Sounding The First Horn

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Today, Katunog boasts 104 unique entries of instruments with a number of them having multiple sample sets, and a few thousand instances of downloads as of writing. With the already extensive collections of the UP Center for Ethnomusicology, a database of sounds of the instruments of the Philippines is more than welcome. This project is the fruit of the labors of people across the country, different in languages, residence and walks of life but united by their fervor to preserve, develop and impart the culture of the Philippines. Katunog, we hope, will be one of the many cultural and technological efforts to come.

Bamboo Musical Instrument Research and Innovation featured in Virtual Concert

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“Musika ng Kawayan, Yaman ng Bayan,” a virtual online concert held on November 27, 2020 featured performances from selected performing groups and instrument makers from the Philippines who make use of bamboo musical instruments highlighting the collaborative field research work done in the program “Bamboo Musical Instrument Innovation R&D” of the Department of Science and Technology Forest Products Research and Development Institute (DOST-FPRDI), the UP Diliman Electronics and Electrical Engineering Institute (UPD-EEEI), UP Center for Ethnomusicology (UPCE) and the Philippine Normal University (PNU).