Answer:

1. Cordillera

Characteristics of Music of Cordillera

• Their music is communal and participatory ..
• Songs are usually in unison of pentatonic melodies..

• Music and other components of their culture are transferred from generation to generation through oral tradition.

Mindoro

Music of Mindoro

• rythmic poetic expression with a meter of seven syllable lines and having rhythmic end-syllables.

• It is most often presented as a chant without a determined musical pitch or accompaniment by musical instruments.

Palawan

• Folk Music of Palawan. Vocal Music: Bagit, Kulial, (song), Tultul (epic chant), Ulit (shamanic chant) Instrumental music : Aruding (Jew's harp), babarak (ring flute) suling (banded Flute), basal (gong), kusyapiq (lute), pagang (bamboo zither)u.

Visayas

• Most Visayan songs are written in duple or triple meter, with a simple melody that is easy to sing. Duple (double) meter is a rhythm based on two big beats per measure, while Triple meter is based on three big beats per measure...

2. Cultural distance refers to differences in language (e.g., are the two languages members of the same language family or belong to very different families), differences in social structure (e.g., monogamy vs. polygyny), differences in religion, politics, economic conditions, level of literacy, and the like

3. Yes, because it is their culture and beliefs and it fits into their own music