vocal music

1. VOCAL MUSIC
 is a type of music performed by
one or more singers, either with
instrumental accompaniment, or
without instrumental
accompaniment (a cappella), in
which singing provides the main
focus of the piece.

2. SACRED MUSIC
 is music performed or
composed for religious
use or through religious
influence.

3. LITURGICAL
 is a form of music originating
as a part of religious ceremony.
It includes a number of
traditions, both ancient and
modern.

4. DEVOTIONAL
 is a hymn which accompanies religious
observances and rituals.
Traditionallydevotional music has been a
part of Christian music, Hindu music,
Sufi music, Buddhist music,
Islamic music and Jewish music. Each
major religion has its own tradition
with devotional hymns.

5. SACRED MUSIC ARE
HEARD IN CHURCHES’
MASS, PASTORES,
SENAKULO, PASYON,
SALUBONG, FLORES DE
MAYO, SANTACRUZAN

6. MASS
“ALLELUIA ALLELUIA”
• is a term used to
describe the main
eucharistic
liturgical service
in many forms of
Western
Christianity.

7. PASTORES
“Vamos pastores Vamos”
• A form of
sacred musical comp
osition, is a choral
composition that sets
the invariable portions
of the
Eucharisticliturgy
to music.

8. SENAKULO
“THE CENTURIONS”
• is a Lenten play
that depicts
events from the
Old and New
Testaments
related to the life,
sufferings, and
death of Christ.

9. PASYON
“PANALANGIN SA DIYOS”
• is a type of
doctrinal and
didactic
religious verse
that narrates
the life of Jesus
Christ.

10. SALUBONG
“AWIT NG SALUBONG”
• is an Easter
Sunday pre-dawn
ritual or
ceremony that
reenacts the
Risen Christ's
meeting with His
mother.

11. FLORES DE MAYO
“AVE MARIA”
• It is one of the
May devotions
to the Blessed
Virgin Mary and
lasts for the
entire month.

12. SANTACRUZAN
“BIRHENG MAHAL”
• Is the ritual pageant
held on the last day of
the Flores de Mayo. It
honors the finding of
the True Cross by
Helena of
Constantinople
(known as Reyna
Elena) and
Constantine the Great.

13. SECULAR MUSIC
•is any music not written
for the church.

14. HARANA
• was a traditional
form of courtship in
the Philippines
wherein men
introduced
themselves and/or
wooed women by
singing underneath
her window at night.
“DUNGAWIN MO, HIRANG”

15. BALITAW
• is an extemporaneous
exchange of love verses
between a man and a
woman. Danced and
mimed, it is accompanied
by a song, or the dancers
themselves sing,
improvising the steps and
verses.
“BALITAW” (VISAYAN
SONG)

16. KUMINTANG
• is a style of
Philippine music
and dance from
the 19th century. It
is a traditional
Filipino love song
as well.
“SINGKIL”

17. POLKA
• A lively dance in
duple meter,
performed by
couples.
SONG IN POLKA BAL

18. ART MUSIC
 is music that implies
advanced structural and
theoretical considerations or a
written musical tradition.

19. KUNDIMAN
• is a genre of
traditional Filipino
love songs.
“DAHIL SA’YO”

20. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
 is a musical composition or
recording without lyrics, or
singing, although it might include
some inarticulate vocals, such
as shouted backup vocals in a
Big Band setting.

21. RONDALLA
• is an ensemble of
stringed instruments
played with the
plectrum or pick and
generally known as
plectrum
instruments.
“SARUNG BANGGI”

22. BRASS BAND
• a group of musicians
playing brass
instruments and
sometimes also
percussion.
“SHUT UP AND DANCE”

23. MUSIKONG BUMBONG
• refers to the music or
sound that originated
from a bamboo tube.
PANGKAT KAWAYAN GROUP

24. BAMBOO ORGAN
• is made up
mostly
of bamboo dates
back to the
Spanish era.

25. ANGKLUNG ENSEMBLE
• is a musical
instrument made
of a varying
number of
bamboo tubes
attached to a
bamboo frame.
“WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS”

26. HIMIG PANGKAT KAWAYAN
• known as the
“Singing Bamboos”of
the Philippines ” is a
unique orchestra that
draws music from
unconventional
bamboo instruments.
SONG IN POLKA BAL