Kutiyapi

The kutiyapi, a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute, is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanaon. It is four to six feet long with nine frets made of hardened beeswax. The instrument is carved out of solid soft wood such as from the jackfruit tree. For the Maguindanaon, it is possible to arrange the beeswax frets into different patterns resulting in different scales for the instrument. Two of the most common are "binalig", a style in imitation of the kulintang, and "dinaladay", a style used for teaching.

Traditionally, the Maguindanaon use the instrument for social events such as birthdays and weddings and also for more private affairs between couples. With the advent of globalization, the importance of the kutiyapi has waned as artists have taken up the guitar instead, as it is louder. [cite web | last = Mercurio | first = Philip Dominguez | year = 2006 | url = http://www.pnoyandthecity.blogspot.com | title = Traditional Music of the Southern Philippines | work = PnoyAndTheCity: A center for Kulintang - A home for Pasikings | accessdate = 2006-06-07]

Also called: Kutyapi, Kutiapi (Maguindanaon), Kotyapi (Maranao), Kotapi (Subanon), Fegereng (Tiruray), Faglong, Fuglung (B’laan), [cite web | last = de Leon, Jr. | first = Felipe M | year = 2006 | url = http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/cultprofile/gamaba/sulaiman.php | title = Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan - 1993 Awardee - SAMAON SULAIMAN and the Kutyapi Artist | work = National Commission For Culture and the Arts. 2002. | accessdate = 2006-06-12] Kudyapi (Bukidnon and Tagbanua), Hegelong (T’boli) and Kuglong, Kadlong, Kudlong or Kudlung (Manobo, Mansaka, Mandaya, Bagabo and Central Mindanao), [cite web | last = Hila | first = Antonio C | year = 2006 | url = http://www.filipinoheritage.com/arts/phil-music/pre-colonial-indigenous-music.htm | title = Indigenous Music - Tuklas Sining: Essays on the Philippine Arts | work = Filipino Heritage.com | publisher = Tatak Pilipino | accessdate = 2006-06-12] [cite web | last = Canave-Dioquino | first = Corazon | year = 2006 | url = http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/comarticles.php?artcl_Id=155 | title = Philippine Music Instruments | work = National Commission For Culture And The Arts | accessdate = 2006-06-12] [cite web | last = de Jager | first = Fekke | year = 2006 | url = http://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Kudyapi.htm | title = Kudyapi | work = Music instruments from the Philippines | accessdate = 2006-06-12] Kusyapi (Palawan) [cite web | last = de Leon, Jr. | first = Felipe M | year = 2006 | url = http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/cultprofile/gamaba/intaray.php | title = Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan - 1993 Awardee - MASINO INTARAY and the Basal and Kulilal Ensemble | work = National Commission For Culture and the Arts. 2002. | accessdate = 2006-06-12]

References

ee also

*Lute
*String instrument
*List of string instruments

External links

Informational websites and online textbooks

Pictures of other kutiyapi derivatives

* [http://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/Kudyapi.htm Photograph of a Kudyapi] - Close-up pictures of a Maranao Kudyapi - by Fekke de Jagar.
* [http://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/KudlungBg.htm Photograph of a Kudlung] - Close-up pictures of a Bagobo Kudlung- by Fekke de Jagar.
* [http://www.kipas.nl/Instruments/KudlungBl.htm Photograph of a Kudlung] - Close-up pictures of a B'laan Kudlung- by Fekke de Jagar.

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