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Traditional Philippine musical instruments

A 2016 stamp featuring Philippine traditional musical instruments
Philippine folk music "Sungay ng Kalabaw"

Philippine traditional musical instruments are commonly grouped into four categories: aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, and idiophones.[1][2]

Aerophones

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  • Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta)
  • Diwas
  • Palendag – lip-valley flute (Kalinga)
  • Tongali – nose flute (Kalinga)
  • Tumpong – bamboo flute
  • Tulali – flute with 6 holes
  • Bansik – bamboo flute with three holes of the Negrito people in Zambales
  • Tambuli – Carabao horn

Chordophones

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  • Litguit – a three-stringed bamboo 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
  • Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao

Membranophones

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  • Dabakan – goblet drum (Maranao)
  • Gandang – double-headed barrel drum (Maranao)
  • Libbit – conical drum (Ifugao)
  • Sulibao – conical drum (Ibaloi)
  • Gambal – war drums

Idiophones

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References

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Sources

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  • Canave-Dioquino, Corazon. "Philippine Music Instruments". National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1978). "Towards an Inventory of Philippine Musical Instruments: A Checklist of the Heritage from Twenty-three Ethnolinguistic Groups" (PDF). Asian Studies. Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines Diliman. OCLC 6593501. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
  • Dioquino, Corazon (October 22, 2009). "Philippine Bamboo Instruments". Humanities Diliman: A Philippine Journal of Humanities. 5 (1&2). University of the Philippines Diliman. ISSN 2012-0788. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
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