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Traditional Philippine musical instruments

Philippine traditional musical instruments are commonly grouped into four categories: aerophones, chordophones, membranophones, and idiophones.

Aerophones
Bulungudyong – vertical flute (Pinatubo Ayta) • DiwasPalendag – lip-valley flute (Kalinga) • Tongali – nose flute (Kalinga) • Tumpong – bamboo flute • Tulali – flute with 6 holes • Bansik – bamboo flute with three holes of the Negrito people in ZambalesTambuli – Carabao horn ==Chordophones==
Chordophones
Litguit – a three-stringed bamboo violin of the Aeta people • Butting – a bow with a single hemp 5 string, plucked with a small stick • Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like instrument of the B'laan; made in 1997 • Budlong – bamboo zither • Kolitong – a bamboo zither • Pas-ing – a two-stringed bamboo with a hole in the middle from Apayao people • Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao ==Membranophones==
Membranophones
Dabakan – goblet drum (Maranao) • Gandang – double-headed barrel drum (Maranao) • Libbit – conical drum (Ifugao) • Sulibao – conical drum (Ibaloi) • Gambal – war drums ==Idiophones==
Idiophones
Agung a tamlang – bamboo (slit drum) • Agung – large gong suspended from an ornate frame • Bungkaka – bamboo buzzer • Gandingan – set of four large hanging knobbed gongs • Kagul – scraper • Kulintang – set of eight tuned gongs placed horizontally in an ornate frame, tuned pentatonic scale|pentatonically. • Gabbang – bamboo xylophone (Yakan, Batak, B'laan, Sama-Bajau, Tausūg) • Luntang – wooden beams hanging from a frame (Maguindanaon) • Kulintang a tiniok – set of eight, tuned knobbed metal plates strung on a wooden frame (Maguindanaon) • Babandil – small gong • Saronay – eight tuned knobbed metal plates strung over a wooden frame (Maranao) • Tongatong – stamping tubes of the Kalinga people ==References==
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