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Music – Grade 7
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 6: Perform Music from Luzon Lowlands with Own
Accompaniment

First Edition, 2020

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Introductory Message
For the facilitator:
Welcome to the Music 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module 6
on Music from Lowlands of Luzon!

Have a great day with you. This competency will test your
understanding in presenting the music of the lowlands of Luzon which is
composed of vocal and instrumental music.

This module was collaboratively designed, developed, and reviewed by

educators from public institutions to assist you, the teacher, or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this
also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st-century skills while taking
into consideration their needs and circumstances.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use

this module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while
allowing them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected
to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the
module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Music 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module 6

on Music from Lowlands of Luzon!

With this competency you will develop your knowledge and learning
about music from Luzon lowlands which varies in every province of Luzon.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time.
You will be enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while
being an active learner.

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This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Icons Parts Description

What I Need to a short introduction of the module,
Know enumerating the objectives to be attained after
completing the module
a Pre-Test consisting set of questions
What I Know that will check your prior knowledge on the
lesson to be taken
What’s In a quick review on the previous lesson

What’s New a quick introduction to the new lesson

by answering activity or doing a performance
task
What is It questions that will help you discover
and understand the concept

What’s More a set of activities that will enrich your

understanding of the concept

What I have a question or completion type of

Learned sentence/paragraph to process what you have
learned from the lesson
What I Can Do an activity that shall transfer the
skills/knowledge gained or learned into your
real-life concerns/situations
Assessment an evaluation of your level of mastery in
achieving objectives

Additional an activity in any form that can increase

activities your response and induce repetitions of
actions/learning
Answer Key This contains answers to all
activities in the module.

At the end of this module you will also find:

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 References This is a list of all sources used in developing this
module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on any part
of the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the
exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on the other
activities included in the module.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through
with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the task in this module, do
not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that
you are not alone.
We hope that through this material you will experience meaningful
learning and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. Deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to
help you understanding about the music from Lowlands of Luzon. Group
performances featuring the songs for different types of voices and musical
instruments will culminate the educational experiences.
After going through this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Identify the different musical instrument of Luzon Lowlands.
2. Describe the musical instrument of Luzon Lowlands.
3. Perform music from Luzon Lowlands with own
accompaniment.
Going through this module can be a meaningful learning experience.
All you need to do is make use of your time and resources efficiently. To do
this, here are some tips for you:

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1. Take the pre-test before reading the rest of the module.
2. Take time in reading and understanding the lesson. Follow the
instructions carefully. Do all activities diligently. It is better to be
slow but sure than to hurry and miss the concepts you are supposed
to learn.
3. Use a separate sheet of paper for your answers in each activity or
assessment. Don’t forget to write your name. Label it properly.
4. Use the concept discussed in the lesson to explain the results of the
activities or performance tasks.
5. Be honest. When doing the activities, record only what you have
observed. Take the assessments after each activity, but do not turn to
the Answer Key page unless you are done with the entire module.
6. Don’t hesitate to ask. If you need to clarify something, approach or
contact your teacher or any knowledgeable person available to help you.
You may also look into other references for further information.
7. Take the post-test prepared at the end of the module, so you can assess
how much you have learned from this module.
8. You can check your answers in the activities, self-assessments, and
post-test after you finished the entire module to know how much you
have gained from the lesson and the activities.

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 What I Know

Pre-Assessment

Directions: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct
answer and write it on you answer sheet.

1. A Philippines music genre which is originally passes down orally to

members of the family and usually composers and lyricist are
unknown?
a. Folk Song c. Kundiman
b. Harana d. Pasyon

2. It is a musical bamboo ensemble known as the “singing bamboos” and

first played by the students from Quezon City, Manila under the
traineeship of Mr. Victor Toledo?
a. Bamboo Organ c. Musikong Bumbong
b. Brass Band d. Pangkat Kawayan

3. A 14-string soprano instrument with 16 frets and shorter neck than the
12-string instrument and being played using pick is?
a. Angklung c. Bungkaka
b. Banduria d. Tambourine

4. Spaniards introduced a group stringed-instrument in different sizes

and played using plectrum (pick) is?
a. Angklung c. Musikang Bumbong
b. Bamboo Organ d. Rondalla

5. It is Filipino marching bands that use bamboo woodwind instrument?

a. Bamboo Organ c. Pangkat Kawayan
b. Musikong Bumbong d. Angklung

6. It is the horizontal succession of notes written or performed in a

recognizable shape?
a. Pitch c. Composition
b. Melody d. Form

7. Vertical arrangement and simultaneous sound production of notes that

blend into a chord is?
a. Tempo c. Harmony
b. Timbers d. Dynamics

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8. Is a Philippine narrative of the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ?
a. Pasyon c. Flores de Mayo
b. Salubong d. Santa Cruzan

