MUSIC

In this lesson, you will learn that music has always been an important part of the daily life of the
African people, whether for work, religion, ceremonies, or even communication. Singing, dancing, hand
clapping and the beating of drums are essential to many African ceremonies, including those for birth, death,
initiation, marriage, and funerals. Music and dance are also important to religious expression and political
events. African music is a collective result of the cultural and musical diversity of more than 50 ethnic
divisions of the continent.
African traditional music is largely functional in nature, used primarily in ceremonial rites, such as
birth, death, marriage, succession, worship, and spirit invocations. Others are work related or social in
nature, while many traditional societies view their music as entertainment.

African music has a basically interlocking structural format, due mainly to its overlapping and dense
textures as well as its rhythmic complexity. Its many sources of influence have produced such varied styles
and genres as the following:
Afrobeat is a term used to describe the fusion of West African with black American music.
Apala (Akpala) is a musical genre from Nigeria in the Yoruba tribal style, used to wake up the worshippers
after fasting during the Muslim holy feast of Ramadan.
Axe is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro- Caribbean styles of the
marcha, reggae, and calypso, and is played by carnival bands.
Jit is a hard and fast percussive Zimbabwean dance music played on drums with guitar accompaniment,
influenced by mbira-based guitar styles.
Jive is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a
form of swing dance.
Juju is a popular music style from Nigeria that relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms, where the
instruments are more Western in origin.
Kwasa kwasa is a dance style begun in Zaire in the 1980s, popularized by Kanda Bongo Man. In this dance
style, the hips move back and forth while the arms follow the hip movements.
Marabi is a South African three-chord township music of the 1930s-1960s which evolved into-African jazz. It
characterized by simple chords in varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony over an extended in
period of time to allow the dancers more time on the dance floor.
Latin American Music Influenced by African Music
Regggae is a Jamaican musical style that was strongly influenced by the island’s traditional mento music, as
well as by calypso, African music, American music, American jazz, and rhythm and blues. One of reggae’s
most distinctive qualities is its offbeat rhythm and staccato chords.
Salsa is a Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian dance music. It comprises various musical genres including
the Cuban son montuno, guaracha, chachacha, mambo and bolero.
Samba is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style. Is the basic underlying rhythm that typifies most
Brazilian music that has a lively and rhythmical beat with three steps to every bar, making the samba fell like
a timed dance.
Soca is also known as the “soul of calypso.” It originated as a fusion of calypso with Indian rhythms, thus
combining the musical traditions of the two major ethnic groups of Trinidad and Tobago.
Were is Muslim music often performed as a wake-up call for early breakfast and prayers during Ramadan
celebrations.
Zouk is fast, carnival-like rhythmic music, from the Creole slang word for “party.” It originated in the
Caribbean Islands of Guadaloupe and Martinique and was popularized in the 1980s.
Vocal Forms of African Music
Maracatu first surfaced in the African state of Pernambuco, combining the strong rhythms of African
percussion instruments with Portuguese melodies. The maracatu groups were called nacoes (nations) who
paraded with a drumming ensemble numbering up to 100. Accompanied by a singer, a chorus, and a coterie
of dancers.

