Kutiyapi

The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as from the jackfruit tree. For the Maguindanaon, it is possible to arrange the beeswax frets into different patterns resulting in different scales for the instrument. Two of the most common are binalig, a style in imitation of the kulintang, and dinaladay, a style used for teaching. The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ... The neck of a guitar showing the first four frets. ... Beeswax is a product from a bee hive. ... Binomial name Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. ... 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. ...

Traditionally, the Maguindanaon use the instrument for social events such as birthdays and weddings and also for more private affairs between couples. With the advent of globalization, the importance of the kutiyapi has waned as artists have taken up the guitar instead, as it is louder.^[1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Also called: Kutyapi, Kutiapi (Maguindanaon), Kotyapi (Maranao), Kotapi (Subanon), Fegereng (Tiruray), Faglong, Fuglung (B’laan),^[2] Kudyapi (Bukidnon and Tagbanua), Hegelong (T’boli) and Kuglong, Kadlong, Kudlong or Kudlung (Manobo, Mansaka, Mandaya, Bagabo and Central Mindanao),^[3][4][5] Kusyapi (Palawan)^[6] Maguindanao is a province of the Philippines located in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). ... Maranao is the term used for the people of Lanao, a predominantly Muslim region in the Philippine island of Mindanao. ... Bukidnon is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. ... Tagbanua tribes can be found in the central and northern Palawan, Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao Mindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Luzon and Visayas being the other two. ... Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the Southern Tagalog region. ...

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 four brass vertical hanging gongs of the Gandingan The gandingan is a set of four vertical bossed gongs and hung in ascending order from the lowest to highest pitch. ... The babendil 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. ... A dabakan beautifully designed with Maranao okkil designs The dabakan is a drum used in kulintang ensembles frequently referenced as in the shape of an hour-glass or a goblet. ... The kulintang a kayo, a Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people The kulintang a kayo (which literally is translated means, “wooden kulintang,” or “kulintang made of wood”) is a Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people with eight tuned slabs arranged horizontally atop a wooden antangan (rack). ... The gandingan a kayo, a Philippine xylophone of the Maguindanaon people The gandingan a kayo (translated means, “wooden gandingan,” or “gandingan made of wood”) is a Philippine xylophone and considered the wooden version of the real gandingan. ... Also called kobing (Maranao), kolibau (Tingguian), aru-ding (Tagbanua))[1], aroding (Palawan)[2], kulaing (Yakan), karombi (Toraja), yori (Kailinese). ... A agung a tamlang, a Philippine bamboo slit drum of the Maguindanaon people The Agung a Tamlang is a type of Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo in imitation of the real agung. ... Also called tagutok (Maranao) A kagul, a Philippine bamboo scraper gong/slit drum of the Maguindanaon people The kagul is a type of Philippine bamboo scraper gong/slit drum of the Maguindanaon with a jagged edge on one side, played with two beaters, one scarping the jagged edge and the... Suling Suling is an Indonesian flute made out of bamboo used in gamelan ensembles. ...

References

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See also

• Lute
• String instrument
• List of string instruments

The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... String instruments are usually divided by the techniques used to produce sound. ...

External links

• Traditional Music of the Southern Philippines - An online textbook about Southern Pilipino Kulintang music with a section devoted to the kutiyapi.