Musical Instrument

• loved music


  Filipino indigenous tribes
• made their own musical instruments


  Filipino indigenous tribes
• a two-stringed, fretted boat-lute


  Kudyapi
• only stringed instrument among the Visayans, Maranaos, and the Manobos 


  kudyapi
• carved out of a solid soft wood, it had nine frets made of hardened beeswax


  kudyapi
• bamboo flute


  palendag
• was also called Pulalu by the Manobos and Mansakas


  palendag
• largest bamboo flute used by the Maguindanaoans


  palendag
• According to Mercurio, it was used by the Maguindaoans for intimate gatherings for families in the evening.


  palendag
• by the Bagobos


  Palandag
• by the Bukidnons

  Pulala
• by the Banuwaens


  lumundeg
• wooden gambang 


  gamubang kayu
• xylophone-like instrument


  gambang
• used among the people of southern Philippines


  gamubang kayu
• a largely obsolete instrument


  gambang gangsa
• was made with metal bars


  gambang gangsa
• used the Gandingan


  Maguindanoans
• a set of four large, hanging gongs as part of their kulintang ensemble


  gandingan
• when played solo, it allowed Maguindaoans to communicate with each other, allowing them to send messages or warnings via long distances


  gandingan