Tagbanua musican from Palawan
So I finally fixed my computer and I can post some videos from our trip to Philippines last month.
He is playing an instrument made of wood neck and soda can.
Category: Audio, Music, Philippines 5 comments »
5 Responses to “Tagbanua musican from Palawan”
Leave a Reply
June 19th, 2007 at 11:15 am
nice smooth cool style– like west (palawan)coast jazz. earlier i think he was using a bow to play this. is it a gitgit or kudyapi? does anyone know what song this is?
July 16th, 2007 at 6:33 am
What a rich sound from this ingenious instrument!
Jason
July 16th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
hoy jason! yeah, he really made it sing. i like this instrument, too.
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Wow – that’s hot! Since I know next to nothing about Filipino music traditions, I was surprised to hear how “Western” / steel guitar it sounded to my unexpecting ears (at first I thought he was playing a blues song). Awesome.
The rig reminds me of a kid I saw in Salvador, Brazil, who was ripping on a home-made berimbau made out of a twig, wire, and – for the resonator – a litre-sized plastic coke bottle with the bottom cut-off.
July 24th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
hey greg! wish i could hear a soundclip of the improvised berimbau. what was the kid playing? wonder if anyone has written a concerto for coke bottle and six-packs.