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The Music of Manobo

Manobo vocal music


• consists of ritual songs which are narrative songs,
lullabies, and songs of nature at the same time
Cotabato Manobo
• Susunan - generic term for any kind of song including
the Uwaging epic.
• Mandata - love songs
• Delinda - occupation songs, war songs, lullabies,
planting and harvest songs;
• Minudar and Mauley - funeral songs
• Nalit - type of song that relates life experiences.
Ritual Songs
• Manganinay - bee hunting song
• Masundanayen - wake song of women
• Tamanda - wake song considered dangerous because it
attracts witches;
• Tiwa - prehunt ritual song about lizards;
Narrative Songs
• Bimbiya, adventures of a folk hero
• Mandagan - historical tales
• Tulalang - epic narrative
Entertainment Songs
• Dalwanay - expresses mother's concern for her soldier
son
• Dampilay - advice on marriage and the selection of a
husband
• Inkakak - a man's attempt to escape two nagging
wives
Dalinday (Love Songs)
• Kasumba sa rawasan - a farewell song that reminds
the beloved to be good
• Lawgan - about a girl in love with a man who plays
a kudyapi and owns a motor boat
Children's songs
• Bakbak - about a frog
• Binlay pa biya-aw - sung by older children for infants
• Kuku - a woman's bedtime story about a cat
The Music
of Agusan Manobo
The Music of Agusan Manobo
• Voice (yageng or tingeg) - phenomenal sound heard
from and produced by living beings in the world.
• categorically differentiate animate sounds from
inanimate ones
• Tanog – inanimate sounds
- those produced, intentionally or not, by lifeless
objects like tin can, bamboo, plastic ware, metal, wood,
and stone
- includes electronically amplified sounds of the
radio.
Ay Ding
• lullaby for the dead
• sung only during a wake and when a baylan is
present, for it attracts the evil sprits who come
looking for a corpse to eat
• If there is no baylan to keep the evil spirits away, and
there is no dead person for the spirits to pray upon,
they, attracted by the song, will not leave until they
have caused someones death.
Ay Ding
Nakahi rin sa kanakan ta bai pangapug The man said, "Woman, prepare the betel chew,
Ka pa sugawingki't ginawa ta for we shall wed ourselves."
Si Dingding ay Dingding Dingding ay Dingding.
Na kahi rin an sa raha ta sakali abpangapug Answered the woman,"I will not the betel chew
kabpakaka-an prepare
Apa tabilaw-bilawn atay Until I can eat fresh pork liver."
Si Dingding ay Dingding Dingding ay Dingding.
Na ara das narinag nu na way ka ba Upon hearing her demand
madpandidsul dut asunu he called his dogs,
Si Pulangi na andu-an si Mulita Pulangi and also Mulita.
Si Dingding Dingding Dingding Dingding.
Ay Ding
Na wa ka ra makantantal Not yet having travelled a great distance,
Nabpaminag kan kanakan nag gabu-an si The young man heard the barking of his dog
Mulita Mulita.
Si Dingding Dingding Dingding Dingding.
Na way nu ba pilakaan na kay ka mapahangku He gave chase and saw his prey
Dut saringsinga't susu nu On top of Mt Agkir-Agkir.
Si Dingding Dingding Dingding Dingding.

Namidwalang das kanakan na There he speared it but he was also struck


Midbagkas din akpali din na mibaba And wounded in his breast.This then he did:
rin an kas babuy ka He bound up his wound and carried the pig,
Babuy na makaranding The pig that was gigantic.
Si Dingding Dingding Dingding Dingding.
Ay Ding
Na way ka ba maduli-an Then he returned home;
Na nak-uma ra dut taliwara dut lama And when he arrived in the middle of the girl's
Na indadsang nu an ka babuy yard,
na takin migkahi kaan He dropped the pig, then said he, "Woman,
Ta bay pangapug ka an su ini ra buan prepare the betel nut to chew
Andaw nkabpakakita ta For today may be our last to see each other."
Si Dingding Dingding Dingding Dingding.

