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Updated: May 11, 2025
Its rhythm is perfect, but though there is an appreciation of harmony as is seen in the recognition of, we may say, the "tenor" and "bass" tones of co-ong'-an and ka'-los, respectively, yet in the actual music the harmony is lost sight of by the American.
Its beats are 1, 2, 3, 4; 1, 2, 3, 4; 1, 2, 3, 4; 1, 2, 3, 4; etc. The co-ong'-an is usually beaten with both accent and rest. It is generally as follows: 1, 2, 3', 4; 1, 2, 3', 4; 1, 2, 3', 4; 1, 2, 3', 4; etc. Sometimes, however, only the first count and again the first and second counts are struck on the individual co-ong'-an, but there is no accent unless the third is struck.
I measured several gang'-sa in Bontoc and Samoki, and find the co-ong'-an about 5 millimeters thick, 52 to 55 millimeters deep, and from 330 to 360 millimeters in diameter; the ka'-los is only about 2 to 3 millimeters thick. The Igorot distinguishes between the two very quickly, and prizes the co-ong'-an at about twice the value of the ka'-los.
In the Bontoc area there are two classes of gang'-sa; one is called ka'-los, and the other co-ong'-an. The co-ong'-an is frequently larger than the other, seems to be always of thicker metal, and has a more bell-like and usually higher-pitched tone.
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