9. It refers to any music that is not religious in nature?

a. Seranade c. Kumintang
b. Secular Music d. Pasyon

10. Kumintang is originated from?

a. Pasig c. Sto. Domingo, Albay
b. Balayan, Batangas d. Bicol Region

11. Means “one evening” a folk song from Sto. Domingo, Albay?
a. Santa Clara c. Sarung Banggi
b. Magtanim ay di Biro d. Bahay Kubo

12. Flores of May is a catholic festival held on the month of May?

a. Flores de Mayo c. Dios Te Salve
b. Santa Cruzan d. Secular Music

13. A shorter than the flute, the sounds it produces is thinner that
the flute?
a. Clarinet c. Alto Saxophone
b. Piccolo d. Flute

14. This is the overall structure of a musical composition?

a. Form c. Timbre
b. Tempo d. Harmony

15. A religious ritual the re-enacts the meeting of the Rizen Christ
with his mother on the dawn of Easter Sunday?
a. Salubong c. Santa Clara
b. Pasyon d. Sarung Banggi

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 What’s In

Folk Songs of the Luzon (Lowlands)

Folk songs are song written by the folks and are sung to accompany
daily activities such as farming, fishing and putting the baby to sleep. The
people created melodic chants and indigenous instruments based on the
materials available where they lived. The folk songs of Luzon Lowlands are
performed in their native language such as Ilocano, Pangasinese,
Kapampangan, Tagalog, Bicolano and others.

What’s New

The lowland music of Luzon includes the Las Pinas Bamboo Organ,
Musikong Bumbong and Pangkat Kawayan. (Present a video clips of lowland
music of Luzons).

What is it

Instrumental Music Features

Las Pinas Bamboo Organ • A Philippine National Treasure, the
Bamboo Organ can be found in St.
Joseph’s Church Las Pinas City.
• It is made of 902 bamboo pipes.
• It was completed in 1824 by Father
Diego Cera.

Musikong Bumbong • Are Filipino marching bands that

use woodwind instruments that
are made of bamboo. The shape
and sizes are similar to brass

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 instrument but have different
sounds.
• The D’ Original Malabon Musikong
Bumbong started as a plain Banda
de Boca (meaning “bibig or mouth”)
in Barrio Tonsuya, Malabon in
1896.
• Felix Ramos was both the founder
and inventor of the bamboo
instrument. The first members of
the band were all katipuneros.
• The band was renamed several
times but is currently known as
Musikawayan under the
leadership of P/Lt. Col. Gilbert M.
Ramos.
Pangkat Kawayan • Popularly known as the “Singing
Bamboos” of the Philippines, is an
Orchestra that plays music using
non-traditional bamboo
instruments founded in 1966.
• The group’s musical instruments,
numbering more than a hundred
are made of six kinds of the
versatile bamboo in various sizes,
shapes and designs.

The Pangkat Kawayan

Instruments

• Angklung
• Bumbong
• Kalatok
• Talunggating
• Kalagong
• Pan Pipes
• Tulali
• Kiskis

Angklung Ensemble • A small group of musicians who

plays angklung bamboo
instrument.

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 • Made of bamboo-rattle tubes
attached to a bamboo frame.
• Manner for playing the angklung is
by rapidly shaking the bottom
parts of the frame while the other
hand steadily holds the upper part
of the instrument.
• Angklung shaker plays only one or
two pitches.
• Commonly accompanied by double
bass guitars and percussions
instruments.
• Angklung has more than two and a
half octaves or around 30 pitches.
• Can also be a part of the other
ensemble like the pangkat
kawayan.

What’s More

Activity 1

This time we will have a picture parade showing the different

instrumental ensemble of Luzon Lowlands.
You will analyze the musical elements if it is string, drum and wind
instrument.

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 2

Directions: Read and answer each.

1. Explain and describe the following musical instrument of Luzon Lowlands.

a. Las Pinas Bamboo Organ
b. Musikong Bumbong
c. Angklung Ensemble

What I Can do

Activity 3

This time, you will be able to perform a song medley from the music of
Luzon Lowlands using your own accompaniment (either spoons, glasses,
bottles, empty cans, coins, sticks, etc.). The songs are follows:
a. Magtanim ay Di Biro
b. Bahay Kubo
c. Leron Leron Sinta
d. Sitsiritsit
e. Paru-Parong Bukid

Check the rubrics to become familiar with the criteria for which you will
rated.

