Mapeh 2

• Mindanao music is a mixture of West Asian mysticism and Southeast Asian animism
• Islamic communities in Mindanao include the Maguindanaos, Maranaos, Yakans, Samals, and Tausugs
• Vocal music is used during traditions, rituals, and ceremonies in Islamic communities in Mindanao
• Vocal music can be performed solo or in a call-response manner
• Embellishments, tremolo, and nasal style of singing are used in Mindanao music
• Maranao songs include:

  • Kadikir:
  • Kandarangen:
  • Kapranon:
  • Bayok:
  • Kandidiagao:
  • Dikker:
• Kadikir: sung in a slow and free rhythm
• Kandarangen: accompanied by gongs
• Kapranon: a combination of Kadikir and Kandarangen
• Bayok: Maranao lullabies
• Kandidiagao: melodious rendition
• Dikker: a sacred song with quotations from the Qur'an
• Kissa-love song for datus and princesses
• Parang sibil- heroic song
• Lugu - used for reading the Qur'an
• Kalangan - serenade loved ones
• Ya-ya - lullaby
• Agum and guimbao - used during rites and sacrifices
• Kettledrums - accompany dances in wedding rites
• Sua-ku-sua - courtship song dance in Jolo
• Sagayan - war dance in Bukidnon
• Tud-ob - rice harvest in Agusan
• Estijaro and Uruyan - Mindanao folk music
• Kudyapi:

  • Resembles an elongated guitar
• Suling:

  • A thin-walled flute
• Gabbang:

  • A wooden xylophone
• Dabakan is a tubular drum
• Babandil is bigger than the smallest kulintang