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  2. Kulintang - Wikipedia

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    Kulintang music is considered an ancient tradition that predates the influences of Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, and the West. In the Philippines, it represents the highest form of gong music attained by Filipinos [16] and in North Maluku, it is said to have existed for centuries. [23]

  3. Babendil - Wikipedia

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    The babendil. The babendil traditionally could be played by either genders. [5] In wooden kulintang ensembles, the kagul is usually substituted for the babendil part. [2] Among the Tausug, the Samal and the Yakan, their babendil-type instrument generally has gone into disuse (Instead, tempo is kept in check using the highest gong on the kulintangan .

  4. Philippine folk music - Wikipedia

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    Folk music musical instruments. The music of the Philippines' many Indigenous peoples are associated with the various occasions that shape life in indigenous communities, including day-to-day activities as well as major life-events, which typically include "birth, initiation and graduation ceremonies; courtship and marriage; death and funeral rites; hunting, fishing, planting and harvest ...

  5. Agung - Wikipedia

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    The agung. The left gong is the pangandungan, used for basic beats.The right gong is the panentekan, which complements the pangandungan.. The agung is a large, heavy, wide-rimmed gong shaped like a kettle gong. of the agung produces a bass sound in the kulintang orchestra and weighs between 13 and 16 pounds, but it is possible to find agungs weigh as low as 5 pounds or as high as 20 or 30 ...

  6. Manila sound - Wikipedia

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    Manila sound (Filipino: Tunog ng Maynila) is a music genre in the Philippines that began in the mid-1970s [1] in Metro Manila.The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s during the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country by being the forerunner to OPM.

  7. Gandingan - Wikipedia

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    The gandingan is a Philippine set of four large, hanging gongs used by the Maguindanao as part of their kulintang ensemble.When integrated into the ensemble, it functions as a secondary melodic instrument after the main melodic instrument, the kulintang.

  8. Stars Who Got Their Start on the Gong Show - AOL

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    5. Cheryl Lynn. Cheryl Lynn is singer who had a big hit in 1978 with the disco song "Got to Be Real".Two years prior to that, she strutted her stuff on “The Gong Show” and sang a stunning ...

  9. Filipino American music - Wikipedia

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    American music has also been influential in the Philippines for artists and vice versa. Though contributing to the evolution of American music, large number of Filipino Americans have a strong identity with culture of the Philippines by participating or organizing traditional dances and musical performances, largely in the form of PCNs on ...