MUSIC OF LUZON

Low Land
The lesson is an overview on the music of the
Lowlands of Luzon, particularly on the Music for
Liturgy and Devotional Music. Through the lesson,
one will discover how the people of the Lowlands of
Luzon express their feelings towards each other and
the environment, their history, and their religious
beliefs through the medium of voice and musical
instruments. A group performance featuring topics on
Liturgy and Devotional music will culminate the
educational experience.
LUZON
GEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION
 VOCAL MUSIC AND
FOLK SONGS

These songs are considered folk songs. Folk

songs are considered vocal music.
WHAT IS VOCAL MUSIC?
Vocal music is a genre performed by one or
more singers with or without instrumental
accompaniment where singing provides the
focus. It features sung words called
Lyrics.
Music of the
Lowland Luzon
FOLK SONG
• Folk songs are songs written by the folk and are sung to
accompany daily activities such as farming, fishing and putting
the baby to sleep. These traditions are passed on orally. Most
Philippine folk songs have Spanish and other western influences
• The people have created melodic chants and indigenous
instruments based on the materials available where they live.
• The folk songs of Luzon lowlands are performed in his/her
native language such as Ilocano, Pangasinense, Kapagpangan,
Tagalog, Bicolano and others.
 Characteristics of Folk Songs:
• Originally passed down orally to the family and to other members of the community
• Learned through rote
• Sung in his/her own dialect
• Begins in one key and ends in the same key
• Composers and lyricists are usually unknown
• Mood can be sentimental, playful and humorous
• Concepts are based on nature or people’s work, tradition, culture
• Short and simple
• Either in duple meter, triple meter, or quadruple
 Example of Philippine folk songs
from the lowlands:
KAPANGPANGAN
Atin Cu Ping Singsing
Doredo
Caca o caca ILOCANO
Ing buling lara y rizal Pamulinawen
Tinaman Kung Kamantigui Naraiag a Bulan
Minsan a Cayaldawan Manang Biday
Patag a Bundoc Dungdungwen Kanto TAGALOG
Nung acuing Cucuntan Banatiran
Y Maraing Malagu Magtanim ay Di Biro
Ti ayat ti maysa nga ubing Bahay Kubo
Igid Diay Baybay Leron eorn sinta
Diro ni ayat Sitsiritsit
Paru-parung bukid

BICOLANO
Sarung Banggi
t is actually a song created by two couple exchanging their views and thoughts about each other. In
Kapampangan, the word 'caca' means a polite way to call a brother or a sister of your age or older.

In the 1st stanza, the man thought that for him the beauty of a woman depends on how she can
fight for herself and not with how smooth her skin is. He said he would go to a mountain to search
instead.

In the 2nd stanza, the woman teased the man and called him Bulatiktik. The word means small and
thin. She said she doesn't like a dark brown skin of the man.

In the 3rd stanza, the man advised the woman to get a shot because she will get hurt in the future
that she can have a son someday that may adore her yet would live far away from her.

In the 4th stanza, the woman said the opposite description of the man that she thought
unacceptable nowadays.

In the 5th stanza, the man said that the woman is attractive but she couldn't hide how bad words
came out from her mouth. For him, her lips are still black.

In the last stanza, the woman said that the man said his thougths without choosing his words
perfectly so she believes that she could just get a pair of scissors to cut the story.
Sacred Music
 What is sacred music(Liturgy and Devotional Music)?
During the time when the Spaniards came to the Philippines,
they were able to influence not only our cultural practices but
also our beliefs and religion. That is why we have sacred
music.
SACRED MUSIC is performed or composed for religious
gatherings and fellowship.
LITURGICAL MUSIC originated as part of religious rite and
includes traditions in both ancient and modern. It is also known
as part of Roman Catholic Mass.
DEVOTIONAL MUSIC accompanies religious observances and
ritual
The Mass
- a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the
invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic
Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism) to music.

