Music of Southeast Asia

One of the most beautiful countries in Southeast Asia also known as Kampuchea

• Indonesia

• Myanmar

• Cambodia

• Thailand

1. The most popular form of music in Indonesia

• Gamelan

• Saing Waing

• Pinpeat

• Piphat

Piphat: Thailand, _______:Cambodia

• Swing Waing

• Pinpeat

• Gamelan

• Mahori

A kind of gamelan used for sacred music.

• Javanese

• Irama

• Balinese

• Karawitan

A female soloist singer who sings with the gamelan.

• Pesindhen

• erong

• Dalang

• Irama

Gamelan orchestra is the most popular form of music in Indonesia. What would be the result when the musicians step over the instruments?

• possess with power

• shows disrespect

• to have supernatural powers

• none of the above

Analyze the musical scale used in Asia. If Octave is eight-tone scale and Slendro is five-tone scale, how many scales are used in Pelog?

• four-tone

• seven-tone

• eight-tone

• none of the above

Thailand folk music consists of simple songs with simple melodic lines. What is the main focus in singing of Thai songs?

• style in singing

• articulation of the text

• five-tone scale

• extensively singing

Thailand folk music consists of simple songs with simple melodic line. Can you give a reason why Thai singing was focused in the articulation of the text rather than the style or singing technique?

• easy to define the melodic line

• gives the singer to interpret the meaning of songs easily

• it gives opportunity to improvise the song text to suit the given occasions

• all of the above

This ensemble has different types but the highly ornate one is traditionally associated with funerals and cremation ceremonies.

• Piphat

• Mahori

• Khrueang Sai

• Gamelan