MUSDIKS:kumintang

From Iskomunidad

Word: kumintang

Source of Term: Filipino Heritage vol. 8

Language: Tagalog

Category: Repertoire/Form

Description: Like the kundiman, the kumintang was among the earliest of typical

Phillipine music. It was considered a war song song only on a basis of rhythmic
pattern and melodic inflection. Kumintang is written in ¾ meter.