SOUTHEAST ASIAN MUSIC

Aubrey R. Salonga

What are countries in Southeast Asia?

Philippines Singapore Thailand Brunei Laos Indonesia Cambodia Myanmar Vietnam East timor Malaysia

Essential Question:

How is culture reflected in

Southeast Asian music?

How is culture reflected in Southeast Asian music?

The music of Southeast Asia reflects different aspects of Asian culture through its timbre, rhythm, melody, texture, form and style.

Review Elements of

Music

DAY 1Activity: Group workMake a report/collage for

each Southeast Asian country using pictures of fabrics, art work, architecture and other aspects of culture. Relate how these aspects of culture are influenced

by history such as foreign influences (Dutch in Indonesia, Chinese in Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand, Spain and America in the Philippines and India in Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia, Brunei).

DAY2Explore

Activity: “Concoctions

and Connections”

Match the picture with the music: Choose from which country (Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand)

INDONESIA

THAILAND

PHILIPPINES

These aspects of culture are influenced by history( foreign

influences)Indonesia: Dutch influences in the

keroncong through the use of the cuk and cak and western instruments.

Thailand:Chinese influence can be

seen in Thai architecture and Thai tonal language.

Philippines:Rondalla were influenced

by Spanish bandurilla.

IntroductionThe music of Southeast Asia is diverse because of the different geographical, historical and cultural influences in the region.

Thailand, Burma, Laos and Cambodia have Chinese influences. While Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei have Hindu and Arabic Influences.

Court musicThai Pi Phat (Gong ensemble)Thai Khruang Sai ( String

ensemble)Indonesia gamelan( gong

ensemble)Philippine-gangsa

-kulintangan -rondalla

Aside from monarchy, the influence of colonization is evident in the music of the Philippine and Indonesia. Spanish influences in Philippine music can be seen in the sarswela, rondalla and tiples( boy’s choir)

American influences in popular music and bodabil theatre form.

Dutch influences can be seen in keroncong, an instrumental ensemble of Indonesia that is

keroncong

composed mainly of westernized instrument such as guitar, cuk(chuk) and cak(chak) which are small guitars, double bass, violin and flute.

This evident in the use of bamboo instrument

( Philippine kalingga tongatong, patteteg, bungkaka and

Malabon musikong bumbong as well as Indonesian sumatran bamboo instrument such as the anklung.

Anklung

LIC Angklung Ensemble - 2008 Performance at FBCE - YouTube.flv

Khruang sai

DAY3Firm upActivity: Make a Venn

diagram Find commonalities in terms

of how the musical elements show similarities and differences in culture.

Chest and head tone, mixed

textures, diatonic major-minor scalesPlucked lute

(rondalla, keroncong), chest and some head

voice

Indonesia( five/seven note

scales)

Gongs, gangsa, kulintang

gamelan, piphat, jews harp krung

sai

Nasal voice pentatonic

Spanish, American, Japanese colonizers

Dutch colonizer

Chinese influences

DAY 4DEEPENActivity: “Experiencing

the music of Southeast Asia

through Performance”

Application:

Learn selected folk songs from Southeast Asian countries:

Thai festival song “Loi, Loi Khratong”

Loi Loi KhratongWan pen__du-an sib song nam kor

Nong tam ta-ling. Rao thang chai ying__sa-nuk kan ching wan loi gratong

Loi-loi khratong loi-loi khratong loi gratong

kan laew-korchemnong kaew ogmarram wong Ram wongwanloi khratong.ramvongwanloi khratong Boon ja song hai rao suk jai boon ja song hai rao suk jai.

DAY5Discussio

n/Lecture

Pesindhen (local Indonesian singer) using both chest and head voice. In the Philippines, there are many vocal timbres ( chest and head voice) associated with different traditions

and functions such as indegenous epic singing example hudhud,pasyon, choral singing in the tiples, kundiman or Philippine art song, popular or jazz singing.

In Thai, Lao and Cambodian there is such a thing as the mowlan or molam vocal tradition, a sort of epic singing similar to Philippine visayan balitaw wherein a man and woman debate in a sing –song manner.

Kulintang

Gamelanan ensemble of tuned percussion instrument that include metallophones, drums, gong and bamboo flutes.

The Gamelan Music Of Indonesia. - YouTube.flv

Pi Phat Ensemble

is a kind of ensemble in the classical music of Thailand, which features wind and percussion instruments

Piphat Ensemble.flv

Piphat rondalla

INSTRUMENTAL / VOCAL

MUSIC

Traditional music in Southeast Asia - YouTube.mp4

Philippines - kundiman, balitaw, salidummay / gangsa, kulintang, bamboo instruments, rondalla,

marching band

Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam –molam, mawlun / kaen mouth organ, dan tranh, dan co, dan ty ba, pi phat, ching, ranat, ehru

Khaen mouth organ

Khaen is a mouth organ of Lao

 origin whose pipes, which are usually made of bamboo, are connected with a small, hollowed-out hardwood reservoir into which air is blown, creating a sound similar to that of the violin.

dan tranh

dan tranh is a plucked zither of 

Vietnam. It has a wooden body and steel strings, each of which is supported by a bridge in the shape of an inverted "V."

Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia – pesinden/ gamelan, keroncong

Myanmar – music bears Indian influences

Day6

Application:

Learn selected folk songs from Southeast Asian countries;

Philippine welcome song “ Salidummay”

Salidommay(Kalinga version)

Tay bulan ti DiciembreNabomba-an ti kampyonheAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diwayKaasi ni darling koIntaray ti suldado

Ay ay SalidommaySalidommay diwayMarbakoma ti bantayParpabor-an a ti baybayAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diwayPareng no makitak payTi darling ko no di pay natay

Ay ay SalidommaySalidommay diwayKunak no U.S ArmyIn tagayam kabosormiAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diwayKunak no aniya ti aglibu-

libom

In tagayam nga pikbomAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diwayIdinalpas iti gubatBabai ti kumamaAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diway

Kunak no U.S ArmyIn tagayam kabosormiAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diwayKunak no aniya ti aglibu-libomIn tagayam nga pikbomAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diway

Idinalpas iti gubatBabai ti kumamaAy ay SalidommaySalidommay diway(2x)

SALIDOMMAY - Mabuhay Singers - YouTube.flv

DAY7

TRANSFER“Southeast Asian Soundscapes” Culminating Activity

Present the individual and group performances of songs from Southeast Asian country.

Criteria:Clear tone quality 20%Correct expression 20%Correct style 20%Correct pitch 20%Correct rhythm 20%

100%

DAY 8QUIZ/RECITATION/

PERFORMANCE

Thank you for

listening

QUIZI. ENUMERATE THE

SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES

II.ARRANGE THE SCRAMBLE WORDS

1.Odmely2.nda trnha3.Gelanam4.Ablitwa5.dalRonla

6. Khnae7. Pi atPh8. Sphtroic 9. Micsu10. klanngu

III. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER

1. Which country bears there music more on Indian influences?

Myanmar Philippines Indonesia Thailand

2. A vocal tradition in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Strophic Balitaw Slendro Molam

3. A Philippine visayan song wherein a man and woman debate in a sing –song manner.

Strophic Balitaw Kundiman Molam

4. A repeating tune on different verses.

Strophic Balitaw Kundiman Molam

5. It is a Thai festival song.

Palendag Kalaleng Salidummay

Loi loi khratong

NAME THE FOLLOWING PICTURE

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