This document summarizes several traditional Filipino string instruments:
The Buktot is a small, four-stringed guitar-like instrument made from coconut husk originating from the Visayas region. The Kudyapi is a two-stringed long-necked lute common in Mindanao and Palawan and used by the Maguindanao people. The Litguit is a percussion instrument with a long wooden handle that is struck to produce sounds like maracas.
This document summarizes several traditional Filipino string instruments:
The Buktot is a small, four-stringed guitar-like instrument made from coconut husk originating from the Visayas region. The Kudyapi is a two-stringed long-necked lute common in Mindanao and Palawan and used by the Maguindanao people. The Litguit is a percussion instrument with a long wooden handle that is struck to produce sounds like maracas.
This document summarizes several traditional Filipino string instruments:
The Buktot is a small, four-stringed guitar-like instrument made from coconut husk originating from the Visayas region. The Kudyapi is a two-stringed long-necked lute common in Mindanao and Palawan and used by the Maguindanao people. The Litguit is a percussion instrument with a long wooden handle that is struck to produce sounds like maracas.
This document summarizes several traditional Filipino string instruments:
The Buktot is a small, four-stringed guitar-like instrument made from coconut husk originating from the Visayas region. The Kudyapi is a two-stringed long-necked lute common in Mindanao and Palawan and used by the Maguindanao people. The Litguit is a percussion instrument with a long wooden handle that is struck to produce sounds like maracas.
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String Instruments
Prepared by: Hannalene Dolor
Boktot Originating from the Visayas area, the Buktot is a small, four-stringed guitar-like instrument that’s made from a coconut husk. It likely got its name from its shape. In Bisaya, the word Boktot means hunchbacked, which perfectly describes the instrument’s arched back. The Boktot is used for personal entertainment. It makes sounds similar to a ukulele and is played alone or with other instruments. Kudyapi A two-stringed long-necked lute common in Mindanao and Palawan. The kutiyapi is known as a a stringed instrument used by the Maguindanao people of the Philippines.
Spelling variations among different ethnic
groups in the Philippines: kutyapi, kutiapi, kotyapi, kotapi, kusyapi, koryápi. The Master of Kudyapi in the person of Mr. Samaon Sulaiman LITGUIT A litguit instrument is a traditional Filipino instrument that is used to make percussion sounds that resemble those of maracas. The instrument has a long, thin wooden handle, and, when it is played, it is struck with another long, slim piece of wood to produce the distinctive sound. Traditional musical instruments evoke the spirit of their "home" countries, adding beauty and uniqueness to traditional folk music or more modern musical compositions. PAS-ING A guitar made from bamboo. A segment of bamboo is cut to include its two node. Its two cords are slit from the bamboo itself and raised by a bridge to produce tension. It is played by picking the cords with the fingers or striking with a stick. Karaga Guitar Made of bamboo, strings are slit from the bamboo itself. Instead of hole, the split and tied back on both ends,leaving a slit as resonator. This guitar has strings all around it. Gurimbao The musical instrument called the gurimbao is a stringed ethnic instrument. It looks similar to a guitar mixed with a violin. Bontoc Violin It has four sound holes on the ventil side in which two strings are played with a bow shorter than the body. Kudyapi