The babendil is the single gong used in the kulintang ensemble usually handheld and struck with a flat stick of bamboo or rattan upon its rim to obtain sharp, distinct sounds. It’s used as the timekeeper, keeping the tempo in check for the entire ensemble by providing the most fundamental pattern. [1] Kulintang is a term for various musical instruments and musical genres which are indigenous to the South-East Asian islands presently known as Indonesia and the Philippines. ...
List of the Traditional Instruments of the Southern Philippines:
Five main instruments of the Maguindanao Kulintang Ensemble
Kulintang is a term for various musical instruments and musical genres which are indigenous to the South-East Asian islands presently known as Indonesia and the Philippines. ... The pair of gongs of the agung The Agungs are the largest gongs of the kulintang ensemble and represent the lowest pitch of all the instrumentation. ...
The babendil usually has a diameter of roughly one foot making it larger than the largest kulintang gong and comparable to the diameter of the agung or gandingan.
Because of their sunken boss, babendils are stuck instead either at the flange or the rim, using either bamboo betays or a strip of rattan producing a sharp, distinctive metallic clang
Babendils are normally made out of bronze but due to the scarcity of this metal in Mindanao, most gongs, including the babendil are made out of more common metal such as brass, iron and even tin-can.
The babendil is a single, narrow-rimmed Philippine gong used primary as the “timekeeper” of the kulintang ensemble.
Usually averaging about a foot in width, the diameter of the babendil is usually larger than the largest kulintang gong, more concaved at the rim and narrower at the flange than the former and could be comparable in width with the gandingan or the agung.
Normally, the babendil is handheld when the player is standing but the babendil could also be hung half a foot from the floor when seated.
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