Musical instruments used in Maracatu

Alfia is a large wooden drum that is rope-tuned, complemented by the tarol which is a shallow snare drum,
and the caixa-de-guerra which is a war like snare. Gongue is a metal cowbell with clanging sound. The
shakers are represented by the agbe, a gourd shaker covered by beads. And the, miniero or ganza is a metal
cylindrical shaker filled with metal shot or small dried seeds.
Blues is a musical form of the 19 th century that has deep roots in African - American communities. Blues
create and expressive and soulful sound.
Performers of the blues genre are Ray Charles, James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin, etc.
Soul music was a popular music genre of the 1950s and 1960s. It originated in the United States, and
combined elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz. The catchy rhythms
are accompanied by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves which are among its important features.
The important innovators whose recording in the 195s contributed to the emergence of soul music
include Clyde Mc Phatter, Hank Ballard, and Etta James, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Otis Redding, and
James Brown who is known as the “Godfather of Soul.”while Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson are also often
acknowledged as “soul forefathers.” Examples of soul music; Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Ben, All I Could
Do Was Cry, Soul to Soul, Betcha by Golly Wow.
Spiritual In music it refers to a song form, known as the “Negro spiritual” sung by African slaves in
America who became enslaved by its white communities. The musical form became their outlet to express
their loneliness, anger, and was a result of the interaction of music and religion from Africa with that of
America. The texts are mainly religious, sometimes taken from Biblical psalms or passages, while the music
utilizes deep bass voices. Examples of spiritual music are the following: We are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, Rock
My Soul, When the Saints Go Marching In, and Peace Be Still.
Call and Response is a method of succession of two distinct musical phrases usually rendered by different
musicians, where the second phrase acts as a direct commentary on or response to the first. Examples of call
and response songs are the following: Mannish Boy, one of the signature songs by Muddy Waters; School Day-
Ring, Ring Goes the Bell by Chuck Berry; and Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF AFRICA
African music incorporates all the major instrumental genres of Western music, including strings,
winds, and percussion, along with a tremendous variety of specific African musical instruments for solo or
ensemble playing.
Classification of Traditional African Instruments
A. Idiophones- percussion instruments that era either struck with a mallet or against one another.
1. Balafon- is a West African xylophone, a pitched percussion instrument with bars made from logs or
bamboo.
2. Rattles-are vessels made of seashells, tin, basketry, animal hoofs, horn, metal, cocoons, palm kernels,
or tortoise shells.
3. Agogo-is a single bell or multiple bells that had its origins in traditional Yoruba music as well as in the
samba bateria(percussion) ensembles.
The oldest samba instrument based on West African Yoruba single or double bells.
4. Atingting kon- are slit gongs used as communication between villages. They were carved out of wood to
resemble ancestors and had a slit opening at the bottom.
5. Slit drum- is a hollow percussion instruments which is referred to as a drum which I more of an
idiophone.
6. Djembe- (pronounced zhembay) one of the best-known African drums, shaped like a large goblet and
played with bare hands.
7. Shekere- is a type of gourd and shell megaphone from West Africa, consisting of a dried gourd with
beads woven into a net covering the gourd.
8. Rasp- or scraper is a hand percussion instrument whose sound is produced by scraping the notches on
a piece of wood with a stick, creating a series of rattling effects.
B. Membranophones- are instruments, usually drums, which have vibrating animal membranes and are
played with sticks, hand, or a combination of both.
1. Body percussion- African people frequently use their bodies as musical instruments. Aside from
using their voices they also clap their hands, slap their thighs, pound their upper or chest, or shuffle
and stomp their feet.
2. Talking drum- is used to send messages to announce births, deaths, marriages, sporting events,
dances, initiation, or war. Example of talking drum is luna.
C. Lamellaphone- one of the most popular African percussion instrument, which is plucked tongues or
keys mounted on a sound board. It is known by different names according to the regions such as
mbira, karimba, kisaanj, and likembe.
D. Chordophones- are instruments which produce sounds from vibrating of strings.
1. Musical bow- is the ancestor of all string instruments, the oldest and one of the most widely used
string instruments of Africa.
2. Lute- originating from the Arabic states, is shaped like the modern guitar, and played in similar
fashion.
3. Kora- is Africa’s most sophisticated harp, while also having features similar with a lute. Its body is
made from a gourd or calabash.
4. Zither- is a stringed instrument with varying sizes and shapes whose strings are stretched along its
body.
5. Zeze- is a fiddle from Sub-Saharan Africa played with a box, a small wooden stick, or plucked with
the fingers. It has one or two strings, made of steel or bicycle brake wire.
E. Aerophones- are musical instrument that produce sound primarily by trapping or enclosing a body or
column of air and causing it to vibrate.
1. Flutes- are widely used throughout Africa, they are usually fashioned from a single tube closed at
one end and blown.
2. Horns- are commonly made from elephant tusks and animal horns.
3. Reed pipes- are single reed pipes made from hollow guinea corn or sorghum stems, where the reed is a
flap partially cut from the stem near one end.
4. Whistles- are found throughout the continent and may be made of wood or other materials.
5. Trumpets- African trumpets are made of wood, metal, animal horns, elephant tusks, and gourd,
ornamented with snake or crocodile skin or the hide of zebras, leopards, and other animals.
MUSIC OF LATIN AMERICAN
The music of Latin America is the product of three major influences—indigenous, Spanish-Portuguese,
and African. At the same time, because of interracial relations and migration, the name countries also came
to be populated by five major ancestral groups, the Indian, African, European, Asian descendant, and mixed
descendants from the above-named groups.

