Indigenous Music - Philippine Culture

As a whole, the ethnic songs serve as a vehicle for the expression not only of these peoples' thoughts,
dreams, recollections and desires, but also of matters that otherwise may not be acceptable in speech or
ordinary
conversation. The response, if there is to be one, must also be rendered in song because traditional
methods of communication depend not only on speech and memory but also on song.
Nature has played a great role in shaping up the music technology and aesthetics of the various ethnic
musical traditions. Ethnic musical instruments are primarily objects of nature as they consist mainly of
bamboo,
wood, shell, animal skin and metal; just as many of the melodies and rhythms of tribal chants
imitate some aspects of nature's sounds and movements.
Ref.: http://www.koleksyon.com/filipinoheritage/phil-m
usic/pre-colonial-indigenous-music.asp