Grade 8 (Mod1) Music of Southeast Asia

What is the popular form of music in Indonesia?

• Pinpeat Orchestra

• Piphat Ensemble

• Gamelan Orchestra

• Hsaing Waing

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

What is the time signature of Indonesian folksong “Si Patokaan”

• 3/4

• 4/4

• 2/4

• 6/8

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

• Piphat

• Mahori

• Khrueang Sai

• Gamelan

Southeast Asian music is always part of their court dances, masked plays, shadow plays, and religious ceremonies.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Piphat is a Cambodian musical ensemble or an orchestra that usually accompanies ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples.

• TRUE

• FALSE

It is in the form of long historical narratives, courting and love songs, devotional praise melodies, and children’s song. It is used together with the gamelan purpose.

• Vocal music

• Instrumental music

• Electronic music

• Ensemble

It is the regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.

It is when a note is emphasized by holding it longer or being higher than nearby notes.

• Tempo

• Syncopation

• Accent

• Meter

It pertains to the loudness or softness in music.

• Pitch

• Dynamics

• Tone

• Rhythm