Traditional Philippine musical instruments

Philippine traditional musical instruments are commonly grouped into four categories: aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, and idiophones.

Aerophones Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta) Diwas Palendag – lip-valley flute (Kalinga) Tongali – nose flute (Kalinga) Tumpong – bamboo flute Tulali – flute with 6 holes Bansik – bamboo flute with three holes of the Negrito people in Zambales Tambuli – Carabao horn

Chordophones Litguit – a three-stringed bamboo violin of the Aeta people Butting – a bow with a single hemp 5 string, plucked with a small stick Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like instrument of the B'laan; made in 1997 Budlong – bamboo zither Kolitong – a bamboo zither Pas-ing – a two-stringed bamboo with a hole in the middle from Apayao people Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao

Membranophones Dabakan – goblet drum (Maranao) Gandang – double-headed barrel drum (Maranao) Libbit – conical drum (Ifugao) Sulibao – conical drum (Ibaloi) Gambal – war drums

Idiophones Agung a tamlang – bamboo (slit drum) Agung – large gong suspended from an ornate frame Bungkaka – bamboo buzzer Gandingan – set of four large hanging knobbed gongs Kagul – scraper Kulintang – set of eight tuned gongs placed horizontally in an ornate frame, tuned pentatonic scale|pentatonically. Gabbang – bamboo xylophone (Yakan, Batak, B'laan, Sama-Bajau, Tausūg) Luntang – wooden beams hanging from a frame (Maguindanaon) Kulintang a tiniok – set of eight, tuned knobbed metal plates strung on a wooden frame (Maguindanaon) Babandil – small gong Saronay – eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung over a wooden frame (Maranao) Tongatong – stamping tubes of the Kalinga people

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