Music of Mindanao

• Islamic Music is the religious music of the Muslims
• Vocal style is either performed solo or a call-response manner
• what are the two ways vocal style is performed 


  solo and call-response manner
• Kadikir is a song sung in a slow or free rhythm manner and speaks verses from the Qur'an.
• Kandarangen is accompanied by gongs and similar instruments
• Kandomana is the combination of Kadikir And Kandarangen
• Kapranon is the song of private sentimentality and sung in a very soft manner
• Bayok is a lullaby
• Kandidiagao is the melodious rendition of lament over the dead
• Dikker is the sacred songs from the quotations of the Qur'an.
• Kissa is the love songs of datus and princesses
• Parang Sibil is the heroic songs
• Lugu is used in reading the Qur'an and other Islamic Books
• Kalangan is used to serenade loved ones
• Ya-ya is the lullaby in Yakan Songs
• Agung and Gimbal are used in rituals and sacrifices
• Sua-ku-sua is a courtship dance in Jolo
• Sagayan is a war dance in Bukidnon
• Tud-ob is a dance during rice activity in Agusan
• Estejero and Uruyan is a folk music and dance in Mindanao
• Kudyapi is made of wood and an instrument that resembles an elongated guitar
• Suling is a long thin-walled flute of a tamiang bamboo
• Gabbang is a wooden xylophone from Zamboanga
• Kulintang has eight graduated sized gongs and is the most prominent musical ensemble