Elementary Module

ING BANGKERU REHEARSAL PLAN

LOREAL ANGELIQUE M. VINCULADO

Grade Level: Elementary

Area: Music

Volume 2

Background

Description: Kapampangan Folk Song

Arranger: Genaro Cesar Edilo Jr., November 2015

BACKGROUND

Lyrics

ING BANGKERU

Iniang bayu pamu ing Menilang ciudad

Tingca na’t lelangan ning maki-pacultad

Ating escuelahang carelang telacad

Pipagaralan da ding biasa at pantas.

Ding escuelang deti atlu la capindaum

Itang Sto. Tomas at San Juan de Letran

Sta. Teresita Colegio ya naman

Pitatanacan dang isip ding magaral.

Capupus ning banua, misara ing clasi

Masipanuli no sablang estudiante

Caring sibabalen at tagle ra reti

Ing sablang cabiasnan, dangalan at puri.

Metung ya careti ing minting dalakit

Malapad nang pangpang ning ilug

Calumpit Minaus yang bangca caya midalakit

Ngana mamayad cu caras casumangid.

Sinake ne keta itang estudiante

Linucluc maratun ketang taburete

Lidlad neng paying na at saca maniabi

Ustan mu bangkeru ing anticanini.

Iniang mamagse ne libutad ning ilug

Nganing estudiante ustan mu bangkeru

Ding Angeles banua pilan latang

Coruz Ding Santos at Santas pilan nomang tapue.

Mipamulala ya ing bangkerung anac

Kotang estudiante ngana ping mekibat

Pagdamutan yupu ining ipakibat

Uling yang caguiwab na nining pobreng balat.

Anti king acu pu ecu ibat banua

Ecopu binilang Coruz nung pilan la Ila pang balu cu ding Santos at Santa

Metung cung calulung meragul king lauta.

Nung ining icutang yu cacu usisan

Ing sumanga’t mulin ning bangcang secayan

Saca ining bagse ampon ining arcan

Ila pung balu cu ilang keragulan.

King bistat mababa ining pegaralan

Suguing Pilosupu acu namong cutang

Manibatan keti ang aking sadsaran

Ing pamamagse cu pilan cawaswasa?

Balubuc ning danum pangalto ning bula

King panga-tumpuc na pilan libu caya

Canacu mu igcas ban cung ausisa

Anti king Pantas ca biasa ampon sita.

Micamacama ya itang estudiante

Cuang ning bangkeru emecapaniabi

Dinalan king lub na saca ya sinisi

Nung bar acutnan ne ing bangkerung iti.

Ini mu palapung asuas ning bagse cu

Alimu asabi cacu asuertu

Ding Angeles banua ilapang balu mu

Eca naman ibat banuang anti cu.

Tantuan daca ngeni

Pilosupung mambang

Tandanan mu iti emu cacalinguan

Nung me cayabe king clasi magaral

King matas a argue me cucutnanan.

Iniapin pu ngeni culdas nacong bigla

Ding kecong panupa paburen yunopa

King pasisibayu ing alinaco pa

Maniabing palaku king matas a bina.

Lon ye y Luzufer canitang minuna

Sulu yang meyakit king tronos banua

Ing cayang depatan ing migpalalu ya

Ewari menacabag king Impiernong lasa.

Icong makiramdam tutulad ecosa

Ketang estudiante a palalung bina

Megaral yang ditac at miras Menila

Cabalic na niti, tane mangasti.

“Ing Bangkeru” is a Kapampangan song that narrates the life of a student from the countryside who chose to study in Manila. “Ing Bangkeru” mentioned the following schools: Sto. Tomas, San Juan de Letran, and Sta. Teresita Colegio, which were known schools during that time. When the school year ends, the student goes back to the province. Going back to his hometown, the student must cross the Calumpit River by riding a boat. While on the boat, the student asks the boatman about the choirs of angels and saints in the mountain. The boatman answered that he doesn’t know a thing about angels and saints because he is but a simple man. He only knows how to row a boat and the distance of his boat travel. Then the boatman asks the student about the meaning of the bubbles that appeared in the splash of water. To the student’s surprise, he doesn’t know the answer.

