A kalaleng is a nose flute made from bamboo from the Philippines. Usually around two feet in length a kalaleng has holes cut in the side, to be stopped by the fingers producing the notes. The player closes one nostril with a bit of cotton, then forces the air from the other into a small hole cut in the end of the tube.

In the Philippines, the nose flute (pitung ilong in Tagalog), or the kalaleng of the northern Bontok people (tongali among the Kalinga people), is played with the extreme forward edge of the right or left nostril.

The kalaleng or the tongali is one of the most recognizable icons of indigenous musical traditions in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines...

Music is an integral part of Filipino life; it is used in courtship, as entertainment, and in every sort of life ritual and religious ceremony. The Bontok kalaleng, or nose flute, is made of a smallish variety of bamboo called anes.

Long bamboo tubes, closed at one end by the node in which the blowing hole is burnt. The flute has three finger holes. The blowing hole is placed under an angle against the nose and the player gently blows into the tube.

Mar 21, 2016 · nose flute of the Northern Philippines

A kalaleng is a nose flute made from bamboo from the Philippines. Usually around two feet in length a kalaleng has holes cut in the side, to be stopped by the fingers producing the notes. The player closes one nostril with a bit of cotton, then forces the air from the other into a small hole cut in the end of the tube.

Oct 3, 2016 · Kalaleng or Tongali (nose flute) Because the kalaleng is long and has a narrow internal diameter, it is possible to play different harmonics through overblowing—even with the rather weak airflow from one nostril. Thus, this nose flute can play notes in …

Aug 14, 2022 · A kalaleng is a bamboo nose flute from the Philippines. A kalaleng is normally around two feet long, with holes cut on the side to be stopped by the fingertips that make the sounds. The player covers one nostril with cotton and blows through a small hole cut at the end of the tube from the other.

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