Secular Musle: Kumintang and Polka Polka How did polka emerge in the Philippines? In the previous module, it was discussed that our music was greatly influenced by Spanish Colonization. Aside from Spain, other Western and European countries contributed to the evolution of music in the Philippines. This resulted to the introduction of polka musle and dance to our country by the early European immigrants and by Filipinos who had been to Europe. Polka became popular in the Philippine fusion of Polka, folk music and dances. Polka came from Bohemia (Czechoslovakia) and usually performed as a ballroom dance in social gatherings. What is the basic step of polka? Basic steps are performed in accordance with a duple meter or time signature, with a step-close-step pattern or with a combination of heal and toe pattern but dancers should know first the basic rhythmic patterns of polka 0 U Step Close Step Step-Close-Step Pattern
The Harana first gained popularity in the early part of the Spanish period. Its influence comes from folk Music of Spain and the mariachi sounds of Mexico. It is a traditional form of courtship music in which a man woos a woman by singing underneath her window at night.
