balingbing
Also: pahinghing paginggeng bungkaka ubbeng pakkung avakkao pewpew pautaw batiwtiw
Instrument Information
Origins
Continent: Asia
Region: Southeast Asia
Nation: Philippines
Formation: Kalinga (or Kalingga)
Classification (Sachs-Von Hornbostel revised by MIMO)
111.231 idiophone--individual percussion tube struck either with a non-sonorous object (hand, stick, striker) or against a non-sonorous object (human body, the ground)Design and Playing Features
Category: idiophone
Energy input motion by performer: hammering
Basic form of sonorous object/s for idiophone: tube - closed at one end
Sound objects per instrument: one
Resonator design: sonorous object itself is a general resonating space
Number of players: one
Sounding principle: flexing - indirect
Sound exciting agent: collision with non-sonorous object
Energy input motion by performer: hammering
Pitch of sound produced: relative pitch
Sound modification: changing acoustical shape of resonator with fingerhole/s
Dimensions
18 in. length c. 1 in. diameter 9.4 in. length of tongues
Primary Materials
Entry Author
Roger Vetter