Tanggunggu

Group: Kalagan

Photograph copyright: F. de Jager

Classification

Gong chime: idiophones

Description

Set of eight small gongs made of iron, usually hanging on a rest of rope. The lower right gong is played as an ostinato while the melody is played on the other gongs, around the ostinato.

Local names

Set of eight gongs: Tanggunggu
Largest gong: Unsaranan (lit. mother)
The other gongs (rising in pitch): Bandilanan, Tubaganan, Litokanan
The highest gong: Tulus
The ostinato: Patawaganan
Beater: Tinkulai

The small Tanggunggu (Kalagan, Mount Tandawanan, SE Mindanao)
Photograph copyright: F. de Jager

Remarks

Ethnic groups: Kalagan, B'laan, Manuvu, Bagobo, a.o.
Location: South east Mindanao

There is also a set of five to fifteen large gongs, played in the same way, sometimes with two players, one player for the ostinato and one for the melody.

The large Tanggunggu, (Kaloagan,
Mount Tandawanan, SE Mindanao)
Photograph copyright: F. de Jager

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