Cordillera and Mindoro Music

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