East Asian Music Quiz

How is Chinese music described?

• It is highly ritualized.

• It is highly meditative.

• It is slow and peaceful.

• Traditionally sung in a thin, non-resonant voice or falsetto.

What Chinese note is equivalent to 're' in the western solfeggio?

• Gong

• Jiao

• Shang

• Yu

Based on the western musical scale, which tone is equivalent to zhi in Chinese five tonal scale?

• Do

• La

• Mi

• Sol

Which of the following is equivalent to the fifth note of Western musical scale?

• Do

• La

• Mi

• So

Mr. Cuyos is going to perform a piece of traditional Korean music called 'Pansori'. It means, Mr. Cuyos should ______________.

• sing one melody at a time with no underlying harmony.

• sing a slow vocal meditative pace and string music like shamisen.

• sing a long vocal and percussive music played by vocal singer and skilled drummer.

• sing the melodies with long, sustained, very slow and punctuated aero phone instrument.

In playing Chinese instrumental music, what is the texture music being applied?

• Monophony

• Homophony

• Heterophony

• Both Monophony and Heterophony

Mr. Cambarihan is going to play a bright and happy Japanese instrumental music. What type of musical scale will he apply?

• Ionic scale

• in-sen scale

• Pentatonic scale

• yo-sen scale

Which of the following musical elements are present in East Asian Music?

• I. The rhythm is offbeat.

• II. The melody is pentatonic.

• III. The vocal timbre is nasal and throaty.

• IV. The texture is monophony and homophony.

Which of the following is the time signature of Korean folksong 'Arirang'?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 6

With the musical score of Sakura shown above, identify the first three sofa syllables of the song.

• A, A, B

• Gi, Mo, Ba

• La, La, Ti

• La, La, Do