Guide Questions:
a. What is the function of music in the lives of the people in Cordillera,
Mindoro, Palawan and of the Visayas?
b. How were the varied musical elements (timbre, dynamics, rhythm, pitch,
form) employed bring about the message of each of the music?
c. What are its musical characteristics? (e.g. melismatic, free meter)?
d. What are the different musical instruments used in the selections?
Answers & Comments
Answer:
a. Music of Mindoro similiar to Cordillera Music, the Music of Mindoro is used for communication with the spirits in ritual and worships, weddings , works, courtships, festive occasions and lullabies.
d. Musical instrument, any device for producing a musical sound. The principal types of such instruments, classified by the method of producing sound, are percussion, stringed, keyboard, wind, and electronic. Children playing musical instruments.