“Ing Bangkeru” gives a lesson about education. While the boatman only knows about basic things in life unlike the learned student who goes to school in Manila, one should not brag about The boatman compared knowledge to Lucifer’s case, who became tempted to the light of the throne which caused him to be thrown into hell. The boatman reminds us that we should be humble instead of being arrogant like the student who studies in Manila and mocks other people.

PERFORMANCE GUIDE

IV. PERFORMANCE GUIDE

A. Materials

Audio tracks – Scan QR code on the right
Sheet music – Ing Bangkeru arrangement by Genaro Cesar Edilo Jr.

B. Guide to the Piece

There is only one section to the arrangement (A). The arrangement is in the key of G major, and the time signature is 3/4. Angklung plays the melody throughout the piece, the marimba plays the 2-part counterpoint, guitar (rhythm), and bumbong (bass) play the accompaniment part.

The piece starts with an upbeat melody of the Angklung. The first eight measures after the upbeat measures make up the first half of the song, while the next eight measures make up the second half. The chordal accompaniment uses the basic chords in I, IV, and V.

After the first ending, which is in measure no. 17, the piece will repeat measure no. 2. From there, perform the piece until measure 16. This time, the ensemble will skip measure 17 and immediately go to measure 18, playing until the piece is completed.

REHEARSAL PLAN

V. REHEARSAL PLAN

Time (2 Hours Session)	Material	Instrument	Measure	Objective	Activity	Assessment
5 minutes	Warm-ups; Scales (in Staccato and Legato) I, IV, and V chords.	All instruments angklung, gabbang, and marimba bumbong		Develop proper organization skills. Prepare the player for the rehearsal proper.	Pre-rehearsal activities: Prepare materials such as music sheets, mallets, and plectrum. Assign notes for angklung and bumbong players. Do some lip vibration for bumbong.	Check for proper seating positions, mallet technique (marimba), and blowing technique (bumbong). Check for tuning of the strings, playing position, and chord position.
		guitar			Tune the instrument for guitar (frequency of A=440 khz).
5 minutes	Ing Bangkeru video track guide	As a group		Identify the elements used in the piece.	View the video track guide of the piece.	Members assess their musical knowledge by identifying known elements from the piece and the track guide.
				Develop ear training.	Read and show analysis of the piece.	The teacher explains the piece.
10 minutes	Ing Bangkeru	guitar and bumbong	M. 1–23	Develop sight reading skills.	Clap the rhythmic patterns.	The teacher corrects how the players execute their parts.
				Play properly rhythmic patterns.	Play the parts individually. [Note: You might begin by playing the section slowly at first until the players become familiar with the notes.] Sing the notes.	Guitar players should be able to play the chord progression and strumming pattern accurately. Bumbong players should be able to produce a good resonant sound.
10 minutes		gabbang/ marimba		Play properly rhythmic patterns.		Marimba players should be able to execute the proper playing technique (tremolo, staccato, legato).
15 minutes		angklung				Individually, angklung players should execute fine tremolo in their instruments.
						As a team, they should be able to produce flowing sound as they play the melody of the sound.

Time (2 Hours Session)

Material

Instrument

Measure

Objective

Activity

Assessment

minutes

BREAK

20–30

minutes

ALL

Entire piece

Show attentiveness to the conductor.

Play the entire piece while

observing the appropriate tempo, rhythm, and dynamics.

Ensemble playing

The teacher should make sure that there is balance as the ensemble plays by being able to hear the other instruments.

The teacher should provide immediate correction, if necessary.

minutes

ALL

Practice self and group evaluation

Post-rehearsal evaluation.

The teacher should provide feedback and suggestions about the group’s performance.

Members can also evaluate and assess their performance by reviewing if they played their parts correctly,

in coordination and balance with the other instrumental parts of the piece.

END NOTES

No notes.

REFERENCES

Reference

Misajon, Marie Melanie J. ed. Philippine Literature 2009: Regions, Cultures
and Histories. Manila: Seguiban Printing and Publishing Enterprise, Inc., 2009.