Influences on Latin American Music

 Before the arrival of the Spanish, Portuguese, and other European colonizes the natives were found to
be using local drum and percussion instruments such as the guiro, maracas, zampońa and queńa. The
indigenous music of Latin America was largely functional in nature, being used for religious worship and
ceremonies.
Afro-Latin American Music
The African influence on Latin American music is most pronounced in its rich and varied rhythmic
patterns produced by drums and various percussion instruments.
Euro-Latin American Music
The different regions of Latin America adopted various characteristics from their European colonizers.
Other European influences were seen in the texture of Euro-Latin American music.
Mixed American Music
The diversity of races and cultures from the Native Americans, Afro-Latin Americans, and Euro-Latin
Americans account for the rich combinations of musical elements. This musical fusion, combining native
instruments with European counterparts and musical theories, was further enriched by the instruments
brought by the African slaves.
Popular Latin American Music
1. Samba- is a dance form of African origin which evolved into an African-Brazilian favorite in the working
class and slum districts of Rio de Janeiro. Its lively rhythm consists of a 2/4 meter that is danced as three
steps per measure, thus creating a feeling of a ¾ meter instead.
2. Son- is a fusion of the popular music or canciones(song) of Spanish and the African rumba rhythms of
Bantu origin. Originated in Cuba, usually played with tres(guitar), contrabass, bongos, maracas, and clave
(two wooden sticks that are hit together)
3. Salsa- is a social dance with marked influences from Cuba and Puerto Rico that started in New York in the
mid1970s. Its style contains elements from the swing dance and hustle as well as the complex Afro-Cuban
and Afro-Caribbean dance forms of pachanga and guaguanco.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF LATIN AMERICA

Aztec and Mayan Instruments
1. Tlapitzalli – is a flute variety from Aztec culture made of clay with decorations of abstract designs or
images of their deities.
2. Teponaztli- is a Mexican slit drum hollowed out and carved from a piece of hardwood.
3. Concha- is a wind instruments usually made from the shell of a large sea snail. It is prepared by
cutting a hole in the shell’s spine near the apex, then blown into as if it were a trumpet.
4. Huehueti – is an upright tubular drum used by the Aztecs and other ancient civilization, made of
wood opened at the bottom and standing on three legs cut from the base.
5. Whistles – are instruments made of natural elements such as bone from animals and this can
produce a wide variety of notes by varying the airflow and pressure.
Incan Musical Instruments
1. Ocarina- is an ancient vessel flute made of clay or ceramic with four to 12 finger holes and a
mouthpiece that projects from the body.
2. Zampońas- are ancient instruments from the Andes Mountains South America. Made of bamboo,
played by blowing over the top of the tubes in the same way one might blow over an empty soda bottle
to create a musical note.
Andean Musical Instruments
1. Siku- is originally from the Aymaras of Peru and Bolivia. The pipes are made from bamboo tubes, but
have also been made from condor feathers, bone, and many other materials. It is split across two rows
of pipes.
2. Wooden Tarka- is a vertical duct flute with a mouthpiece similar to that of a recorder, and used
during the rainy season and in tribal ceremonies to mimic bird sounds.
3. Quena- is a vertical cane flute made from fragile bamboo, used during dry season, and has six finger
holes and one thumb hole.
4. Charango- is a ten-stringed Andean guitar from Bolivia. It is the size of a ukulele and is a smaller
version of the mandolin, imitating the early guitar and lute brought by the Spaniards. It produces
bright sounds and often used in serenade in Southern Peru.

