INSTRUMENTS OF MINDANAO

1. Eight-Graduated Gongs.Tuned based on Pentatonic Scale.

• Kulintang

• Kudyapi

• Gandingan

• Gabbang

2. Resemble an elongated guitar. Has two strings played using a Rattan Plectrum

• Gandingan

• Gabbang

• Kudyapi

• Dabakan

3. Set of four large Hanging gongs.

• Takumbo

• Suling

• Agung

• Gandingan

4. Wooden Xylophone from Zamboanga Group Played striking the wooden keys

• Dabakan

• Gabbang

• Suling

• Amel

5. Derived from DBAK- “To Hit,Strike, or Beat” Made from Goat Skin.

• Dabakan

• Gandingan

• Takumbo

• Amel

6. A parallel-stringed tube zither made from Bamboo. Two strands of strings plucked.

• Takumbo

• Amel

• Gandingan

• Kudyapi

7. Smallest flute in Maguindanaon With 5 holes also known as Siloli.

• Tamlang

• Amel

• Dabakan

• Suling

8. Known as Bamboo Gong Used as practice for the real gong

• Amel

• Suling

• Agung a Tamlang

• Kudyapi

9. Made by hollow piece of wood or log covered by animal skin.

• Tambuli

• Kudyapi

• Amel

• Suling

10. Made out of carabao horns. Used by badjaos to pray to god of the Wind and sea

• Amel

• Tambuli

• Gandingan

• Agung A Tamlang