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WorksheetsCordillera and Mindoro Music
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How does the music of the Lowlands of Luzon differ from the music of Cordillera and Mindoro?
Music from the Lowlands of Luzon does not represent Philippine culture while the music of Cordillera and Mindoro highly represents Filipino culture.
Mindoro and Cordillera musical instruments are mostly chordophones while musical instruments are mostly wind instruments.
Music of Cordillera is not greatly influenced by colonizers while music from the Lowlands of Luzon is highly influenced by Spanish culture.
Music from the Lowlands of Luzon is written to represent their culture in courting a woman while music of Cordillera and Mindoro is written to depict their environment.
What Mindoro instrument is played to accompany the reciting of ambahan in between verses during courtship?
Agung
Gitgit
Kinaban
Lantoy
How is the ambahan written?
It is written to express an idea or feeling in a creative and expressive manner.
It is written to express celebration of one’s life.
It is written in a meter of seven syllable lines.
All of the above
Mindoro is home to the indigenous people known as the _________.
Ilokano
Ifugao
Mangyan
Mindorohanon
Bunkaka is an instrument used by women to __________,
Comfort them during their daily routine
Comfort them before they do their daily routine
Comfort them after their daily routine
None of the above
What is considered as the most famous song of Cordillera which was introduced during the World War 2?
Bad-iw
Hudhud
Oggayam
Salidumay
The following are characteristics of Cordillera vocal music EXCEPT ________.
Communal
Freee rhythm
Solo style
Melismatic
Which of the following is not a Cordillera ethnolinguistic group?
Ibaloi
Ifugao
Igorot
Mangyan
The cordillera is found in the Highlands of Luzon
True
False
The ambahan is a poem with a meter of six syllable lines.
True
False
The sulibaw of the Cordillera and the kinaban of the Mangyans are similar instruments.
True
False
Bad-iw is a song sung while pounding rice.
True
False
The kudyapi is a three to four stringed fiddle with a bow made from human hair.
True
False
Vocal music from the Cordillera is very melismatic. What does melismatic mean?
A symbol that denotes two to four notes in the same symbol
Chanted in rituals and celebrations
It uses syllabic text setting for the lyrics
Several notes are sung to one syllable text
Where is the ambahan usually written?
Bamboo
Plywood
Luka
Metals
