Learning Activity Sheet

NAME: GRADE/SECTION:

LRN: SCORE:

TOPIC: Introduction to Music CODE: (MU7LU-Ia-1)

MUSIC 7

EXPLORE

In the course of history, music is the greatest creation of mankind. Creativity

in the pure and undiluted form is the true definition of
Music. Music is an important part of our life as it is a way of
expressing our feelings as well as emotions.

What do I expect in this subject?

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 What is my goal in taking this
subject?

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LEARN

ENGAGE

Direction. Make a poster or drawing that will express the way you look at the
importance of Music in Your Life.
 APPLY
Direction. Make a descriptive essay about the importance of music in your life.

Resources:

https://blog.procollabs.com/role-music-plays- life/#:~:text=Creativity%20in%20the%20pure%20and,you%20to
%20reduce%20the%20stress.

http://www.dundeedrumacademy.co.uk/music-blog/theimportanceofnotationinmusiceducation
Learning Activity Sheet
MUSIC 7

NAME: GRADE/SECTION:

LRN: EXPLORE
SCORE:

The music for liturgy and devotional music of the Lowlands of Luzon reflects the impact of

TOPIC: Music of the Lowlands of Luzon1: Liturgy and Devotional Music CODE: (MU7LU-Ia-1),
(MU7LU-Ia-2)

Spanish colonization which lasted for almost three centuries, and how the
introduction of Christianity affected the religious practices of the ethno-
linguistic groups.

DESCRIBE ME!
1. What is Liturgy Music?
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2. What is Devotional Music?

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PAIR ME!
Direction. Match column A with column B.
A B
1.  type of folk drama performed in villages th a. PASTORES
roughout the Philippines, 
usually during fiestas. 
2. a Philippine epic narrative of the life of Je b. MORO-MORO/KOMEDYA
sus Christ, focused on his Passion, Death
and Resurrection. c. PANULUYAN

3. a dramatization of the search for

 LEARN
VOCAL MUSIC FORM THE LOWLANDS OF LUZON

1. Panuluyan
2. Pastores
3. The Mass
4. Moro-moro SALUBONG
5. Senakulo PANULUYAN

6. Pabasa ng
Pasyon
7. Flores de
Mayo

PASTORES
PASYON

ENGAGE

Music from Lowlands of

Luzon
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VOCAL MUSIC

APPLY
“I’ll Watch and Listen”
Direction. Choose two (2) link of one of the vocal music from lowlands of Luzon and after that
describe its characteristic.
1. Pastores, A Waray Christmas Tradition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBxZaiD0roU
2. Panunuluyan (Maytinis) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=3mqMSFv5S3c&feature=related
3. Philippine Pasyon (Passion of Christ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOeIbLIV0L4
4. Salubong 2010: Sta. Maria, Bulacan http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=XnHNCdjIwoE&feature=related
Resources:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Moro-Moro+Play https://www.tagaloglang.com/panunuluyan/#:~:text=Check%20Amazon!-,
PANUNULUYAN,prepare%20for%20the%20midnight%20Mass.&text=They%20sing%20Joseph%20and%20Mary's%20plea%20for%20lodging.

https://www.slideshare.net/teachermarley/pasyon-and- pastores#:~:text=Pastores%20is%20Christmas%20season%20folk,also%20called
%20pastores%20or%20pastorada.

https://www.efe.com/efe/english/life/filipinos-gather-at-sunrise-to-celebrate-salubong/50000263-3238769#:~:text=Salubong%2C%20a
%20Tagalog%20word%20meaning,with%20the%20resurrected%20Jesus%20Christ.

Music & Arts Learner’s Material pg.8

Learning Activity Sheet

 MUSIC 7

NAME: GRADE/SECTION:
EXPLORE
LRN: SCORE:

TOPIC: Music of the Lowlands of Luzon1: Liturgy and Devotional Music CODE: (MU7LU-Ia-1) ,
(MU7LU-Ia-2)

Through the lesson, one will discover how the people of the lowlands of Luzon express their
feelings towards each other and the environment, their history, and their
religious beliefs through the medium of voice and musical instruments
COMPLETE ME!
Direction. These terms below are in the Latin language and refer to parts of the Catholic Mass.
Can you find out the Filipino and English translations for these?

