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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; Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao
Polychordal tube zithers in the Philippines vary from place to place. Each instrument is different from the other by size, shape, aesthetic design, and the number of strings. The Kalinga kulibit has six or sometimes eleven strings. The Isneg ohitang has five strings: two in front and three in the back. The Ilonggot kollesing has five or six ...
The Philippine harp bandurria is a 14-string bandurria used in many Philippine folkloric songs, with 16 frets and a shorter neck than the 12-string bandurria. [2] This instrument most likely evolved in the Philippines during the Spanish period, from 1521 to 1898.
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The babendil. The babendil traditionally could be played by either genders. [5] In wooden kulintang ensembles, the kagul is usually substituted for the babendil part. [2] Among the Tausug, the Samal and the Yakan, their babendil-type instrument generally has gone into disuse (Instead, tempo is kept in check using the highest gong on the kulintangan .
Subsequent records by Spanish friars Diego de Bobadilla, S.J. (1590–1648), and Francisco Colin, S.J., who were both in the Philippines during the first half of 17th century, echoed the same thing in their writings when describing the instrument and its use by Tagalogs, but unlike the first two, Colin only mentioned the instrument having "two ...
Traditionally, the dabakan is considered a masculine instrument by the Maranao [2] and a feminine instrument by the Maguindanao [6] [9] but as a sign of the times, one could see both men and women handling the dabakan. [5] In wooden kulintang ensembles, the takemba, a bamboo zither of the Manobo, is usually substituted for the dabakan part. [4]
Traditionally, this homemade instrument was used for self-entertainment purposes inside the house, so that beginning musicians could practice kulintang pieces before performing them on the full-sized metal kulintang sets. Only recently have these instruments been used as part of a wooden kulintang ensemble.