ANGELU ORTIZ

GRADE 7 EVERLASTING

Cordillera's Musical Instruments

1. Gangsa is a single hand-held

smooth-surfaced gong with a narrow
rim. A set of gangsa, which is played
one gong per musician, consists of
gangsa tuned to different notes,
depending on regional or local
cultural preferences. The number of
gangsa in a set varies with availability,
and depends on the tradition of a
particular ethnic group of the Luzon
Cordillera: Kalinga, Ifugao, Bontoc,
etc.Among the Kalinga people in the
Cordillera region of Luzon Island, the
gangsa is played in two ways. One
way is called "toppaya" and the other
is called "pattung." In "toppaya" style,
the musicians play the surface of the gangsa with their hand while in a sitting position, with a single
gangsa resting on the lap of each musician. In the "pattung" style, a gangsa is suspended from
the musician's left hand and played with a padded stick held in the musician's right hand. In the
"pattung" style of playing, the players are standing, or they keep in step with the dancers while
bending forward slightly.

2. Kalaleng or Tongali (nose flute) Because the

kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal diameter,
it is possible to play different harmonics through
overblowingeven with the rather weak airflow
from one nostril. Thus, this nose flute can play notes
in a range of two and a half octaves. Finger holes in
the side of the bamboo tube change the operating
length, giving various scales. Players plug the other
nostril to increase the force of their breath through
the flute.
3. Tongatong is a bamboo percussion
instrument used by the people of Kalinga
to communicate with spirits during house
blessings. It is made of bamboo cut in various
lengths. When you hit it against soft earth a
certain drone reverberates though the
instrument's open mouth. When an entire set of
Tongatong is played in interloping rhythm and
prolonged with the tribal chanting, it could put
the audience and the dancers in a trance.

4. Diwdiw-as is 5 or more different size of slender bamboo

that
is tied together.

5. Saggeypo it is a bamboo pipe that is closed on

one end by a node with the open end held against
the lower lip of the player as he blows directly across
the top. The pipe can be played individually by one
person or in ensembles of three or more.

6. Solibao is hallow wooden Igorot drug topped with pig

skin or lizard skin this is played by striking the drum head
using the palm of the hand.
 7. Bungkaka- bamboo buzzer

8. Kullitong- polychordal bamboo tube zither

9. Ulibaw- bamboo jaws harp

 10. Patangguk- bamboo quill-shaped

11. Pateteg Bamboo Leg

12. Paldong- bamboo lip-valley