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VIDEO LESSON EPISODE SCRIPT

FOR MUSIC 7 QUARTER 3

Learning Area: MAPEH- MUSIC

Grade Level: 7
Quarter: 3
Week: 1-Lesson 1
Title: Episode Title Music of Mindanao
Topic: Instrumental music of Mindanao and its characteristics (Title of
Lesson)
MELC: 1. Describes the musical characteristics of representative music
selections from Mindanao after listening.
2. Identifies the musical instruments and other sound sources of
representative music selections from Mindanao.
3. Analyzes the musical elements of some Mindanao vocal and
instrumental music.
4. Discovers ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that is
similar to the instruments being studied.

Running Time: 20 minutes

Suggested Opening Spiel

Hello! There Grade 7 learners and

welcome to Blue Rizal TV!...This
academic year has been an
extraordinary one and I am so
excited to bring you once again
into this thrilling world of fun and
learning!

Welcome to our Music class I am

Sir Jason your teacher and your
guide for this adventure

Before we continue our journey

today, let me just give you the first
thing that we have to accomplish
(MELC)

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1. Describes the musical characteristics of representative music selections from Mindanao

after listening.
2. Identifies the musical instruments and other sound sources of representative music selections
from Mindanao.
3. Analyzes the musical elements of some Mindanao instrumental music.
4. Discovers ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that is similar to the instruments being
studied.
FADE IN:

INT. – Teacher Introduction

Hello! There Grade 7 learners and welcome to Blue Rizal TV! This academic year has been an extraordinary one and
I am so excited to bring you once again into this thrilling world of fun and learning!

Welcome to our Music class I am Sir Jason your teacher and your guide for this adventure

Before we continue our journey today, let me just give you the first thing that we must accomplish (MELC)
Good day my dear students! Are you ready to learn something new today? This time, we will be
going to discover the music of our ancestors, particularly the indigenous music of Mindanao.
Please get your pen and paper for our pre assessment

DISSOLVE TO:
INTERCUT to Pre assessment activity

Hornbostel –Sachs insrtrument classification

Remember:
Aerophone – blown instruments
Chordophone – plucked, strummed or bowed instrument
Electrophone – produce sound generated by electricity
Idiophone – produce sound by being struck, scraped, rubbed or shaken
Membranophone – stretched membrane tapped by hands or sticks.
Do you have the pen and paper with you? Now, I am going to read statements. (The teacher will read the
statements while these statements are flashed on screen) Write “Bluff” if the statement is false, and “Fact”
if the statement is true.

1. Kulintang is a chordophone.
2. Agung is an example of a aerophone.
3. An example of a Chordophone is a Seronggagandi.
4. Gabbang is a guitar-like bamboo instrument. It is a Idiophone
5. Kudyapi is another example of a chordophone.

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Now let us check! Don’t worry if you don’t get all the answers right after all this is only our pre
assessment. As our lesson progresses, we will learn all these. If your answer Bluff in number 1 and 2
questions, you got it right. If you answer Fact on numbers 3,4, and 5, you got a correct answer.

DISSOLVE TO:

INTERCUT to introduction of the lesson

Say: Mindanao is the second largest island of the Philippines, Located at the southern end of archipelago.
The island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably Sulu
archipelago. Mindanao culture consists of Islamic and non- Islamic cultural groups. Instrumental music in
Mindanao produce their sounds from different materials which are abundant in their own place.
Musical instruments:
a. Idiophones
1. Kulintang
2. Gabbang
3. Agung
4. Gandingan
5. Babandil
6. Kagul
7. Kubing
b. Chordophone
1. Kudyapi
2. Seronggagandi
3. Saluroy
4. Aduwag-ay
c. Aerophones
1. Sahunay
2. Palendag
3. Suling
d. Membranophone
1. Dabakan
2. Gandang
Musical Ensemble in Mindanao
a. Kulintang Ensemble
1. Kulintangan/Kwintangan
2. Tahunggo, Agung, Salmagi, BlowonSemagi
b. Bamboo Ensemble
a. Gabbang
b. Seronggagandi
c. Solo Instrument
1. Kudyapi
2. Suling

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Pictures of the following ethnolinguistic groups is flashed on the screen while the teacher is discussing

DISSOLVE TO:

INTERCUT to emphasize on the lesson’s core content

Say: Music is a form of expression and is said to be the organ of the soul. Music plays a significant role in
our daily lives. There is music for different occasion such as birth, weddings and for funerals. Truly, life
is lifeless without music. In this lesson we will going to learn the instrumental music of Mindanao its
distinctive characteristics, and its functions.

