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279:. The dabakan plays a major role in a type of playing known as Kasorondayong. In the Maranao version, which is in recognition of their prince hero, Prince Bantogen, two dbakan players face one another, standing behind their dabakans, striking them with two slender bamboo sticks while playing an interlocking rhythm.
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The dabakan is normally played while standing with the player holding two sticks made either out of rattan or bamboo but the player could be sitting or kneeling instead. The rattan strips are held parallel to the surface of the drumhead and are then pivoted between the thumb and forefinger using the
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Thanks to the exposure of many artists to western culture, new styles of playing have emerged among the newer generation of players. These include playing rhythmic patterns for the dabakan not on the surface of the drumhead but on the sides of the shell and even at the edges of the drum's mouth.
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Traditionally, the dabakan is considered a masculine instrument by the
Maranao and a feminine instrument by the Maguindanao but as a sign of the times, one could see both men and women handling the dabakan. In wooden kulintang ensembles, the takemba, a bamboo zither of the
326:. Dabakan is derived from the word, dbak meaning to "hit, strike, or beat," meaning that the dabakan is something upon which you hit. Scholars also suggest that another clue is that the dabakan may have been an adaptation and enlargement of a pan-Arabic
306:(spiritual leader) would hit the drum repeatedly announcing the beginning of prayer time throughout the outlying areas. As a sign of the times, the dabakan in Mindanao have now been replaced by more modern equipment such as a
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wrist to activate them to strike the drumhead's surface along the entire length of its diameter. The sounds produced are normally quick and muted and thanks to the flexibility of the strips, one could employ
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Normally, the dabakan is found having a length of more than two feet and a diameter of more than a foot about the widest part of the shell. The shell is carved from wood either out of the trunk of a
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Maranao Kolintang Music: An Analysis of the Instruments, Musical Organization, Ethmologies, and Historical Documents. Seattle, WA: University of Washington.
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skin, with the last considered by many dabakan practitioners as the best material to use. The drumhead is then fastened to the shell first via small metal wire and then using two hoops of
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These exhibition-style pieces are used to shift focus away from the melody instrument, the kulintang, and onto the other supportive instruments such as the dabakan.
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Maguindanaon Kulintang: Musical Innovation, Transformation and the Concept of Binalig. Ann Harbor, MI: University of Michigan, 2005.
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Kulintang Music: Instruments, Repertoire, Performance Contexts, and Social Functions ." Asian Music 27(1996): 3-18.
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The dabakan could be used in other types of playing other than the ensemble. The dabakan could be used as the accompaniment for the
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that is stretched over the shell is made out of either
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348:Maguindanao
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324:Middle East
246:Maguindanao
222:open stroke
146:Description
140:Maguindanao
110:Goblet Drum
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125:Philippine
758:Gandingan
748:Kulintang
277:boat-lute
214:dampening
207:Technique
69:Not tuned
836:Kutiyapi
821:Palendag
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740:ensemble
368:Minahasa
312:Sulawesi
273:kutiyapi
258:babendil
169:goatskin
165:drumhead
136:non-gong
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768:Dabakan
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300:Kendang
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96:sulibao
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332:dombak
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318:Origin
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185:lizard
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