THE MASS

LATIN FILIPINO ENGLISH

1. Kyrie

2. Gloria

3. Credo

4. Sanctus

5. Agnus Dei

LEARN
SPANISH CHURCH MUSIC IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Religion has certainly played a significant role in the propagation of Western music in the country. It is
believed that the history of Christian religious music in the Philippines began when the first mass in the
country was held on March 31, 1521, Easter Sunday, in thanksgiving for the safe arrival of Magellan and
his party. It was during this occasion that the natives were able to hear the chants of a mass for the first
time.

The first sounds of church music that the natives heard was the Gregorian or plainchant, which represents
one of the oldest surviving Western music traditions. Later on, more elaborate music such as polyphonic
and harmonic styles was also performed. Friar musicians composed songs for religious purposes such as
hymns, chants, and Christmas songs.

During the Spanish period, young boys used to sing for the mass and they were called tiples.

   Kyrie is the first movement of a setting of the Ordinary of the Mass

  Gloria is a celebratory passage praising God and Christ

 Credo, a setting of the Nicene Creed, is the longest text of a sung Mass

 Sanctus
The Sanctus is a doxology praising the Trinity
 Agnus Dei
The Agnus Dei is a setting of the "Lamb of God" litany

THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC

Pitch – how high or low a note sounds
Rhythm – the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak
beats. (In everyday language this is the “groove”).
Duration – the length of a musical note
Structure – the way in which an overall piece of music is arranged into similar and contrasting sections.
Dynamics – how loud/quiet the music is (either the overall sound or of individual notes/instruments within it)
Pulse – the beat of the music
Texture – the way in which melody, rhythm and harmony are combined in a piece of music. What each
part/instrument is doing at any given point
Tempo – the speed of the pulse
Timbre – the tone of a musical note
Tonality – the key in which a piece is written (can change as piece progresses)
Harmony – the relationship between 2 or more simultaneously sounding notes

ENGAGE
WHAT IS THE

Socio-historical Context of the Lowlands of Luzon?

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 APPLY

“I’ll Listen”
Direction: Listen to the following songs that are used in different religious festivals and identify each
element.

SONGS DYNAMICS RHYTHM PITCH FORM

1. Regina Coeli
2. Pasyon
3.Dios Te Salve

4.Exultet
5.Pastores a Belen

Resources:
Music & Arts Learner’s Material pg.8-9
https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/himig/spanish-church-music-in-the-philippines/
https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/how-to-read-sheet-music/the-elements-of-music/

Learning Activity Sheet

MUSIC 7

NAME: GRADE/SECTION:

LRN: SCORE:

TOPIC: Spanish Influence in Secular Music Code: (MU7LU-Ia-1), (MU7LU-Ia-2)

The secular music of the lowlands of Luzon reflects

EXPLORE the impact
of the Spanish colonization in the country. The music bears
influences of Spanish culture and serves as reflections of
that era, as seen in the messages of the songs. These songs, mostly
about love of a man for a woman, have a deeper meaning for the Filipinos at
that time

Look at Me!
Direction. Look at the following images below. Describe the similarities of each picture. The
pictures below depict the ways Filipinos (before, and some up to now) convey their love through
music. These practices manifest influences dating from the Spanish era in the Philippines.

Picture Description

Tampuhan by Juan Luna

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Tampuhan_by
_ Juan_Luna.jpg/696px-Tampuhan_by_Juan_Luna.jpg,

Sketch by Alice Barber Stephens

 http://www.reusableart.com/d/5039-2/music-images-04.jpg,

Harana by Carlos V. Francisco

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/Filipino%20Paintings/harana.franci
sco.JPG

LEARN
The secular music of the Lowlands of Luzon as influenced by Spanish culture and music
Harana (Spanish ‘jarana’) – serenade; traditionally sung by a young man to a young woman outside
the young woman’s house as a profession of his love to her. usually accompanied by a guitar.
Kumintang- originally a war song, this song in triple time can be of any topic: love, resentment, or a
social commentary. It can also be a dance or a combination of song and dance in this style.
 It is a nocturnal song sung to the accompaniment of the violin, or guitar. 

