Traditional Music in the Cordillera
1. Music is very much part of life and living
2. Have a rich variety of songs and music performed on instruments
3. Often performed in groups, all members of the community are welcome and encouraged to join the singing, dancing and playing of instruments
4. Their music is communal and participatory
5. Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic melodies
6. Music and other components of their culture are transferred from generation to generation through oral tradition.
- Oral tradition is cultural material and traditions transmitted orally from one generation to another
- Oral may refer to speech communication as opposed to writing
Important Activities Where Music is Utilized
1. Peace pacts
2. Healing rituals
3. Invocation of the gods
4. Rites of passage
5. Weddings and festivals
6. Other life cycle events such as birth, coming of age, work, marriage and death
(http://sppcfreshmen20112012.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/traditional-music-culture-from-north-the-cordillera-administrative-region-car/)
2. Healing rituals
3. Invocation of the gods
4. Rites of passage
5. Weddings and festivals
6. Other life cycle events such as birth, coming of age, work, marriage and death
(http://sppcfreshmen20112012.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/traditional-music-culture-from-north-the-cordillera-administrative-region-car/)
David Such
Dr. David Such, Ethnomusicologist
In the fall of 1999, David Such returned from the Philippines to his home in Spokane, Washington. He brought back with him some fascinating video and a number of marvelous musical instruments, the by-products of his summer research activities with Beni Sokkong. Sokkong, a member of the Kalinga group of North Luzon, is a musical instrument maker who has mastered the construction of about 12 Kalinga bamboo instruments and works tirelessly to preserve his group's music and culture.