ARTS
Computer/Digital Arts
During the early 1960s, computer art or digital art came on the scene, and technology was
constantly developing. It makes use of electronic and mechanical devices rather than the artist’s own hand to
produce the desired images and effects. Within a few years, exhibits of computer art became highly popular,
and digital artists from Europe, Russia, and the United States came into the limelight.
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The Philippine Scene

From 1960s to the 1990s, their computer-generated works were primarily geared toward
illustrating international comic books. To view works by Philippine
artists employing digital art techniques, you may visit the websites of the more progressive museums and art
organizations. Among these are The Center for Art and Thought, Deviant Art, The Ateneo Art Gallery,
Yuchengco Museum.
These are also institutions offering training courses on the digital arts, such as the First Academy
of Computer Arts, the Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (PCCI), as well as the Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) through scholarships given by the Animation Council of the Philippines
(ACPI).

Cityscape
Antonio Gorordo, 2010-2012

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Mobile Phone Art/ Computer-generated Images

You are probably already familiar with the following image manipulation programs and
applications that run on today’s Android devices:
 Pixlr – a powerful, free online image editor
 Pic Collage – allows you to make collages incorporating photos, stickers, text,
and frames
 Photo Grid – a downloadable application for android phones that allows you to
make collages out of images from your photo gallery
 Doodle Booth – an iPad application (with a free downloadable version) that
enables you to ‘doodle’ on your images using available stickers
 Photo Booth – an application for taking photos and videos using an iPad or iPad
mini (a version for the iPhone, called SimpleBooth, is also available)
 Magic Mirror Booth – an iPhone application that allows you to take
amusing, distorted images, simulating camera effects
 Pic Monkey – a free online photo editing tool that provides filters, frames, text,
and effects to manipulate your images
 Flipagram – a downloadable application that allows you to ‘bring your photos to
life’ in short videos set to the music of your choice
 Picsart – a free photo editor and drawing application, as well as a social network
for you to share your art with others
 Snapseed – a photo application that enables you to enhance, transform, and
share your photos; a free downloadable version for android phones is
available
 Instagram – a fast and fun way to share images with others; snap a photo,
choose from among the available filters, and share via Facebook,
Twitter, Tumblr.

Technology-based art is essentially computer-generated and/or manipulated. Today’s computer artists

employ the ever-expanding powers of image manipulation programs and applications to create their works
which can appear in an entire range of media – whether as a physical output or a virtual experience.
Computer/digital arts make use of electronic and mechanical devices, rather than the artist’s
own hand, to produce the desired images and effects while mobile phone arts has evolved from a mere
communication tool into a creative device that allows you to generate original works of art for an entire range
of purposes.

Digital Photography
The invention of the camera allowed artists to experiment in depicting feelings and concepts in
their works. Photographers took the choice of compositional angles and editing process created a new image
or piece of art out of the real-life image, abstracting reality. Digital photography utilizes cameras containing
varieties of electronic photodetectors to deliver pictures centered by a focal point, rather than a presentation
on photographic film. The caught pictures are digitized and put away as a PC document prepared for
additional computerized handling, seeing, electronic distributing, or advanced printing.
Two Types of Digital Camera used in Photography:
1. Point-and-shoot Camera also known as Compact Cameras which automatically makes all the
adjustments in lighting, focus, zoom-in and zoom-out, even removal of “red eye” with the user being
given some leeway for slight adjustments. It is design primarily for simple operation only.
2. Digital Singles Lens Reflex (DSLR) Camera is a computerized camera that consolidates the optics
and the systems of a solitary focal point reflex camera with an advanced imaging sensor. This kind of
digital camera gives the photographer much more artistic freedom and control to select the camera
settings to create the desired final image with the preferred visual effects.

