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Music of The Lowlands of Luzon 2: Secular Music With Spanish Influence

The document provides an overview of Spanish-influenced secular music in the Lowlands of Luzon. When the Spaniards arrived in 1521, they brought European musical influences that marked the beginning of music as a fine art in the Philippines. Some vocal music genres that developed include harana (serenades), kumintang (war songs or love songs accompanied by violin/guitar), and kundiman (art songs about love or patriotism). Musical instruments like the rondalla ensemble feature the banduria, laud, and octavina lutes as well as the bajo de unas bass guitar. Music was integral to festivals, work, courtship, and social commentary. Performance involved

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Music of The Lowlands of Luzon 2: Secular Music With Spanish Influence

The document provides an overview of Spanish-influenced secular music in the Lowlands of Luzon. When the Spaniards arrived in 1521, they brought European musical influences that marked the beginning of music as a fine art in the Philippines. Some vocal music genres that developed include harana (serenades), kumintang (war songs or love songs accompanied by violin/guitar), and kundiman (art songs about love or patriotism). Musical instruments like the rondalla ensemble feature the banduria, laud, and octavina lutes as well as the bajo de unas bass guitar. Music was integral to festivals, work, courtship, and social commentary. Performance involved

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MUSIC OF THE LOWLANDS

OF LUZON 2
SECULAR MUSIC WITH SPANISH
INFLUENCE
BY: CRIZZE’LE JOY M. LIGTAS
OVERVIEW
 The lesson is an overview on the Spanish-influenced
secular music of the Lowlands of Luzon. Through the
lesson, one will discover how Spanish-influenced
dance music and art songs express their feelings
towards each other and the environment, their
history, and their religious beliefs through voice and
musical instruments.
OVERVIEW
 When the Spaniards came to the Philippines in the
year 1521, they brought along not only their own
culture but also European influence which marked
the beginning f the cultivation of music as a fine art
in the Philippines. The Spanish ministers of war and
colonies desired that the Philippines should benefit
from the educational changes sweeping Europe.
OVERVIEW
VOCAL MUSIC

 Harana
 Kumintang
 Kundiman
 Polka(Leron-leron Sinta, Pamulinawen
 Pandanggo
HARANA

 Harana (Spanish ‘jarana’) – serenade;


traditionally sung by a young man to a
young woman outside the young
woman’s house as a profession of his
love to her. usually accompanied by a
guitar.
KUMINTANG
 originally a war song, this song in triple time can be of any
topic: love, resentment, or a social commentary. It can also be
a dance or a combination of song and dance in this style. It is
the oldest and most popular song among Christian Filipinos.
Originally a war song, then later became a plaintive song. It is
a nocturnal song sung to the accompaniment of the violin, or
guitar. It originated in Balayan, Batangas, so that Batangas is
known as the province of Kumintang
KUNDIMAN
 Kundiman (kung hindi man) – an art song about the love of
a man for a woman but can also be about patriotic
sentiments, the woman as an object of love and sacrifice of
the man representing the Philippines whose countrymen
are willing to do sacrifices for freedom. It usually starts in a
minor key and then goes to the major key.
POLKA
a lively dance in duple time.
PANDANGGO

 originating from the fandango of Spain,


it is a fast-paced dance in triple time.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

 Rondalla-an ensemble of plucked


instruments and sometimes with
percussion.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

 1. Banduria- 14-stringed pear-


shaped lute with a round sound
hole and played with a plectrum,
it plays the melody in the
rondalla ensemble.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

 2.Laud- 14-stringed pear-shaped lute


with f-shaped sound holes and played
with a plectrum, it plays the alto part or
counter melody in the Rondalla
ensemble. It is bigger than the
Bandurria.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
 3.
Octavina- 14-stringed lute
which is shaped like a small guitar
and played with a plectrum, it
plays a counter melody or
harmony fill-in in the Rondalla
ensemble.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

 4.
Bajo de Uñas- a bass guitar
which looks like a big guitar
and is played by a plectrum. It
plays the bass part and serves
as a rhythmic support.
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

 Music for festivities and recreation


 Work (planting and farming
 Courtship
 Social Commentary and Patriotism
PERFORMANCE STYLES/TECHNIQUES

THE USE OF PLECTRUM


a thin flat piece of plastic,
tortoiseshell, or other slightly
flexible material held by or
worn on the fingers and used
to pluck the strings of a
musical instrument such as a
guitar.
ACTIVITY
K-W-L CHART

WHAT I KNOW WHAT I WANT WHAT I’VE


TO KNOW LEARNED
THANK YOU!!!!

Music 7-Quarter 1
ZELLY LIGTAS

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