Folksongs from the Lowlands of Luzon

It is the regular repeated pattern of sounds. It serves as the pulse of the musical composition.

• Melody

• Rhythm

The speed of the beat.

• Tempo

• Meter

Composes of time signature is the combination of strong beats (accent) and weak beats.

• Meter

• Tempo

Softness and loudness of the music.

• Harmony

• Dynamics

Quality of the sound heard.

• Texture

• Timbre

Sung while doing such as farming, fishing, putting the baby to sleep.

• Folk song

• Modern song

Popular old Ilocano folk song possibly pre-Spanish era is about a girl with a hardened heart who does not need her lover's pleading.

• Pamulinawen

• Sarung Banggi

A Kapampangan Folk Song about the woman who was looking for her missing ring given by her mother and offers her love as a prize for the man who could find it.

• Santa Clara

• Atin Cu Pung Singsing

A traditional Filipino folk song - tells of a small hut with a variety of vegetables surrounding it.

• Bahay Kubo

• Leron Leron SInta

Genre performed by one or more singers with or without instrumental accompaniment where singing provides the main focus.

• Vocal music

• Secular music