Table of Contents
- 1 What is classification of kalaleng?
- 2 Why kalaleng in Cordillera is called as the nose flute?
- 3 What are examples of chordophones?
- 4 What is the description of Beberek?
- 5 What sound does a Nguru make?
- 6 What does Pukaea sound like?
- 7 What kind of bamboo is a kalaleng made of?
- 8 What kind of flute is a kaleleng?
What is classification of kalaleng?
Classification. Aerophone, vertical flute, nose flute. Description. Long bamboo tubes, closed at one end by the node in which the blowing hole is burnt. The flute has three finger holes.
Why kalaleng in Cordillera is called as the nose flute?
Kalaleng or Tongali (nose flute) Because the kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal diameter, it is possible to play different harmonics through overblowing—even with the rather weak airflow from one nostril. Thus, this nose flute can play notes in a range of two and a half octaves.
What is Tongali made?
The first instrument that caught my fancy was tongali, a flute that is played by streaming air through it by the nose. Made of bamboo, this end-blown flute produces shrill notes.
What is the Nguru used for?
The Nguru. As will be seen by the illustrations, the nguru differs from the koauau in being shorter and having one end curved. It was used as a nose flute and blown from the hole in the small curved end.
What are examples of chordophones?
Some string instruments are mainly plucked, such as the harp and the electric bass. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, string instruments are called chordophones. Other examples include the sitar, rebab, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and bouzouki.
What is the description of Beberek?
Beberek is a banded nose flute. It is also known as Suling. This instrument is made from bamboo with a thin surface. The head of this instrument is circled with a rattan band to produce air vibration.
What is place origin of Tongali?
The tongali is a four holed nose flute (one hole in the back) from northern Philippines and played by the Kalinga and other peoples of Luzon.
How does Tongali produce sound?
This is played by plucking the strings or use a rounded stick made of wood to strike the strings to produce sounds. Figure 5. Tongali(mouth flute) Description: It is a solo instrument made of bamboo and has an average length of 60cm.
What sound does a Nguru make?
It has an up-turned snout end, into which the player exhales through one nostril, and two perforated holes, or ‘note-stops’ (wenewene), along the length of the stem, which produce melodious, low-sobbing notes that invoke the voice of Hineraukatauri, the female ancestral spirit of Māori music.
What does Pukaea sound like?
Sound and Usage Pūkāea are most commonly played with the embouchure technique similar to that of western brass and trumpet instruments. This produces a loud dramatic trumpet-like sound known as kōkiri that can be heard over long distances.
What kind of instrument is a kalaleng made of?
Kalaleng a nose flute made from bamboo from the Philippines. Usually around two feet in length a kalaleng has holes cut in the side, to be stopped by the fingers producing the notes. The player closes one nostril with a bit of cotton, then forces the air from the other into a small hold cut in the end of the tube.
Where can you find a kalaleng in the Philippines?
The player closes one nostril with a bit of cotton, then forces the air from the other into a small hole cut in the end of the tube. This instrument is found mostly in the northern Philippines and is popular with all the native mountain population of the area. It is a usually decorated with etched patterns.
What kind of bamboo is a kalaleng made of?
A kalaleng is a nose flute made from bamboo from the Philippines. Usually around two feet in length a kalaleng has holes cut in the side, to be stopped by the fingers producing the notes. The player closes one nostril with a bit of cotton, then forces the air from the other into a small hole cut in the end of the tube.
What kind of flute is a kaleleng?
Kalèlèng Group: Bontoc Nose flutes The end of the tubes with the blowing hole burnt in the node. On the right: the Tongalifrom the Kalingga Photographs copyright: F. de Jager Nose flute, ethnic group unknown, probably Bontoc, viewed from both sides Classification Aerophone, vertical flute, nose flute Description