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What is the difference between highlands and lowlands in the Philippines?
The terms ‘highlands’ and ‘lowlands’ are loosely defined: ‘highlands’ as synonymous with ‘mountains’ and, therefore, ‘lowlands’ as those areas beyond and beneath the mountains that are influenced by down-slope physical processes and by human relationships linking the two.
What are the different categories of Philippine music?
In discussing Philippine music, three main divisions are apparent: (1) an old Asian influenced music referred to as the indigenous; (2) a religious and secular music influenced by Spanish and European forms; and (3) an American/European inspired classical, semi-classical, and popular music.
What is the meaning of music of lowland Luzon?
A form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharisticliturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism) to music.
What are the vocal music of lowlands of Luzon?
Terms in this set (17)
- Mass.
- Pastores.
- Pabasang Pasyon.
- Senakulo.
- Salubong.
- Flores de Mayo.
- Santacruzan.
What are low lands?
English Language Learners Definition of lowland : an area where the land is at, near, or below the level of the sea and where there are not usually mountains or large hills.
What is the meaning of high land?
highlands
highlands, a mountainous region or elevated part of a country.
What defines Philippine music?
The Philippines music are a mix of European, American and native sounds. Influenced by the music of the Philippines 377 year-long heritage of colonial Spain, Western rock and roll, hip-hop and popular music from the United States, the folk music of population Austronesian and Indo-Malayan music Gamelan.
What are the different musical elements?
Basic Music Elements
- Sound (overtone, timbre, pitch, amplitude, duration)
- Melody.
- Harmony.
- Rhythm.
- Texture.
- Structure/form.
- Expression (dynamics, tempo, articulation)
What are the different musical instruments from the lowland Luzon?
Philippine Musical Instruments:
- Aerophones. Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta).
- Chordophones. Litguit – a three-stringed bamboo violin of the Aeta people.
- Tuned gongs. Agung – large gong suspended from an ornate frame.
- Membranophones. Agung a tamlang – bamboo (slit drum)
- Idiophones.
What is the meaning of low land?
What are high lands called?
Highlands or uplands are any mountainous region or elevated mountainous plateau. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically up to 500–600 m (1,600–2,000 ft). Highland (or highlands) is usually reserved for ranges of low mountains.