Music of Mindanao

• Uniqueness of culture and the musical practices makes islamic society belong to one single tradition
• Similarities to exist in some vocal styles within the large society
• Theoretical concepts, functions, aesthetics and  repertories differ from culture to culture and even village the village
• Maguindanaons, maranaos, yakans samals and tausugs are Islamic
• Manobos, bagobos and t'bolis are non- Islamic
• Islamic may refer to religious music
• A chant is a lyrical renditions of different improvised text
• Chants and instrumental musics are the types of music
• Yakans do their chanting through Solo 2. Counter singing/group singing
• Everyday style chants are lugu, kalangan and sa-il/lunsey
• Lugu is used in reading quran
• Kalangan is a song for serenading
• Sa-il/ lunsey is sung by the wife to be during the ceremon
• Maranao's vocal repertory is dikker and bayok
• Dikker is a sacred song highlighted by quotation from quran
• Bayok is a semi generic term
• Lullaby is a chant style or chant formula used for rocking a baby to sleep
• Ya-ya is a song of the yakans to put the baby to sleep
• Bayok is a maranao term of lullaby
• The characteristics of islamic music, melismatic, with phrasing, monophonic, use of tremolo, strain voice, nasal enunciation
• Melismatic is many notes sung in one syllable
• With phrasing are melody divided into phrases