1. Exploring Music
Introduction 3
by Prof. Lydia Ayers

2. Tongatong from the Philippines
Idiophones
among the oldest instruments
Self-sounding
idio = self
phone = sound
<1:15> Tongatong from the Philippines
Stamping tubes
Bamboo tube held in one hand, closed end at the bottom, is struck against the ground or a hard surface.
Palm of other hand partly opens and closes the end, changing the timbre.
wooden frog
(Thailand)
seke seke
(Ivory Coast)
Tongatong from the Philippines

3. Boom Boom Tubes Can make from: Playing them:
cardboard tubes
PVC pipes
water bottles
Playing them:
Strike them against a table or your hand
Can also tightly close one end
Clap your hands near the open end
Strike the open end with your hand or a hard object

4. Stamping Tubes
Similar to Boom Boom tubes with closed end, and usually longer
Can make from:
cardboard tubes
PVC pipes
Stamp the closed end against the floor

5. <7:5> Sanza, Mbira “thumb piano” nine to thirteen keys
player can modify the sound by stopping and opening the sound hole
extremely fast playing with singing
sanza

6. Sanza, Mbira Can make body from: Can make keys from: wooden boxes
cardboard boxes
paper plates
Can make keys from:
leaf rake tines
flattened steel
huge bobby pins
bicycle spokes
bamboo splints
popsicle sticks

7. <7:7> Balofon
wooden slabs
gourd resonators
balofon

8. T’rung A wooden percussion instrument with xylophone-like sound.
Comes from the Tay Nguyen region of Vietnam
<5:09> Sao phong tieu (flute), t’rung, and angklung (bamboo tubes)
No finger holes
Performer produces melody by covering of the end of the flute and overblowing harmonics

9. Woodstock Gamelan
Can tune aluminum tubes
Can mount on cardboard frame