The Cordillera Region

• Cordillera
Located in one of the
highest and largest
mountain ranges in the
Philippines.

There are six provinces

• The famous Rice Terraces
One of the Seven Wonders of the World
It was built through the cooperation of
various ethnic tribes.
They have developed unique culture
through epics, rituals, and music.
They were also able to preserve their
indigenous musical traditions and these
are integrated in their day to day
activities.
They appreciate the beauty of nature and
create varied forms of nature and create
varied forms of artistic expressions
through songs, dances, and art forms.
The vocal style they use varies according
to their day-to-day activities.
• The Ibaloi’s • While the epic song of the
Badiw is a ceremonial song for Kalingas is the Ullalim and sung
the dead. in solo.
It is sung in a leader-chorus This songs are accompanied by
style. dances and musical instruments
such as the gangsa ensemble of
the Kalingas.
Examples of vocal music in the Cordillera
1. Performance Practice 2. Representative Song/Genre

Different Performance practices:

• Lullaby
• Peace pacts
• Healing rituals • Courtship-performed in
• Invocations of gods song-debates
• Courtships and marriage • Love incantations
• Birth and other life cycle events • Entertainment songs
• Work songs
Vocal genres among the ethnic
communities may be identified
• Death rites
according to their social functions.
• Salidummay
Song from the Cordillera
specifically from the people
of Ifugao, Bontoc Provinces.
Sung in many occasions of
the ethics groups such as
weddings, festivals and rituals
Its musical characteristics
may include duple meter,
pentatonic scale, and a single
rhythm
Two examples of instrumental
Music 2. Bamboo Solo/ensemble
1. Gangsa ensemble
• Badiw
From the tribe of the Ibaloi
An example of responsorial singing
Sung alternately by different persons
Sung phrase by phrase, and also re-
echoed phrase by phrase
• Oggayam
Friendship, cooperation, and
unity are the major virtues that
most Kalinga exhibit
Used by a solo performer in
counseling, storytelling, and
entertaining the community in
any occasion.
Examples of instrumental Music
Different Kinds of Bamboo Solo/Ensemble
• Kubing
• Saggeypo
• Diwdiw-as
• Tongatong
• Bungkaka
• Patatag