Basic Tips for Taking Good Photographs

Whether you are using a point-and-shoot camera or a DSLR, there are basic guidelines for capturing a good
quality photographic image:
1. Choose a good location. An interesting location can sometimes make the difference between a good
and a great photo.
2. Check that the available background is relatively simple and not too cluttered, so that the focus will be
on your chosen subject.
3. Natural light in the outdoors or near a window is usually the most flattering or effective for any kind of
subject. Ideally, the best light for photos is within the first hour after sunrise and the last hour before
sunset.
4. Avoid taking shots facing the light, as this would make your subject back-lit and most of the details
would be lost in shadow.
5. If you intend to take a posed shot, position your subject where you want in relation to the location,
background, and source of light.
6. If you intend to take a candid shot, position yourself where you can capture the most interesting,
amusing, touching, or engaging moment or expression.
7. Take a variety of shots—ranging from far shots showing the surroundings, to medium-distance shots
concentrating on the main subject, to tight or close-up shots that focus on details of the subject. You
can then choose from among all these for the best photo or photos.

Video Games
Video Games is an electronic game that includes collaboration with a user interface or info gadget -,
for example, a joystick, regulator, console, or movement detecting gadgets, to produce visual criticism for a
player. This is then appeared on a few dimensional video show gadgets, for example, a TV set, screen,
touchscreen, or computer-generated reality headset. Computer games are increased with sound criticism
from speakers or earphones, and alternatively with different sorts of input frameworks including haptic
innovation.

Digital Painting
Digital painting refers to a method utilizing a designs of programming project to make a craftsmanship
that is absolutely virtual. The canvas, brushes, paints, and different apparatuses are all virtual, existing just
inside the computer. What's more, the completed work is additionally put away in virtual arrangement, to be
shared through the internet.

Imaging Video/Digital Imaging

Imaging video or computerized picture securing is the production of a carefully encoded portrayal of
the visual qualities of an object for example, a physical scene or the inside structure of an article. The term is
frequently accepted to infer or incorporate the preparing, compression, stockpiling, printing, and show of
such pictures.

Purpose of Imaging Videos

1. Social Media Purpose-is a significant function in each understudy's life. It is frequently simpler and
more advantageous to get to data, give data and convey through online media that targets the
“Netizens” today. Guides and understudies can be associated with one another and can utilize these
stages to help their learning and instructing.
2. Medical/Scientific Purpose -Imaging recordings is that the framework, system and forte of making
visual portrayals of the inside of a body for clinical assessment and helpful intercession. Therapeutic
imaging hopes to reveal inside structures stowed away by the skin and bones, and to analyze and treat
infection and instructing. Examples Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI, Computer Tomography Scan
(CT Scan), and Ultrasound Scan.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Fitness is defined as the state of being physically fit and healthy. ... Being fit not only means physical health,
but emotional and mental health, too. It defines every aspect of your health. Smart eating and active living are
fundamental to fitness. Fitness is not only for athletes, sportsmen, PE teachers and fitness instructors but
also a concern for students, parents and other members of the community.
The concept of active recreation and how it can maintain and improve your life, it is now your turn to share
what you have learned with your family, friends and immediate community. Your way of life, simply termed
as lifestyle, has great influence on your health and fitness
Some benefits your body and brain if an individual is fit:
• It can make you feel happier.
• It can help with weight loss.
• It is good for your muscles and bones.
• It can increase your energy levels.
• It can reduce your risk of chronic disease.
• It can help skin health.
• It can help your brain health and memory.
The true measure of your understanding of the concepts and principles of active recreation, fitness, and a
healthy lifestyle is your capacity to apply it in your daily life.
Fitness and wellness, specifically on lifestyle and weight management at the same time keeping yourself
engaged in such activities, will make you a more physically fit and healthier individual.
No one would ever understand the importance of recreation until you experience the benefits. It is fun,
embodied in the form of fitness activities to refresh one’s body and mind. It is only through your personal
experience that you can influence others to participate and commit to improving their own health and fitness
practices. Fitness is contagious. It makes you more energetic, and keeps your mind healthy, fresh, and
stress-free.

