Philippine

Music
A poetic expression of
the Filipino culture
Historical Background
♫starts off with ethnic music
♫music of tribes
♫used for occasions
♫spans until the post-Spanish era
♫music influenced by the Spaniards
and other cultures
♫and even until the modern Filipino
Music
 I. Indigenous Music
• Largely functional

• Expressed either
instrumentally,
vocally, or a
combination of
both
Musical Background
♫Traditional/Ethnic Music
♫used for feasts and rituals of the tribe
♫Pre/Post-harvest rituals
♫Weddings
♫Pre/Post-war rituals
♫Connection with Nature
♫mimicry of movements in nature
♫Copying of monkeys, birds, etc.
Indigenous Musical Instruments

• Aerophones
• Chordophones
• Idiophones
• Membranophones
 Aerophones
• any musical instrument which
produces sound primarily by causing a
body of air to vibrate, without the use of
strings or membranes, and without the
vibration of the instrument itself adding
considerably to the sound
• best represented by the many types of
bamboo flutes that are found all over the
country
 Lip Valley Flute

• Two by two fingerholes. Protruding

mouthpiece with a hole. The instrument is
decorated with carvings blackened by
burning.
• paldong, or kaldong of the Kalinga
• palendag of South Maguindanao
• pulalu of Manobo
 Nose Flute
• Long bamboo tube,
closed at one end by
the node in which the
blowing hole is burnt.
The flute has three
finger holes. The
blowing hole is placed
under an angle against
the nose and the
player gently blows
into the tube.
 Chordophones
• any musical instrument which
makes sound by way of a
vibrating string or strings stretched
between two points
• Include bamboo zithers, guitars,
violins
Kudyapi (Bukidnon)
 Kudyapi/Kudlung
• Two stringed lute made of wood, one
string for the melody, one for the
drone. Eight frets originally held in
place placed on the neck of the lute by
a sticky rubbery substance. The lute is
decorated with floral motives; the tail is
carved to represent a stylised crocodile
head.
• known as a “speaking instrument”
because it figures prominently in
courtship
 Idiophones
• any musical instrument which creates
sound primarily by way of the instrument
vibrating itself, without the use of strings or
membranes
• Include bamboo buzzers, percussion sticks
and gongs
 Kulintang (Maguindanao and
Maranao)

• consists of eight gongs placed

horizontally in a frame and tuned to a
flexible pentatonic or five-tone scale
Agung (Bagobo)
 Membranophones

• any musical instrument which

produces sound primarily by way of a
vibrating stretched membrane
Dadabuan (Maranao)
T’BOLI TRIBE
SARANGANI PROVINCE
 II. Spanish-European Influenced
• 17th to the
19th century
• Liturgical music
– Gregorian chant
– Pasyon
• Secular music
– Harana
– Kundiman
– Rondalla
– Sarswela
Harana

• traditional form of courtship music in which

a man woos a woman by singing
underneath her window at night
• Structure based on the plosa
• Pananapatan, pasasalamat, pagtumbok,
paghilig, pamamaalam
 Kundiman
• a lyrical song made popular in the
Philippines in the early 19th century
• Almost all traditional Filipino love songs in
this genre are heavy with poetic emotion
• delivered with romantic lyrics and mellow
melodies

"PAKIUSAP - Philippine Kundiman Song of Dr.

Francisco Santiago
 Rondalla
• plucked string ensemble
• it originated in Medieval Spain
• The word rondalla is from the Spanish
ronda, meaning "serenade."
• bandurria, laud, octavina, guitar, and
bajo de uñas
THE SOSA RONDALLA ENSEMBLE OF TORONTO, CANADA PLAYS
"SARUNG BANGGI." A FILIPINO FOLK MUSIC PLAYED IN A
TRADITIONAL 14 STRINGED PHILIPPINE INSTRUMENTS BANDURIA,
LAUD, OCTABINA WITH GUITAR AND BASS.
 Sarswela
♫Filipino version of the Spanish
Zarzuela
♫used as theatre music or entertainment
♫A form of operetta

Operetta – a.k.a. light opera

contains dialouges
 III. American influenced
• 1898 to 1946
• they brought blues,
folk, R&B, and rock and
roll.
• they made music a part
of the educational
curriculum
• they produced
outstanding musicians,
composers and
performers.
• the influence of the Americans in
Filipino music proved to be evident
during the 1960’s (during the popularity
of the Beatles) and 1970’s (“disco
fever”)
BB King plays 'The Thrill Is Gone' in 1989.
Song written by Rick Darnell and Roy
Hawkins in 1951.Guitar Blues.
 IV. Post liberation
• Filipino Rock
– “Killer Joe” by Rocky
Fellers
– Manila Sound
– Folk rock
• Original Pinoy Music
• Filipino Hip Hop and RnB
• Contemporary Philippine
Music
FILIPINO ROCK
• late 1950’s
• The most notable achievement in Filipino rock
of the 1960s was the hit song "Killer Joe,"
which propelled the group "Rocky Fellers"
• Manila Sound is typified and was popularized
by the pop rock band Hotdog with its many hit
singles: "Ikaw Ang Miss Universe Ng Buhay
Ko" "Panaginip“, Ikaw ang Aking Mahal”,
“Paniwalaan mo”
• Folk rock music became the music of Filipino
protesters in the 1980s – such as “Bayan Ko”
by Freddie Aguilar
• Asin, Juan dela Cruz, Florante bands
ORIGINAL PINOY MUSIC
• flourished especially in the 1980s-90s
• written in Filipino, English or Taglish, sung
and performed by Filipinos
• OPM rock is an example of the genres
that came out through the years
• OPM rock today is the most dominant
style of music inside the Philippines
• The 1990’s saw the emergence of a
superstar pop-rock group, the
Eraserheads
FILIPINO HIP HOP AND RNB
Filipino hip-hop or Pinoy hip hop (also known
as Pinoy rap) is hip hop music performed by
musicians of Filipino descent, both in the
Philippines and overseas, especially by
Filipino-Americans
• Philippines - had the first hip-hop music
scene in Asia since the early 1980s, largely
due to the country's historical connections
with the United States where hip-hop
originated
• Rap music released in the Philippines
has appeared in different languages or
dialects such as Tagalog, Chavacano,
Cebuano, Ilocano and English.
• In the Philippines, Francis M and
Andrew E are cited as the most
influential rappers in the country
• apl.de.ap (Allan Pineda Lindo) of Black
Eyed Peas is one of the most
successful mainstream Filipino-
American rappers
CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE MUSIC
• Contemporary music in the Philippines
usually refers to compositions that have
adopted ideas and elements from
twentieth century art music in the West, as
well as the latest trends and musical styles
in the entertainment industry.
• The 20th-21st century music
• Pop music
• Bands, solo-artists
• Parokya ni Edgar, Silent Sanctuary,
Spongecola, KZ Tandingan, Bugoy Drilon