PANGKAT KAWAYAN INSTRUMENTS 

These are non-traditional bamboo instruments in various sizes, shapes, and designs. 

Grade 7 Lesson in Pangkat Kawayan

Pangkat Kawayan is also known as the ‘Singing Bamboos of the Philippines. 

Angklung-is bamboo rattles tubes attached to a frame. 

Kalatok (bamboo Knocker)-is a percussion instrument made pieces of bamboos that are strung together

 

Talunggating (bamboo marimba)-is made from bamboo that follows the musical scale and style of typical xylophone.

Kalagong-is a wind instrument that produces a hollow gong-like sound 

Tulali-is a bamboo flute made of baga (one of the smallest bamboo varieties) 

Panpipes-is a small piece of bamboo in graduated small tubes produces sounds by blowing

"Pangkat Kawayan" (literally "Bamboo Band") otherwise known as "Singing Bamboo from the Philippines" is a unique orchestra that draws music from unusual bamboo instruments. This orchestra consists of musically gifted students. The group's musical instruments, numbering over a hundred, comprise six versatile bamboo genres in various sizes, shapes and designs. These include a bamboo pipe or "bumbong", a bamboo marimba or "talungating", a bamboo piano or "tipangklung", a bamboo flute or "tulali", a bamboo beater or "kalatok" and a bamboo musical rattle, a Filipino musical instrument. "angklung". The variety of bamboo is equipped with drums, cymbals, gongs and triangles. The forte of this bamboo band is native Philippine songs, mostly folksongs from different regions of the country. However, the group`s repertoire also includes folk melodies from other countries, modern and popular music and some light classics.

The Philippines' "Pangkat Kawayan," also known as the "Singing Bamboos," is the country's first and only tuned-up "Musikong Bumbong" today. This bamboo orchestra is, without a doubt, the most indigenous to our nation and people. The musical tubes or Bumbong, the native marimba or "Talunggating," the bamboo piano or "Tipangklung," the Moslem influenced native xylophone or "Gabang," the bamboo flute or "Tulali," the bamboo clapper or "Bungkaka," and the bamboo knockers or "Kalatok" are among these instruments.