HEALTH
The health of the Filipinos is one of the concerns and responsibilities of our national government
hence the Congress passed laws that will protect all of us in general. Below is the list of National Laws or
Republic Acts related to health trends, issues and concerns which you should be aware of. Remember that
being knowledgeable with these will certainly aid you in keeping yourself and your loved ones healthy and
protected.

1. Republic Act 9775 also known as the Anti-Child Pornography Act. This is an Act defining the crime of child
pornography, prescribing penalties and for other purposes. It guarantees the fundamental rights and protection
of every child from all forms of abuse, exploitation, neglect, cruelty, and other conditions prejudicial to his/her
development. The Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography or IACACP was established and primarily
tasked to coordinate, monitor and oversee the implementation of this particular Act.
2. Republic Act 10586 or the Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Law. This is an Act penalizing persons driving
under the influence of alcohol, dangerous drugs, and similar substances and for other purposes. The Land
Transportation Office or LTO is one of those government agencies mandated to oversee its implementation.
3. Republic Act 8949 or the Anti-Hazing Law. An Act prohibiting hazing and regulating other forms of initiation
rites of fraternities, sororities, and other organizations and providing penalties for violation of this Act. The
Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Education are some of the government agencies
involved in the implementation of this law.
4. Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act. An Act which mandates the government, in
particular the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency or PDEA, to “pursue an intensive and unrelenting campaign
against the trafficking and use of dangerous drugs and other similar substances.
5. Republic Act 7394 or the Consumer Act. This Act aims to protect the consumers against hazards to health
and safety, protect consumers against deceptive, unfair and unconscionable sales acts practices. The law
embodies the state policy on the protection of consumers and establishes standards of conduct for business
and industry in the country. The Department of Trade and Industry is directly overseeing its implementation.
6. Republic Act 7719 or the National Blood Services Act. An Act promoting voluntary blood donation, providing
for an adequate supply of safe blood, regulating blood banks, and providing penalties for violation thereof. The
Department of Health is closely monitoring this Act
Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act. This Act aims to address legal issues concerning online
interactions and the internet. This act punishes content-related offenses such as cybersex, child pornography
and libel committed through a computer system. The CICC or the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating
Center under the Department of Information and Communications Technology or DICT was created and has the
central authority in dealing with cybercrime law together with the National Bureau of Investigation.
8. Republic Act 9512 or the National Environmental Awareness and Education Act. This is an Act to promote
environmental awareness through environmental education and for other purposes. The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources or DENR has the primary responsibility in overseeing the implementation of
this law.
9. Republic Act 8504 or the Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control. An Act promulgating policies and
prescribing measures for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the country. The Department of Tourism,
Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Immigration, in collaboration with the Department of Health, shall
oversee the implementation of this Act.
10. Republic Act 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health. An act also known as
Reproductive Health Law or RH Law guarantees universal access to methods on contraception, fertility control,
sexual education, and maternal care. The Department of Health oversees the implementation of this law.
11. Republic Act 8750 or the Seat Belts Use Act. An Act requiring the mandatory compliance by motorists of
private and public vehicles to use seat belt devices, and requiring vehicle manufacturers to install seat belt
devices in all their manufactured vehicles. The Land Transportation Office or LTO is primarily responsible in
the enforcement and implementation of this Act
12. Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act. It is an omnibus law regulating smoking in public
places, tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship, and sales restrictions among other requirements. The
 Inter-Agency Committee on Tobacco or IACT was created to oversee the implementation of the provisions of
this Act.
13. Republic Act 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act. It is an Act which created the
Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) to accelerate the development of
traditional and alternative health care in the Philippines, providing for a traditional and alternative health care
development fund and for other purposes.