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agung a tamlang

The agung a tamlang is a type of Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo in imitation of the real agung. Pitch is determined by the length and depth of the slit. It is used as practice for the real agung: players either use either one agung a tamlang (hold it with one hand and using the other to strike it with a beater) or using two agung a tamlangs where the other agung is held with one’s feet.

agung a tamlang

This is a Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo used in imitation of the real gonged agung. This agung a tamlang is used specifically by Master Danongan Kalanduyan to teach his kulintang class at San Francisco State University.

Philip Dominguez Mercurio PhilipDM · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Agung a tamlang
Field
slit drum

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The agung a tamlang is a type of Philippine slit drum made of hollowed out bamboo in imitation of the real agung. Pitch is determined by the length and depth of the slit. It is used as practice for the real agung: players either use either one agung a tamlang (hold it with one hand and using the other to strike it with a beater) or using two agung a tamlangs where the other agung is held with one’s feet.

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