Musical Instruments of East Asia

According to the Hornbostel-Sachs system of instrument classification, to what family does the Yuequin belong?

• Idiophone

• Membranophone

• Aerophone

• Chordophone

How does chordophone produce a sound?

• primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane

• vibrates to produce a sound when struck, shaken, or scraped

• primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate

• by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points

Which of the following musical instruments is classified as membranophone?

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According to the Hornbostel-Sachs system of instrument classification, to what family does the Sho belong?

• Idiophone

• Membranophone

• Aerophone

• Chordophone

Percussion musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a handheld or pedal-operated stick or beater.

• True

• False

The following are musical instruments classified as chordophone except ___.

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A classification of musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate.

• Chordophone

• Aerophone

• Idiophone

• Membranophone

It is a 12-stringed Korean zither; often compared to the Japanese koto usually played with bare hands.

• Daegum

• Shamisen

• Kayagum

• Biwa

Which of the following statement about the Changgo is correct?

• It is a single headed drum whose tone is altered by squeezing its laces

• It is a Japanese drum that has become the central instrument of percussion ensemble

• A large hanging barrel drum

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

Which Japanese instrument is the counterpart of the Kayageum?

• Koto

• Geomungo

• Shamisen

• Zheng