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Manila sound. Manila sound is a musical genre that began in the mid-1970s in the city of Manila. The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s. It is often considered the "bright side" of the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country, being the forerunner to OPM .
Philippine folk music. Harana band a traditional way of serenade in the Philippines. The traditional music of the Philippines reflects the Philippines' diverse culture, originating from more than 100 ethnolinguistic groups and shaped by a widely varying historical and sociocultural milieu. [ 1]
Butting – a bow with a single hemp 5 string, plucked with a small stick. Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like instrument of the B'laan; made in 1997. Budlong – bamboo zither. Kolitong – a bamboo zither. Pas-ing – a two-stringed bamboo with a hole in the middle from Apayao people. Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao.
Kundiman was the traditional means of serenade in the Philippines. The kundiman emerged as an art song at the end of the 19th century and by the early 20th century, its musical structure was formalised by Filipino composers such as Francisco Santiago and Nicanor Abelardo; they sought poetry for their lyrics, blending verse and music in equal parts.
Kulintang ( Indonesian: kolintang, [ 13 ] Malay: kulintangan[ 14 ] ) is a modern term for an ancient instrumental form of music composed on a row of small, horizontally laid gongs that function melodically, accompanied by larger, suspended gongs and drums. As part of the larger gong-chime culture of Southeast Asia, kulintang music ensembles ...
Tumpong. A tumpong, a Philippine bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon people. The tumpong (also inci among the Maranao) is a type of Philippine bamboo flute used by the Maguindanaon, half the size of the largest bamboo flute, the palendag. A lip-valley flute like the palendag, the tumpong makes a sound when players blow through a bamboo reed placed ...
Ramón Pagayon Santos (born 25 February 1941) [ 1] is a Filipino composer, ethnomusicologist, and educator [ 2] known for being the Philippines' foremost living exponent of contemporary Filipino classical music, [ 1][ 3] for work that expounds on "the aesthetic frameworks of Philippine and Southeast Asian artistic traditions," [ 3] and for ...
Manila sound. Manila sound ( Filipino: Tunog ng Maynila) is a music genre in the Philippines that began in the mid-1970s [ 1] in Metro Manila. The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s during the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country by being the forerunner to OPM. [ 2][ 3]