Week 1 - South East Asian Music

Elements of music that refers to the highness and lowness of the sound is called ___________.

• timbre

• pitch

• dynamics

• tempo

What elements of music refers to quality or the tone of the sound?

• duratio

• texture

• timbre

• pitch

BRUNEI, INDONESIA and MALAYSIA have Hindu and Arabic influences while BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS AND THAILAND have ___________ influences.

• Chinese influences

• Hindu influences

• Western influences

Thailand is known for being the sole nation in Southeast Asia that has never been ruled by the Western power that is why they are called _______________ which means the Land of the free.

• Muang Thai

• Kampuchea

• Burma

• Siam

Its musical principles and elements are basically derived from Chinese music, while its musical instruments are inspired from the Indian and Indonesian strings and gong-chimes.

• Cambodia

• Thailand

• Myanmar

• Malaysia

Their songs have inherently poetic lyrics which allow a singer or performer to easily define the melodic lines to improvise song text to suit the given occasion.

• Cambodia

• Thailand

• Myanmar

• Malaysia

It is a mid-sized orchestra that is performed in either outdoor style with hard mallets or indoor style with padded mallets.

• Piphat

• Pinpeat

• Mahori

It is the most popular form of music in Indonesia such as metallophones, xylophones, kendang and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings.

• kulintang

• gamelan

• piphat

• pinpeat

It refers to the unison male chorus that sings with the Gamelan.

• Pesindhen

• Gerong

An Indonesian gamelan that is more suited for palaces and temples because of its low pitched arrangement.

• Balinese Gamelan

• Javanese Gamelan