbe3sbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGnbY8VgL2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TgQ0aagls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzEl2VTzAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEpBKZJcyYI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTCw-z3Wnk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4dStpKzsPc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhHtQU6b2JU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSOLZ0nUHzA

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