E ast Asian Music

East Asian Music

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1How is Chinese music described?

a. It is gentle and lyrical

b. It is slow in tempo and is very peaceful.

c. Influences the harmony of universe.

d. It is slow and melancholy.

2Which of the following is one of China’s most popular instruments?

a. haegumb. erhuc. kotod. shamisen

3What meter is used in the Japanese song “Sakura”?

a. Quadrupleb. Triplec. Dupled. Compound

4Which of the following does not belong in the group?

a. tsuzumi

b. odaikoc. taiko

d. changgo

5Which Korean music

category is traditionally associated with the lower class?

a. tang-akb. chong-akc. sog-akd. a-ak

6

How is the “Arirang” song classified?

a. Welcome song

b. Love songc. Song for springd. Farewell song

7What melody is used in the folk song “Mo Li Hua”?

a. melodic

b. pentatonicc. diatonicd. harmonic

8 Which Japanese instrument is the counterpart of the kayageum?

a. kotob. geomungoc. shamisen

d. zheng

9Which Japanese

instrument is called the “dragon flute”?

a. shimobue

b. hichirikic. ryuleki

d. shakuhachi

10Which of the following statements about

the changgo is correct?

a. It is a single headed drum whose tone is altered by squeezing its isles.

b. It is a Japanese drum that has become the centralInstrument of percussion ensemble.

c. It is large hanging barrel drum

d. An hour glass-shaped double headed drum made from animal skin.

11 It is a korean folk song used as a symbol of Korea and Korean

culture.

a. Arirang

b. Changgo

c. Chong-ak

d. Gasaku

12It refers to the overall structure

or plan of piece of music.

a. Ensembles

b. Heterophonyc. Formd. Idiophone

13 It is a two stringed plucked instrument made of bamboo.

a. Kabuki

b. Clarion

c. Bawi

d. Haegum

14

What is the folk song of Japan?

a. Nokan

b. Min’yo

c. Arirang

d. Pansori

15

It is a large hanging barrel drum.

a. Tsuzumi

b. Tsuridaikoc. Taiko

d. Shinobue

16

It is a musical texture that consists of a single melodic

line.a. Monophonyb. Homophonyc. Heterophonyd. Pentatonic Scale

17It is a musical scale or

mode with five notes per octave.

a. Pentatonic

b. Diatonic

c. Timbred. Harmony

18It is a kind of music

presented to audiences by skilled vocal singers

and drummers.

a. Pansori

b. Odaiko

c. Pirid. Nokan

19It is a traditional Japanese folk song

depicting spring, the season of cherry blossom.

c. Sakura

a. Arirang

b. Pansori

d. Taiko

20It is Japanese transverse flute or fue that has a high-pitched

sound.

d. Shinobue

a. Tsuridaiko

b. Tsuzumic. Odaiko

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