The musical Instruments of Igorot People

The Musical Instruments of Igorot People




     The Igorot people have a lot of Musical Instruments that they used. The following are some of them:


1. Gangsa
          • It is single hand- held smooth surfaced gong with a narrow rim. A set of gangsa, which is played one per musician, consists of gangsa tuned to different notes, depending on regional or local cultural preferences. The number of gangsa in a set varies with availability, and depends on the traditional of a particular ethnic group of the Luzon Cordillera: Kalinga, Ifugao, Bontoc and ect.

Among the Kalinga people in the Cordillera region of Luzon Island, the gangsa is played in two ways:

I. Toppaya
         •The "toppaya' style is when the musicians play the surface of the gangsa with their hand while in a sitting position, with a single gangsa resting on the lap of each musician.

II. Pattung
           • In the "pattung" style , a gangsa is suspended from the musician's left hand and played with paddeck stick held in the musician's right hand. In the "pattung" style of playing, the players are standung, or they keep in step with the dancer while bending forward slightly.

2. Kalaleng or Tongali ( Nose Flute)
                • It is long and has a narrow internal diameter, it is possible to play different harmonics through overblowing- even with the rather weak airflow from one nostril. Thus, this nose flute can play notes in a range of two and a half octaves. Finger holes in the side of the bamboo tube change the operating length, giving various scales. Players plug the other nostril to increase the force of their breath through the flute.

3. Solibao
         • It is a hallow wooden Igorot drug topped with pig skin or lizard skin. This is played by striking the drum head using the palm of the hand.

4. Patangguk
        •A patangguk is a bamboo tube with an inner lode - right about the size of a pen or a quill - used as an indigenous musical instrument.

5. Tongatong
          •It is a bamboo percussion instrument used by the people in Kalinga to communicate with spirits during house blessing. It is made of bamboo cut in various lengths. When you hit it against soft earth a certain drone reverberates though the instrument's open mouth. When an entire set of tongatong is played in interloping rhythm and prolonged with the tribal chanting, it could put the audience and the dancers in a trance.


6. Saggeypo
         • It is a bamboo pipe that is closed on one end by a node with the open end held against the lower lip of the player as he blows directly across the top. The pipe can be played individually by one person in ensembles of three or more.

7.Bungkaka
            • It is a bamboo buzzer.

8.Ulibaw

          •It is a bamboo jaw's harp.

9. Diwdiw-as
        •It has 5 or more different size of slender bamboo that is tied together.

10.Kullitong
         • It is polychordal bamboo tube.

 


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