Music of the Visayas

Direction: Write True if the statement is correct. If not, change the word inside the parenthese to make it correct.

1. Visayan folk songs are written in (complex) melodies.

2. The (balitaw) is a song-and dance debate which talks about love and marriage.

3. Ili-ili Tulog Anay is an example of a (balitaw) that is popular in the Visayas region.

4. The (Rondalla) is an indigenous term for bamboo drum.

5. The (laud) plays the melody in the rondalla.

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