Naara das narinag din na way amba Hearing his request, she began to prepare the
mabpangapug betel chew
Na wa ka pa makapus na kahian sa kanakan But before it was ready she heard the young
Ta bay tuliri ki pa dut taliwara dut saag man say,
Si Dingding Dingding "Woman, spread a mat in the middle of the
floor."
Dingding Dingding.
Ay Ding
Na way ka ba madtutulid And so she spread the mat; And the woman and
Na midiraha an sa kanakan na wa ka young man
Ma matao-tao Lay down, But she could not staunch the
Ta barusigsig na langasa flowing blood,
Na nabitaw-an ka napas din So the breath departed from him.
Si Dingding. Dingding.
3 Groups of Instrumental Music of Agusan
Manobo
1. Instruments that can simulate speech
• jaw harp (kubing), ring flute (saguysuy), and bowed one-
stringed lute (kogot)

2. Instrumental music that is characterized by


continuous drone-like sound
• lip-valley flute (pendag) , bowed lute (kogot)
• repertoire of this group of instrumental music sonority is
very small
• most are simulations of animal and insect sounds
3 Groups of Instrumental Music of Agusan
Manobo
3. Instrumental music sonority which articulates many
dance-rhythms (lisag)
• jaw harp, bamboo struck parallel zither (takumboq), and
the paired drum-and-gong or (gimbæ and agung)
• Dance-rhythms invoke and evoke joy and pleasure in the
dancers.
The Aerophone Instruments
of Manobo
Pulalu / Palendag
Pulalu / Palendag
• A lip-valley flute.

• it is considered the toughest of the three bamboo


flutes (the others are tumpong and suling) to use
because of the way one must shape one's lips against
its tip to make a sound.

• used for intimate gatherings for families in the


evening
Pulalu / Palendag
• construction of the
mouthpiece
- the lower end is cut
diagonally to
accommodate the
lower lip and the
second diagonal cut
is made for the
blowing edge.
Saguysuy
Saguysuy
• Ring flute

• The blowing end is encircled with a rattan ring to


create a mouthpiece
The Chordophone Instruments
of Manobo
Katimbok
Katimbok
• parallel-stringed tube zither made from bamboo
• made from a heavy bamboo tube about 40 cm long,
with both ends closed with a node
• 2 strands of strings, about 5 cm apart, are partially
etched out from the body of the bamboo.
• Small wooden bridges are inserted beneath the strings
at both ends.
• At the center of the bamboo tube, below the strings, a
small hole is bored.
• The small hole is covered with a bamboo plate clipped
to the strings.
Katimbok
• The musician can either strike the center plate or
the string

• He can also pluck the string with his fingers (Batak).

• The instrument can be also played by striking the


body of the bamboo.
Dayuray
Dayuray
• a spike fiddle with only one string
• an instrument for women
• body of the instrument is made from one half of a
coconut shell, the open end of which is covered with
snake skin or pig’s bladder
• A bamboo strip is pierced through 2 holes in the
coconut shell with one half sticking out
• The bow is also made out of a bamboo strip
• The string of the dayuday is made of abaka hemp or
from a purchased guitar steel string
Tangkew
Tangkew
• bamboo polychordal tube zither
• with 6 strings that run parallel to its tube body
• skin of the bamboo is cut but remains attached to
both ends of the bamboo
• Movable frets are placed underneath to provide
tension
Tangkew
• They are played upright with the musician’s fingers
plucking the strings
• Two strings are usually placed on the front of the
instrument which is played by he thumbs while the
rest are at the back played by the rest of the fingers
• . In the southern Philippines, they are often
accompanied by boat lutes
Kudyapi
Kudyapi
• two-stringed, fretted boat-lut
• 4 to 6 ft. long with 9 frets made of hardened
beeswax.
• carved out of solid soft wood such as that from the
jackfruit tree.
• a constant drone is played with one string while the
other, an octave above the drone, plays the melody
with a kebit or rattan pluck
Kodlong/ Kudlong
• It is made out of wood resembling a guitar

• has only 2 strings


The
Membranophone Instruments
of Manobo
Gimbal
Gimbal
• The Drums

• made out of hollow tree trunks with a deerskin head

• usually never played by itself but with other


instruments, particularly gongs

• can either be played by the striking of wooden sticks


or by the palm of the hands
The Idiophone Instruments
of Manobo
Luntang
• Philippine xylophone
• strung vertically
• with 5 horizontal logs hung in ascending order
arranged by pitch
• beaten at the edge to create sounds
• played either solo or with two people on either side
• for self-entertainment purposes
• to keep farmers awake while at the same time keeping
the birds away from the fields
• used for long distance communication
Kubing
Kubing
• thin slat of bamboo with a small hole in the middle
that gives variation of various tones.

• The vibration is initiated by blowing wind using the


mouth.
Kubing
• Jew's harp
• Instrument is held horizontally with the bamboo
tongue in front of the opened mouth
• Left end is hit by the thumb of the right hand
• The mouth serves as a resonator and by changing the
shape and size of the mouth opening, the overtones
can be changed, thus creating a melody
• By strongly breathing in or out the volume can be
changed as well
Kubing
• Used as communication between family or a love one
• Frequently used by males who use it for short
distance courtship
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