List of Philippine musical instruments

Philippine Musical Instruments:

• 1. Aerophones
  • Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta)
  • Palendag – lip-valley flute (Kalinga)
  • Tongali – nose flute (Kalinga)
  • Tumpong – bamboo flute
  • Tulali – flute with 6 holes
  • Tumpong – bamboo flute
  • Bansik - bamboo flute with three holes of the Negrito people in Zambales.
• 2. Chordophones
  • Bamboo violin – a three-stringed violin of the Aeta people.
  • Butting – a bow with a single hemp 5 string, plucked with a small stick.
  • Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like instrument of the B'laan. Made in 1997
  • Budlong - bamboo zither
  • Kolitong - a bamboo zither
  • Pas-ing - a two-stringed bamboo with a hole in the middle from Apayao people.
  • Lutes
  • Bandurria – part of rondalya ensemble, it has a shorter neck and 14-strings compared to its Spanish ancestor.
  • Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao.
  • Laúd – similar to the bandurria, it is ultimately of Spanish origin. Also part of a rondalya ensemble.
  • Octavina – part of a rondalya ensemble, it is of ultimately Spanish origin.
• 3. Tuned gongs
  • Agung – large gong suspended from an ornate frame
  • Gandingan – set of four large hanging knobbed gongs
  • Kulintang – set of eight tuned gongs placed horizontally in an ornate frame, tuned pentatonic scale|pentatonically.
  • Xylophones
  • Gambang/Gabbang – bamboo blades on a frame (Yakan, Batak, B'laan, Badjao, Taus)
  • Luntang – wooden beams hanging from a frame (Maguindanaon)
  • Metallophones
  • Kulintang a tiniok – set of eight, tuned knobbed metal plates strung on a wooden frame (Maguindanaon)
  • Babandil- small gong
  • Saronay – eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung over a wooden frame (Maranao)
• 4.Membranophones
  • Agung a tamlang – bamboo (slit drum)
  • Dabakan – goblet drum (Maranao)
  • Gandang – double-headed barrel drum (Maranao)
  • Kagul – scraper
  • Libbit – conical drum (Ifugao)
  • Sulibao – conical drum (Ibaloy)
  • Gambal- drums
  • Tambul- drum
• 5.Idiophones
  • Kubing – jaw's harp (Maranao)

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