Other Instruments of

Mindanao
(Bamboo and Wood)
 What is a bamboo instrument for you?
 Howdo you think does the instrument
produce sound?
Different ways on how to play different
instruments

1. Blowing (aerophones)
2. Shaking or hitting (idiophones,
membranophones)
3. Plucking (Chordophes)
Bamboo and Wood Instruments

1. Kubing- It is a Jew’s Harp from Mindanao. It is

also a “ speaking instrument” and is used in
courtship.
2. Kagul- It is a type of bamboo scraper gong used
by Maguindanaons and Visayan. Its sound produced
helps the Maguindanaons scare away voracious birds
from their rice paddies.
3. Luntang- It is one of the Maguindanaon
xylophones.It has horizontal log hung in ascending
order.
4. Gabbang- It is a bamboo xylophone of the
Muslims of Sulu.It is made of trapezoidal in shape
and played by hitting the bamboo blades.
5. Gandang- It is a double-headed cylindrical drum.
Both end are covered with animal skin and played
by tapping, or by striking using wooden sticks.
6. Suling- It is the smallest bamboo flute of
Maguindanaon
7. Sahunay- It is a pipe instrument with six finger
holes. It has a bell made of bamboo leaves.