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 Rubrics for Individual Performance/Activity

Name: ____________________ Date: _____________

Elements of (Excellent) (Very Good) (Average) (Poor)

Music 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Pitch Almost no Stays in tune Some correct Very few
error in pitch most of the pitches, correct
time some have pitches
errors
Rhythm Performs Most rhythm Frequent or Rhythms are
rhythm and and duration repeated seldom
duration are rhythm or accurate
accurately accurately duration
and with with very few error
ease errors
Quality of Instrument Instrument Instrument Instrument
Sound offers a wide offers some offers little offers no
dynamic dynamic and variety in variety in
and/or tonal or tonal sound sound
contrast contrast
Quality of The The The Pieces are
Construction instrument instrument instrument missing or
shows shows is neatly falling off.
considerable considerable constructed Seems
attention to attention to but is fragile “Slapped
construction. construction. and will together” in
It is sturdy, It is probably not hurry.
neat and will reasonably stand up to
stand up to sturdy and being played
repeat neat and will more than
playing over stand up to once.
a period of being played
time. more than
once.

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 Assessment

Directions: On your paper, write the letter of the best answer corresponding
their respective definitions.

1. Filipino marching band that use bamboo woodwind instruments

a. Angklung Ensemble
b. Las Pinas Bamboo Organ
c. Musikong Bumbong
d. Pangkat Kawayan

2. A Philippine National Treasure found in St. Joseph Church, Las Pinas

City?
a. Angklung Ensemble c. Musikong Bumbong
b. Las Pinas Bamboo Organ d. Pangkat Kawayan

3. Also known “Singing Bamboo of the Philippines” an orchestra that plays

music using nontraditional bamboo instruments?
a. Angklung Ensemble c. Musikong Bumbong
b. Las Pinas Bamboo Organ d. Pangkat Kawayan

4. A small group of musicians who plays angklung bamboo instruments?

a. Angklung Ensemble c. Musikong Bumbong
b. Las Pinas Bamboo Organ d. Pangkat Kawayan

5. Which of the following is not a Pangkat Kawayan instrument?

a. Euphonium
b. Talunggating
c. Kalatok
d. Bumbong

6. It is made of hollow pieces of bamboo that has been put together and
same as the orchestra’s wind section?
a. Kalatok c. Angklung
b. Bumbong d. Kalagong

7. A percussion instrument made of pieces of bamboo that are strung

together with pieces of bamboo with varying tones when struck by a
rubber mallet?
a. Kalatok c. Angklung
b. Bumbong d. Kalagong

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 8. It is played by tapping the top wholes of the bamboos by two flat and
flexible surfaces together?
a. Kalatok c. Angklung
b. Bumbong d. Kalagong

9. A bamboo piece with ridges and serve as a percussion instrument?

a. Tulali c. Kiskis
b. Pan Pipes d. Talunggating

10. It is made from bamboo that follows the musical scale and style
of the typical xylophone?
a. Tulali c. Kiskis
b. Pan Pipes d. Talunggating

B. Picture Identification
Directions: Classify the musical instrument according to the following:

❖ Bumbong (Bamboo Tubes)

❖ Kalagong
❖ Pan Pipes
❖ Kalatok
❖ Talunggating (Bamboo Marimba)

1.

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3.

4.

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Additional Activities

Make a list on how you will preserve the musical instruments and music
of Luzon Lowlands.

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What I Know
1. a 6. b 11. c
2. d 7. c 12. a
3. b 8. a 13. b
4. d 9. b 14. a
5. b 10. b 15. a
What’s More
Activity 1
1. Kiskis String Instrument
2. Tulali Wind Instrument
3. Pan Pipes Wind Instrument
4. Kalagong Drum Instrument
5. Kalatok String Instrument
6. Bumbong Wind Instrument
7. Angklung String Instrument
8. Talunggating Drum Instrument
What I have Learned
1. Las Pinas Bamboo Organ – a Philippine National Treasure,
found in Joseph’s Church Las Pinas City. It is made of 902
bamboo pipes and completed in 1824 by Father Diego Cera.
2. Musikong Bumbong – a marching bands that use woodwind
instruments that are made of bamboo. It produces good
harmony when playing together.
3. Angklung Ensemble – it is a small group of musician who
plays the angklung bamboo instruments. It is made of
bamboo-rattle tubes attached to a bamboo frame.
Assessment
1. c 6. b 11. Kalatok
2. b 7. a 12. Talunggating
3. d 8. d 13. Bumbong
4. a 9. c 14. Kalagong
5. a 10. d 15. Pan Pipes
Answer Key
 References

Internet Sources
www.google.com

Books
DepEd. Lesson Guide in Music & Arts. Grade 7

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