MUSIC OF LOWLANDS OF LUZON 2: SECULAR MUSIC WITH SPANISH INFLUENCE

SOCIAL FUNCTION

FIESTA AND TOWN CELEBRATION

FARM FESTIVAL

COURTSHIP DANCE

THE MUSIC

HARANA

KUMINTANG

PANDANGGO

RONDALLA

BANDURRIA

Pear-shaped body with a round sound hole, the bandurria is the mainstay of the group. This instrument usually carries the main melody and plays melodies and counterparts.

LAUD Shaped similar to

the bandurria but bigger, the laud has a longer neck and two f-sound holes. It usually plays the lower notes in accompaniments, counterparts, and in unison with the bass.

OCTAVINA

Formed like a guitar with shorter neck and with round sound hole, the octavina, like the laud, plays the lower notes in accompaniments, in counterparts, and in unison with the bass.

GUITAR

Six-stringed with long, fretted neck which can be plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum, larger body than the octavina with round sound hole, the guitar (guitarra) plays the accompaniments, plays melodies and counterparts, and provides the permanent rhythm for the group using chordal and arpeggio accompaniments

DOUBLE BASS

The double bass, also called bass VIOL or contrabass, is four-stringed, the largest instrument of the rondalla, shaped like the violin with two f sound holes, provides the fundamental tone, and reinforces the rhythm.

TECHNIQUES

CATHOLIC AND SPANISH COLONISATION

MUSIC OF THE LOWLANDS OF LUZON 3: PHILIPPINE MUSIC DURING THE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE PERIOD

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

AMERICAN PERIOD

Music is one way of the Americans to teach us liberty.

Most music are patriotic in nature

Both vocal and instrumental music is important

JAPANESE PERIOD

The Japanese tried to replace the music the Americans taught us by playing their own Japanese music in the radio.

Western Music was banned and Oriental and Natives themed music was allowed.

They encouraged creation and performance of music.

Opera was one of the most popular music at that time.

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

RecreationSocial ComentaryPatriotism

THE MUSIC

ZARZUELA

BALSE

SYMPHONIC BAND

MUSIKONG BUMBONG