Mindanao - Music

• Suspended Gongs

  Agung

  Tahunggo

  Salmagi

  Gandigan
• Gabbang - a naive namboo xylophone
• Seronggangandi - a guitar-like made of bamboo cut before one nod and after next
• Kudyapi - an elongated guitar usually having 2 strings
• Suling - a flute made of Tamiang bamboo
• Kulintang (Row of Gongs)

  • an important social property
  • Highly valued priceless heirloom
  • Ownership of this instruments indicate high social status and cultivated taste
• Moro/Islamic Vocal Music

  • Chant
  • Lullaby
• Lugu - used in reading Qur'an and nooks they use in their islam religion
• Kalangan - used in serenading loved ones
• Sa-il/Lunsey - chant to be sung by the wife to be during the ceremony
• Dikker - Sacred songs highlighted by quotation from the Qur'an
• Bayok - Semi-generic term for a lyrical rendition of different improvised text
• Chant - a lyrical rendition of different improvised text