• Songs in Mass a. Kyrie is the first movement of a setting of the Ordinary of

the Mass:
Kyrie eleison; Christe eleison; Kyrie eleison (Κύριε ελέησον. Χριστέ
ελέησον. Κύριε ελέησον)
Lord have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy.
viDeo
• In Mass settings (normally in English) composed for the Church of England's
Book of Common Prayer liturgy, the Gloria is commonly the last movement,
because it occurs in this position in the text of the service. In Order One of the
newer Common Worship liturgy, however, it is restored to its earlier season.
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 Gloria is a celebratory passage praising God and Christ:
Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te,
gratias agimus tibi
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good
will. We praise You, we bless You, we adore You, we glorify You,
we give thanks
propter magnam gloriam tuam, Domine Deus, Rex caelestis
[coelestis], Deus Pater omnipotens.
to You for Your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God
the Father.
Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius
Patris, qui tollis peccata mundi,
Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son
of the Father, who taketh away the sins of the world,
miserere nobis; qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem
nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.
Have mercy on us; You who take away the sins of the world, hear
our prayers. Who sits at the right hand of the Father, have mercy
upon us.
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus,
Jesu Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.
For You are the only Holy One, the only Lord, the only Most High,
Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father,
Amen.
Credo - Since the Second Vatican Council
 composers have mostly ignored writing
melodies for the in vernacular (native)
languages. Today, the Creed is usually
recited by the congregation.

Credo
Credo in unum Deum, Patrem omnipotentem,
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty
factorem cœli et terrae, visibilium omnium et invisibilium.
Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible:
Et in unum Dominum, Jesum Christum,
And in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
Filium Dei unigenitum, et ex Patre natum ante omnia saecula.
the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all time;
Deum de Deo, Lumen de Lumine, Deum verum de Deo vero,
God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God;
genitum non factum, consubstantialem Patri;
begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father,
per quem omnia facta sunt.
by Whom all things were made;
Qui propter nos homines et propter nostram salutem descendit de cœlis.
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from Heaven.
Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria Virgine, et homo factus est.
and was made flesh by the Holy Ghost out of the Virgin Mary, and was made man:
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato passus, et sepultus est,
He was also crucified for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried:
et resurrexit tertia die, secundum Scripturas,
And on the third day rose again according to the Scriptures:
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et ascendit in cælum, sedet ad dexteram Patris.
And ascended into Heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father:
Et iterum venturus est cum gloria, iudicare vivos et mortuos,
And He shall come again, with glory, to judge the living and the dead:
cuius regni non erit finis;
Of His Kingdom there shall be no end;
Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem,
And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and Giver of Life,
qui ex Patre Filioque procedit.
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son
Qui cum Patre et Filio simul adoratur et conglorificatur:
Who, with the Father and the Son, is similarly adored and glorified,
qui locutus est per prophetas.
Who has spoken through the Prophets.
Et unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam.
And I believe in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church,
Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum.
I confess one Baptism for the remission of sins.
Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum,
And I expect the Resurrection of the Dead:
et vitam venturi saeculi. Amen.
And the Life of the world to come. Amen.
 Sanctus
The Sanctus is a doxology praising the Trinity:
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth; pleni sunt coeli et terra
gloria tua
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts; Heaven and earth are full of Your
glory.
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in the highest.
A variant exists in Lutheran settings of the Sanctus. While most hymnal
settings keep the second person pronoun, other settings change the second
person pronoun to the third person. This is most notable in J.S. Bach's Mass
in B minor, where the text reads gloria ejus ("His glory"). Martin Luther's
chorale Isaiah, Mighty in Days of Old, and Felix Mendelssohn's setting of
the Heilig! (German Sanctus) from his Deutsche Liturgie also use the third
person.
 Sanctus
The Sanctus is a doxology praising the Trinity:

Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus Dominus Deus

Sabaoth; pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts;
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in excelsis
Hosanna in the highest.
Benedictus
The Benedictus is a continuation of the Sanctus:

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.

Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord

Hosanna in excelsis is repeated after the Benedictus section, often with musical material
identical to that used after the Sanctus, or very closely related.
In Gregorian chant the Sanctus (with Benedictus) was sung whole at its place in the mass.
However, as composers produced more embellished settings of the Sanctus text, the music
often would go on so long that it would run into the consecration of the bread and wine.
This was considered the most important part of the Mass, so composers began to stop the
Sanctus halfway through to allow this to happen, and then continue it after the
consecration is finished. This practice was forbidden for a period in the 20th century.
Agnus Dei
The Agnus Dei is a setting of the "Lamb of God" litany:
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
miserere nobis.
have mercy upon us.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
miserere nobis.
have mercy upon us.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
dona nobis pacem.
grant us peace.
In a Requiem Mass, the words "miserere nobis" are replaced by "dona eis requiem" (grant them rest),
while "dona nobis pacem" is replaced by "dona eis requiem sempiternam" (grant them eternal rest).
Pastores is a Christmas season folk dance and song. It reenacts how
the shepherds visited the child Jesus in a manger.
• Senakulo- Lenten play depicting the life, suffering & death of
Christ .Comes from Spanish word “cenaculo” meaning cenacle room
where the Last Supper took place
• Pasyon-Every year during Holy Week celebrations some
Filipino Catholics get together. This tradition is called
“Pabasa”.
• Salubong- An Extra-
Liturgical Activity. It is an
Easter Sunday ritual done
before dawn at exactly
4am.Reenacts the Risen
Christ’s meeting with His
mother
Flores De Mayo and Santacruzan- A month-long Catholic event to honor the Virgin Mary.Finding of the True Cross by Saint
Helena and her son Emperor Constantine.Introduced during the Spanish era.Associated with youth, love and romance
Moro-moro/Komedya
 SECULAR MUSIC

Refers to any music

that is not religious
in nature.
 WHAT ARE
THE TYPES
OF SECULAR
MUSIC IN THE
LOWLANDS
OF LUZON?
 HARANA
A serenade traditionally
sung by a man to
express affection to a
woman.
• Harana – serenade traditionally sung by a man to
express love to a lady.It is sung with emotion and
usually accompanied by a guitar.Some examples
are “Ang Tangi Kong Pag-Ibig” and “O Ilaw”

• Kumintang- Originated from Balayan,

Batangas.It is in triple meter with thems of love
and courtship.In 1926,when Pasig became the
venue of carnival performances,Nicanor abelardo
was inspired to compose the “Mutya ng Pasig” in
kumintang tempo.
 KUNDIMAN
An art song that came from the
words, “Kung Hindi Man” that
conveys selfless and spiritual
attitude.
 Balitaw Kundiman

• Dialogue or courtship Came from the word kung hindi man,

Through its melody, lyrics and
song in triple meter, expressive singing the kundiman
conveys a selfless and spiritual
mostly in 2- and 3-part attitude, intense love, longing,
caring, devotion and oneness
forms and arranged with Some famous composers are Francisco
counter melodies. One Santiago and Bonifacio Abdon
Some famous performers are Atanf de la
example is “ Sa Libis Rama and Jovita Fuentes

Ngayon”
Instrumental music
Las Piñas Bamboo
Organ
Can be found in St. Josephs
Church in Las Piñas city. It is
made of 902 bamboo pipes. It was
completed in 1824 under the
supervision of Fr. Diego Cera.
Every February the city celebrates
the International Bamboo Organ
Festival.
Musikong Bumbong
Filipino marching bands that use woodwind
instrument made from bamboo. Shapes and
sizer are similar to brass band but have
different sounds. The D’ Original Malabon
Musikong Bumbong started as a plain Banda
de Boca in Barrio Tonsuya in 1896.The band
is currently known as Musikawayan
Pangkat Kawayan
Known as the ‘Singing Bamboos of
the Philippines” is a n orchestra
that plays music with non
traditional bamboo instruments. It
was founded in 1966.
Instruments of Pangkat
Kawayan
• Angklung-has a bamboo frame and the tubes are • Bumbong-made of hollow pieces of bamboo put
carved to have a resonant pitch and it is played by together to serve as the orchestra’s wind section
shaking the lower part with one hand and it is divided into bass and horn sections