It originated in Balayan, Batangas, so that Batangas is known as the province of Kumintang

Polka- a lively dance in duple time.

Pandanggo- originating from the fandango of Spain, it is a fast-paced dance in triple time.

Kundiman – means kung hindi man, in English (“though I am not worthy). It expresses the lofty
sentiment of love and even heroism, in a passionate and melancholic mood.

ENGAGE

Direction. Choose one example of secular music of Luzon and write a concept map about it.

Write the words that will describe the kind of secular music you chose.
 Example.

HARANA

APPLY

Direction.
Listen to the following examples of secular music and fill the table with the needed data.
 SONGS DYNAMICS RHYTHM PITCH MESSAGE

1. Leron-leron sinta

2. Magtanim ay di
Biro
3.Mutya ng Pasig

4.Pilipinas kong
Mahal
5.Lawiswis Kawayan

Resources:

https://mygrade7music.blogspot.com/2014/07/music-of-lowlands-of-luzon-2-spanish.html

https://www.academia.edu/36072775/Detailed_Lesson_Plan_in_Music_Grade_7

Music & Arts Learner’s Material pg. 13-14

Learning Activity Sheet

MUSIC 7

NAME: GRADE/SECTION:

LRN: SCORE:
EXPLORE

TOPIC: Music of the Lowlands of Luzon 2: American and Japanese Period CODE: (MU7LU-Ia-1),
(MU7LU-Ia-2)

Philippine music during the American and Japanese periods still

manifested heavy Hispanic traditions.
Direction. Watch the following videos during the American and Japanese
period in the Philippines. Compare the sound quality, and the way they play the instruments.
1. Philippine Constabulary Band under the baton of Col. Walter H. Loving at the St.
Louis Exposition in 1904.

2. Musikong Bumbong

NAME OF THE BAND SOUND QUALITY HOW THEY PLAY

INSTRUMENTS

Philippine Constabulary
Band

Musikong Bumbong

LEARN

AMERICAN PERIOD (1898 - 1941)

The first known law affecting the Philippine Public School System was Article 74 of the
Philippine Commission which provided formal training for teachers. 
The American educational system had greatly influenced the Philippine system of music
education with the treatment music as part of a broad pattern of liberal education. of

American textbooks and song books were used. 

The radio, phonograph and movies helped disseminate world culture. American singing through
the jazz invaded the country. 

With the establishment of conservatories (school for music education), formal education in music
started.
EXAMPLES OF ZARZUELAS

1.Minda Mora (Minda, the Moro girl) - Juan Hernanadez

2. Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Bayan (Love of Country) - Pascual Poblete

3. tanikalang Ginto (Chain of Gold) - Juan Abad

4. Walang sugat (No wound) - Severino Reyes

JAPANESE OCCUPATION PERIOD 

(1942 - 1945)

The Japanese tried to use education as a means to realize their Co-Prosperity Sphere
(Philippines, Burma, China, Indo-China, Malaysia, Netherlands, Indies, Siam) which miserably
failed. 

Their desire to propagate Nippongo as the common language was a dismal failure. 

This was the darkest period in the history of the Philippines. 

The Japanese wanted only Oriental ways for the people. 

This gave the Filipinos no other choice but to revert to their traditional ways of entertainment -
opera, musical plays and drama although a few appreciated Japanese music.

ENGAGE
Direction. Explain the rule of music during the American and Japanese Period where in there is terror and
uncertainty brought by the Second World War and the Japanese rule in the country.
 APPLY

“I’ll Listen”

Direction. Listen to the following music sample form lowlands of Luzon and complete the table
after listening.

Music title Instrumental/ Vocal Special Function Musical Element

Pandanggo sa Ilaw
Zarzuela
Pamulinawen
Leron-Leron Sinta

Resources:

https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/himig/philippine-music-during-the-japanese-occupation/

https://mygrade7music.blogspot.com/2014/07/philippine-music-during-american-and.html

Music & Arts Learner’s Module pg. 15