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The kagul is a type of
Photograph of a Bantula
– Close-up pictures of a bantula - by Hans Brandeis.
Photograph of a Tagungtung
- A tagungtung used as accompaniment - by Hans Brandeis.
Photograph of a Tagungtung
- A tagungtung being played - by Hans Brandeis.
– Close-up pictures of a tagutok - by Fekke de Jagar. {{Tube percussion idiophones Culture of Maguindanao del Norte Culture of Maguindanao del Sur Culture of Bukidnon Scraped idiophones Slit drums Philippine folk instruments Philippine musical instruments
The kagul is a type of Philippine
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bamboo scraper gong/slit drum
A slit drum, or slit gong, is a hollow percussion instrument, often made out of wood or bamboo. In spite of its often being called a drum, it is not a true drum, because it lacks a ''drumhead'', the membrane (made out of animal skin or plastic) ...
of the Maguindanaon and Visayans with a jagged edge on one side, played with two beaters, one scraping the jagged edge and the other one making a beat. The Maguindanaon and the Banuwaen use it in the rice paddies to guard against voracious birds, using the sound it produces to scare them away. The Maguindanaon and the Bukidnon
Bukidnon (), officially the Province of Bukidnon (; ; ; Bukid language, Binukid and Higaonon language, Higaonon: ''Probinsya ta Bukidnon''), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindan ...
also used to use it for simple dance rhythms during social occasions. The rhythms were usually simplistic in nature, consisting of one rhythmic pattern sometimes combined with another. Use of the kagul in the former way is no longer practiced.
Also called tagutok ( Maranao), bantula or tagungtung (Bukidnon
Bukidnon (), officially the Province of Bukidnon (; ; ; Bukid language, Binukid and Higaonon language, Higaonon: ''Probinsya ta Bukidnon''), is a landlocked Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Northern Mindan ...
) and kuratung ( Banuwaen).
See also
* Slim (musical instrument)References
External links
*Informational websites and online textbooks
Pictures of kagul and its other derivatives
Photograph of a Bantula
– Close-up pictures of a bantula - by Hans Brandeis.
Photograph of a Tagungtung
- A tagungtung used as accompaniment - by Hans Brandeis.
Photograph of a Tagungtung
- A tagungtung being played - by Hans Brandeis.
– Close-up pictures of a tagutok - by Fekke de Jagar. {{Tube percussion idiophones Culture of Maguindanao del Norte Culture of Maguindanao del Sur Culture of Bukidnon Scraped idiophones Slit drums Philippine folk instruments Philippine musical instruments