Music of Mindanao

These instruments produce sound generated by electricity.

• Chordophones

• Electrophones

• Membranophones

• Idiophones

These are instruments that are plucked, strummed and bowed.

• Chordophones

• Membranophones

• Idiophones

• Electrophones

It is a prayer chant during Ramadan.

• Bayok

• Dekil

• Lugu

• Tarawe

These are sacred songs highlighted by quotations from Qur’an.

• Bayok

• Dekir

• Dikker

• Kalangan

It is a dance song, is also chanted as they walk before the altar.

• Sua-sua

• Tagungo

• Miminsad

• Yakan

It is a celebrated courtship song and dance in Jolo that has often been modernized for troupe performances.

• Sua-sua

• Tagungo

• Miminsad

• Yakan

It is a congregational Friday prayer chant.

• Bayok

• Dikker

• Salathul Juma

• Tarawe

Which of the following is a vocal characteristic of Mindanao?

• Enunciation

• High pitched

• Humming

• Throat singing

A war dance in Bukidnon that epitomizes the gallantry of Muslim combatants.

• Sagayan

• Bangsamoro

• Sua-sua

• Miminsad

The following phrases are characteristic of Mindanao vocal music EXCEPT ONE.

• Fluid singing

• Head tone

• Melismatic

• Nasal singing