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Dance music is an important form of traditional Philippine music. The best form of preserved music are those with lyrics and for music intended to accompany a dance. According to Francisca Reyes-Aquino, known for her voluminous collection of folk dances, people watching the dance sing the songs in the same way that cheerers chant in a game.
Pamulinawen" is a popular old Ilocano folk song possibly from the pre-Spanish era. [1] It is about a girl with a hardened heart. [2] who does not need her lover's pleading. [3] It is about courtship and love. [4] [5] The term pamulinawen translates to "alabaster", a very type of stone. [6]
Versions of Filipino artists have made the song popular both in Visayan and Tagalog languages. [4] Leleng or Ling Ling was the original title of the song [5] which means Darling, Sweetheart, my lady or my dear in Sama Dilaut language. [6] In Philippine languages such as Visayan and Tagalog, the enclitic "ba" is used as a question marker. [7]
Sitsiritsit, also known as Sitsiritsit Alibangbang, is a Filipino folk song.This humorous song describes a flirtatious woman threatening a storeowner that the ants are going to get him if he is not going to extend credit, as well as unusual situations of exchanging a child for a doll or bagoong.
Some of the Filipino ethnic instruments Ayala is known to use include the two-stringed Hegalong of the T'Boli people of Mindanao, the Kubing, the bamboo jaw harp found in various forms throughout the Philippines, and the 8-piece gong set, Kulintang, the melodic gong-rack of the indigenous peoples of the southern regions of the country.
In 1977, Maceda aimed to study Philippine folk songs which he describes as having more focus on rhythm rather than time measure. [5] From the 1990s, he also composed for Western orchestra and piano. The examples are: Distemperament for orchestra (1992); Colors without Rhythm for orchestra (1999); Sujeichon for 4 pianos (2002).
Filipino hip-hop is hip hop music performed by musicians of Filipino descent, both in the Philippines and overseas, especially by Filipino-Americans. The Philippines is known to have the first hip-hop music scene in Asia, emerging in the early 1980s, largely due to the country's historical connections with the United States where hip-hop ...
When she moved to the Philippine High School for the Arts, she played guitar for the school rondalla ensemble that specialized in Spanish-influenced lowland Christian music. At the University of the Philippines-Baguio, she sang in a band called Montanosa that specialized in protest songs in the manner of American 60s folk music.