{
  "name": "Philippine Music",
  "description": "Music of the Philippines.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/philippine-music/",
  "parent": "Southeast Asian Music",
  "level": "sub-3",
  "children_count": 8,
  "children": [
    {
      "name": "Balitaw",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/balitaw/",
      "description": "Folk originating in the Visayas islands of the Philippines; dialogue or debate in which a man and a woman compete at improvising romantic verses.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Harana",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/harana/",
      "description": "Hispanic-influenced lyrical courtship music traditionally sung by men, accompanied by guitar based on the danza rhythm.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Igorot Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/igorot-music/",
      "description": "Traditions of the Igorot people of the Cordillera region in the northern Philippines, known for their gong ensembles.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ilocano Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/ilocano-music/",
      "description": "Music by the Ilocano people, an ethnic group residing in the northwestern tip of Luzon.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kundiman",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/kundiman/",
      "description": "Traditional Filipino love songs usually sung in Tagalog.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "OPM",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/opm/",
      "description": "Filipino ballads prominent in the 1970s to early 1980s, combining the sentimentality, lush arrangements and vocal techniques of Kundiman with the instrumentations and rhythms of Manila Sound and Soft Rock.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Philippine Rondalla",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/philippine-rondalla/",
      "description": "Ensemble of plucked string instruments typically performed for traditional Filipino folk dances; known for its distinct sparkling and tinkling tremolo sound.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pinoy Folk Rock",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/pinoy-folk-rock/",
      "description": "Typically sung in Tagalog and pioneered in the 1970s, incorporating elements of indigenous music such as Kulintang gong music and the kubing bamboo jaw harp.",
      "level": "sub-4",
      "parent": "Philippine Music"
    }
  ]
}