MUSDIKS:kulintang
Word: kulintang
Source of Term: Filipino Heritage vol.6
Language:Maranao
Category: Musical Instrument
Description: A set of eight graduated gongs laid horizontally.This is a melodious
- instrument. Each set tuned differently from the other but all weaving in and out of
- a pentatonic scale.
Word: kulintang
Category: instrument
1. Ethno-linguistic group: Maguindanaon
2. General physical description: a series of eight graduated bossed gongs arranged horizontally from largest to the smallest and laid over an antangan.
3. General playing technique: struck by a pair of sticks called basal.
4. Musical function: plays the melody in palabunibunyan
5. Playing circumstance: it is heard in various occasions like weddings, water baptism called paigo sa ragat, and curing rites called kapagipat
Source:CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art, Volume I, Peoples of the Philippines, K-Z