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4 lis 2020 · The document discusses the instruments that make up a Filipino rondalla musical ensemble. A rondalla features string instruments like the banduria, piccolo guitar, laud, octavina, mandola, mandolin, guitar, and bajo de uñas.
Learn about the 5 traditional Filipino musical instruments used in Rondalla ensembles, including the bandurria, laúd, octavina, guitarra, and bajo de uñas.
The rondalla instruments are the bandurria, the laud, the octavina, the guitar and the bass-guitar (bajo de uñas). Of these instruments, the bandurria is the mainstay of the group. It has the biggest number of players in the family of instruments.
The bajo de uñas (bass guitar) gives the lower tones. But today the upright bass is more commonly used than the bajo de uñas: it provides the fundamental tone and reinforces the rhythm. Most rondallas also include now a drum set as well as varied percussion instruments.
In a standard Filipino rondalla, one would typically find the instruments bandurria, laud, octavina, guitarra, and bajo de uñas, or double bass. These instruments possess similarities in structure and are played with a plectrum made out of turtle shell.
The rondalla is an ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick and generally known as plectrum instruments. It originated in Medieval Spain, especially in the ancient Crown of Aragon: Catalonia, [1] Aragon, Murcia, and Valencia. The tradition was later taken to Spanish America and the Philippines.
21 mar 2017 · An example of this is the Filipino rondalla, an ensemble of stringed instruments that are played using the plectrum or pick. All are made from locally available materials like tortoise shell and indigenous wood.