Philippine Traditional Songs Q&A
Just here for a quick Q & A
Am currently training for pro-theater(after two months of training and an audition~), and one of our assignments this week is to bring an mp3 of a Philippine traditional song which can be compared to a Korean “민요” (min-yo). And am lost.
Am kinda having a hard time identifying which of which are traditional Philippine songs, which can be of the ‘arirang’ song status here in Korea.
Kundiman? Philippine folk songs like Ka Freddie’s ‘Anak’? Paru-parong Bukid (which I think is a childrens song, nursery rhyme sort of)…. what???
Our music director gave us this assignment so he could have an idea what traditional Filipino songs are like so he can incorporate it in the upcoming play’s musical score. (FYI, there are 4 of us from different countries training for the said pro-theatrical troupe, and 10 of the actors with us are all professional Korean theatrical actors, and we’re supposed to perform on stage by the end of July~)
But am not sure which is which. A google search brought me to this wikipilipinas page and to this wikipedia page and now am officially lost.
Any thoughts??? (please?)


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March 29th, 2009
Hi ate! This is my first time here in your blog. Anyway, When I think of traditional songs, I would usually associate with Filipino Folk Songs. Plus, our choir master said so. However, we have a lot of those from North to South so it’s really hard to choose something that would represent our music as a whole. But here are some of the folk songs that most choir use in choral competitions:
1. Ili-ili tulog anay [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdkuVWEqx3Q&feature=related]
2. Dandansoy [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqV1vhrLrM8]
3. Pamulinawen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R-auarRgII&feature=related]
Hope you’ll find a good one, ate. Choral groups like Philippine Madrigal Singers, UST Singers, Ateneo Chambers and UE Chorale usually sing these kind of songs.
March 29th, 2009
hi jaz, congrats for another milestone.
hi eden - ili-ili tulog anay is an ilonggo lullaby:-) i also heard my lolas sing dandansoy when i was young in iloilo.
March 29th, 2009
hi ate.please check this site
http://www.bohol.ph/newbeads/pfs/index.php
March 30th, 2009
“sa ugoy ng duyan” is not a folk song pala… okay… ang hirap ipagreseach si ate,kkk…
April 3rd, 2009
hi gals~!!!
thanks for the tips! sadly (gladly?! hehe) our music director had a change of heart, so hindi pa namin kakailanganin. but will keep this in mind kasi i might need ‘em anytime soon~
again~ thanks!!!
May 29th, 2009
kundiman songs are like arirang( song of pilita corales and other singers from 60s..heheh