List of Philippine

musical instruments

Philippine Musical Instruments:

1. Aerophones
Bulungudyong – vertical flute
(Pinatubo Ayta)
Palendag – lip-valley flute (Kalinga)
Tongali – nose flute (Kalinga)
Tumpong – bamboo flute
 Tulali – flute with 6 holes
Tumpong – bamboo flute
Bansik - bamboo flute with three
holes of the Negrito people in
Zambales.
2. Chordophones
Bamboo violin – a three-stringed
violin of the Aeta people.
Butting – a bow with a single hemp
5 string, plucked with a small stick.
Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like
instrument of the B'laan. Made in
1997
Budlong - bamboo zither
Pas-ing - a two-stringed bamboo
with a hole in the middle from
Apayao people.
Lutes
Bandurria – part of rondalya
ensemble, it has a shorter neck and
14-strings compared to its Spanish
ancestor.
Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute
from Mindanao.
Laúd – similar to the bandurria, it is
ultimately of Spanish origin. Also
part of a rondalya ensemble.
Octavina – part of a rondalya
ensemble, it is of ultimately Spanish
origin.
Tuned gongs
Agung – large gong suspended
from an ornate frame
Gandingan – set of four large
hanging knobbed gongs
Kulintang – set of eight tuned
gongs placed horizontally in an
ornate frame, tuned pentatonic
scale|pentatonically.
Xylophones
Gambang/Gabbang – bamboo
blades on a frame (Yakan, Batak,
B'laan, Badjao, Taus)
 Luntang – wooden beams hanging
from a frame (Maguindanaon)
Metallophones
Kulintang a tiniok – set of eight,
tuned knobbed metal plates strung
on a wooden frame
(Maguindanaon)
Babandil- small gong
Saronay – eight tuned knobbed
metal plates strung over a wooden
frame (Maranao)
3.Membranophones
Agung a tamlang – bamboo (slit
drum)
Dabakan – goblet drum (Maranao)
 Gandang – double-headed barrel
drum (Maranao)
Kagul – scraper
Libbit – conical drum (Ifugao)
Sulibao – conical drum (Ibaloy)
Gambal- drums
Tambul- drum
4.Idiophones
Kubing – jaw's harp (Maranao)

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