DISSOLVE TO:

INTERCUT to emphasize on the lesson’s core content

Say: This time watch and listen to the musical example. Try to focus on musical elements as you listen to
the melodic lines, and rhythm.
Musical Ensemble in Mindanao
A. Kulintang Ensemble - gong-based ensemble used by the Maguindanao and
Maranao of western Mindanao, the Tausug, the Yakan, and the Sama-Bajao of
Sulu archipelago. They have varied functions but are mostly used for
celebrations/ rituals and are mainly divided into types:
1. Kulintangan/Kwintangan – ensembles of 6-8 hanging melody gongs in a row,
hung on ropes in pyramidal order, with the smaller and higher-pitched gongs near
the top

2. Tahunggo, Agung, Salmagi, BlowonSemagi – suspended gong ensembles (9-11

gongs, played a melody and drone player) in various names according to each
tribe; ensemble may be completed with 1 or 2 drums

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Kulintang – is an important social property. This instrument of the ensemble is a

highly valued priceless heirloom that can command a high price as dowries. The
ownership of these instruments indicates high social status and cultivated taste.

Agung – a large, deep-rimmed gong, vertically suspended, hanged in a wooden

frame.

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Dabakan -The dabakan is a single-headed Philippine drum, primarily used as a

supportive instrument in the kulintang ensemble. 

Gandingan - The gandingan is a Philippine set of four large, hanging gongs used

by the Maguindanao as part of their kulintang ensemble

B. Bamboo Ensemble – according to Philippine legends, the first man and woman
are born out of bamboo. Bamboo is also considered among early Filipinos as a
spiritual connection from our physical world to the spiritual. Many bamboo
instruments were made for this purpose while some were also used for
entertainment and personal expression. The different manners in plying the
bamboo instruments include: blowing, shaking or hitting and plucking.
Gabbang – a native xylophone in Sulu, a bamboo keyboard on top, constructed
out of wood. Ordinarily, its main body is shaped like a coffin: keys are struck
with two

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mallets, each with a strip of rubber fastened to its underside.

Seronggagandi – a guitar-like made of bamboo, cut before one nod and after
next. Two cords are slit loose side by side from the outer skin fibers of the
bamboo itself and these are given tension by means of bridges. A hole is then cut
into the bamboo just under the two cords, to serve as resounding holes.

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Music plays an important role in their daily lives. It is a part of their culture and tradition. There are music
pertaining to life cycles, for religious purposes, for weddings and for funerals. Now le us explore the solo
instruments.
1. Kudyapi - is a  two-stringed, fretted boat-lute made of wood. It is the only stringed
instrument among the people of Mindanao , and one of several among other groups
such as the Maranao and Manobo. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of
hardened beeswax.
The kudyapi is a kind of lute. Common to all kudyapi instruments, a constant drone is
played with one string while the other, an octave above the drone, plays the melody with
a kabit or rattan pluck plectrum or kubit.

2. Suling – is a flute made mainly of 'tamiang' bamboo (Schizostachyum blumei), a long

tube bamboo with a which has very thin surface. The head of suling, near a small hole,
is circled with a thin band made of rattan to produce air vibration.

(The teacher will play examples of the following indigenous music that is discussed in the video lesson)

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DISSOLVE TO:

INTERCUT to application of acquired concept

1. Activity: DESCRIBE ME
Complete the table with information needed. Write the description of each instrument written on
the table below. Your description might be the materials used, the manner/way of playing the
instrument, place of origin (ethno-linguistic group), shape and size. Compile your answer on your
notebook.

INSTRUMENT NAME DESCRIPTION

GONGS
1.
2.
BAMBOO
1.
2.
3.

DISSOLVE TO:

INTERCUT to independent practice

Now, let us check your answers. Wow! Congratulations you got all the correct answers. It only
shows that you learned something today. Keep it up!
ACTIVITY 5:
Classify Me Directions:
Analyze the classification of each instrument according to HORNBOSTEL-SACHS. Write I if the
instrument is Idiophone, C if it is Chordophone, A if it is Aerophone, M if it is Membranophone and E if
it is Electrophone.
Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
_______ 1. Suling
_______ 2. Agung _
_______ 3. Kudyapi _
_______ 4. Kulintang
_______ 5. Gabbang

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DISSOLVE TO:

OUTRO. – Concluding statements -

This ends our lesson for today. I hope to see you in our next meeting. This is Sir Jason leaving a
quotation of John Erskine that says “Music is a way of life”

EXT. –

(Thank you for watching.)

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Estimated Video Length (15 – 20 minutes)

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