Kudyapi Master Samaon Sulaiman

The GaMaBa Awardee's performance-workshop at Conspiracy, November 2009.

Category:

Music

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• Samaon
• Sulaiman
• Conspiracy
• Kudyapi
• Kutyapi
• Hegalong
• Philippine Music
• GAMABA
• Philippines
• Pinoy
• Live Music
• Indigenous Music
• Manila

[taekaboybaho2]

WE NEED TO ADVERTISE OUR TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS, KEEP IT ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[createallow3126]

@kutiyapi I'm glad you chimed in. That was a quick copy and paste from Wikipedia. Thanks for deepening my knowledge. Very cool instrument. Completely new to me. :)

[kutiyapi]

@ThtOnePinoy I studied all the historical colonial sources on the eventual existence of a boat lute on Luzon. However, although the name kudyapi is well known is many areas of Luzon, it seems to refer almost EXCLUSIVELY to small lutes with coconut resonators and 2 or 4 strings. In Diego Bergaño's "Vocabulario de la lengua Pampangan en romance" from 1860, the "cudiapi" is defined as the "harp of the Indios", which does seem to refer to a boat lute as well...

[kutiyapi]

@ready2gosyd There is no CD available which is exclusively dedicated to Samaon Sulaiman. There is a CD by The Mindanao Kulintang Ensemble which also features two kutiyapi pieces.

[kutiyapi]

@createallow3126 It's a bit simplfied what you are writing here. There are many variations in construction, size, designs, scales used etc., depending on the different tribes where the instruments are used, and kudyapi is also only one name... Variations among different tribes are kutiyapi, katiyapi, kutapi, piyapi as well as kuglung, kudlung, kudiyung, hagelung, feglung, peglung, fegereng etc...

[createallow3126]

The kudyapi, is a Philippine two-stringed, fretted boat-lute. It is the only stringed instrument among the Maguindanao people, and one of several among other groups such as the Maranao and Manobo. 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.

[ThtOnePinoy]

@kutiyapi Do you know of a similar instrument that exists in the Luzon area? We Kapampangans have the same swords as the Kampilan, known to us as the "Talibong", so it would surprise me if we didn't share the same instruments either.

[abujeihan]

sana makaproduce nman ung mga moro recording company..

[mansorbatabol]

Masha Allah.. Allaho Akbar.. Meron parin pala natirang mag kutyapi.. :)



[kutiyapi]

@ready2gosyd  No cd available, as far as I know, unfortunately... I have enough material for a cd, but not time, other priorities, at the moment... There are a good number of video clips on YouTube. Just make your own cd...