Tumpong

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Philippine bamboo flute of the Maguindanaon
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The tumpong (also inci among the

lip-valley flute like the palendag, the tumpong makes a sound when players blow through a bamboo reed placed on top of the instrument and the air stream produced is passed over an airhole atop the instrument. This masculine instrument is usually played during family gatherings in the evening and is the most common flute played by the Maguindanaon.[1]

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    Philippines bamboo flute
  • Philippines bamboo flute
    Philippines bamboo flute
  • Philippines bamboo flute
    Philippines bamboo flute

References

  1. ^ Mercurio, Philip Dominguez (2006). "Traditional Music of the Southern Philippines". PnoyAndTheCity: A center for Kulintang - A home for Pasikings. Retrieved June 12, 2006.