Bunkaka-he bamboo buzzer is known variously as the

• Kalatok-made of bamboos strung together with
varying tones when struck by a rubber mallet.
balingbing or bunkaka (Kalinga) and batiwtiw
(Central Philippines). The bamboo buzzer is a
bamboo tube which is open or split at one end. The
sound is produced by striking the split end against the
palm of the hand. This instrument is also used to drive
away evil spirits.
 • Talunggating-plays the melody and follows the
• Kalagong-produces a hollow gong-like sound that
musical scale and style of the xylophone
serves as the bass of the group/

• Tulali- a flute with 6 finger holes and made of baga

• Pan Pipes- small pieces of bamboo put together and has an opening encircled by banana leafing
with a string and each pipe represents a note
blown to produce sound
 Angklung ensemble
• Small group of musicians who plays angklung
bambooo instruments, The angklung is made of
bamboo rattle tubes attached to a bamboo frame
 Instrumental music
• Brass Band-ensemble of woodwind, brass and percussion
instruments. They are usually played in fiestas, religious and
civic celebrations.
• The growth of the bands were truly remarkable that each
town used to have 2 or more bands. A parading brass band is
called a marching band
• At present, provinces Like Rizal and Laguna are home of the
prominent brass bands in the Philippines.
•
Brass Band Instruments
Woodwinds
• Piccolo-shorter than the flute and the sound is thinner
• Alto Saxophone-used in classical music
• Clarinet-has a single-reed mouthpiece ,a tube and a flared bell
• Tenor Saxophone-pitched in key Bb and uses a large mouthpiece ,it also has a bend on
the neck and a crook near the mouthpiece
• Flute-aerophone that produces sound from the flow of air across the opening and the
sound is thin in timbre
• Brass winds
• Trombone-produces sound when the players vibrating lips cause the air column inside
to vibrate and its pitch is produced by sliding the valve
• Euphonium-valve instrument that is known for its distinctive character.
• Trumpet-has the highest register in the brass family ,played by blowing air trough
almost closed lips
• Sousaphone-type of tuba designed to be easier than the concert tuba to play that is
used in marching bands
• French Horn –made of tubing wrapped into a coil, the sound may be controlled
through the adjustment of lip tension
 Percussion
• Cymbals- thin, round plates of alloys use din
the orchestra jazz bands and marching groups
• Snare drum-has a cylindrical shape and
powerful staccato sound often use din
marching bands and parades
• Bass Drum-produces a not of low definite and
indefinite pitch that varies in size
HORNBOSTEL-SACHS CLASSIFICATION
OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

• IDIOPHONES- produces sound by the vibration

of it body caused by the way it is played
• AEROPHONES-produces sound primarily by
causing a body of air blown inside
• CHORDOPHONES-produces sound through its
vibrating string plucked or strummed
• MEMBRANOPHONES- produces sound by a
way of vibrating stretched membrane
 ACTIVITY:
DEFERENTTIATED
INSTRUCTION
INTERPRET THE FOLK
SONG LERON,LERON SINTA
INTERPRET THE FOLK SONG
LERON,LERON SINTA
The End
 PICTURE SMART

INTERPRET THE SONG THROUGH A DRAWING

WHILE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC “LERON, LERON
SINTA
 BODY SMART
INTERPRET THE SONG “LERON,LERON SINTA”
THROUGH DANCING
 WORLD SMART
• INTERPRET THE SONG BY
MAKING IT AS SHORT
CHILDREN STORY
 MUSIC SMART
• SING THE FOLK SONG “LERON,
LERON SINTA. IN DEFERENT
VERSION OR TUNE