Looking at the gong sets and ensembles of gangsa in the Cordilleres, we are reminded of Vietnam and Indonesia. Even the famous kulintang seems to reflect many traditions of Gamelan ancestors in Indonesia, China and Vietnam. The vocal traditions stand a little outside. Like in every country we find the most “indigenous” aspects in the pieces sung solo or with an instrument. Separations from north to south show two different styles: The northern style uses a special rhythmical pronunciation of vowels and expressive pauses. In the southern style we find melisma, tremoli and long melodic phrases reminding of the Islam singing style. Kulintang a tiniok – set of eight, tuned knobbed metal plates strung on a wooden frame ( Maguindanaon) The piccolo is often the highest instrument in any group. It plays so high; most piccolo players will wear earplugs to protect their ears from the force of the sound. Soprano Flute Range Today, nose whistles are often sold as children's novelties and are made of plastic, although enthusiasts use techniques to modify instruments for easier use by adults, as well as better sound. Using beeswax to extend the nose cup to accommodate an adult's larger maxilla is one such technique. [3] Acoustics [ edit ] Small musical instrument A rosewood nose whistle. The player puts one's nose on the upper hole. The air is directed towards the lower edge, where the open mouth makes the sound. Sound of nose whistle

Performers on the koauau were fond of playing in the evening, out of doors in summer time, after the evening meal. They would sometimes be seated on npuhara or elevated platform, and the people would gather on the marae or plaza to listen. If a person played late at night people would wake up and listen with pleasure. In some cases several players, possibly as many as four, would play the same tune together.Nicholas, who accompanied Marsden on his first visit to New Zealand, wrote:—"Their musical instruments are simple, but afford a variety of pleasing notes. They have a sort of flute about seven inches long, formed of reed or bone, having three holes on one side, and one on the other, and open at both ends." Again, he observes:—"I observed suspended at the breast of one of these people an instrument like a flute, made of bone, in the carving of which a considerable degree of ingenuity was displayed." This instrument, the writer ascertained, was made of human bone. The sound is similar to a regular plastic flute but is more versatile because you can make easily glissato and all these without the use of the hands. The above four make up the common members of the flute family, but these three are also there as a specialty one you’ll rarely see.

The following remarks by Colenso seem to show that the natives used a true whistle ( whio) though, so far as the writer is aware, no specimen has been preserved. Domingo Mercado Jr., who goes by the stage name Jojo, wrote and performed original music when he left high school, as part of a nine-piece band called Music and Imagination. Some of his friends have had a taste of fame, but he went in another direction. “I resigned from the band and took a job in Korea,” said Mr. Mercado, 45. “I gave up on my dream.” Mr. Mercado has performed across Asia as a singer and guitarist since 1994. He recently returned from a six-month job on a cruise ship. The largest item in the collection is a spectacular 11m-high totem pole carved from a single red cedar on Canada’s Haida Gwaii islands in 1882. At its summit, a frog-eating bear looks out across the half-light of the museum, still savage-toothed and wild-eyed nearly 135 years after being carved.

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Mr. White is also responsible for the following:—There was another kind of whio, an inferior kind, made by persons not expert enough to make the better sort. It was used by beginners, persons learning to play, although an expert player alone could make it sound well. This instrument was made from a piece of tutu (Coriaria ruscifolid) the pith of which was removed by means of using a piece of wood as a borer. The outside was then dressed smooth and holes bored as in the one made of matai. These whio made of tupakihi (tutu) were used by children. The following song is one that was much favoured by flute players:— Effectively, the nose whistle may produce an extense glissando, in a rather wide range of more than three octaves . [3] Examples [ edit ]