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Southeast Asian Music

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the popular form of music in Indonesia?

a)

Pinpeat Orchestra

b)

Piphat Ensemble

c)

Gamelan Orchestra

d)

Hsaing Waing

2.

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

a)

possess with power

b)

shows disrespect

c)

to have supernatural powers

d)

none of the above

3.

What would you use to create an improvised Kendang instrument in order to play the beat in Gamelan orchestra?

a)

can

b)

stone

c)

plastic container

d)

glass bottle

4.

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?

a)

four-tone

b)

seven-tone

c)

eight-tone

d)

none of the above

5.

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

a)

3/4

b)

4/4

c)

2/4

d)

6/8

6.

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

a)

style in singing

b)

articulation of the text

c)

five-tone scale

d)

extensively singing

7.

Which of the following common musical scale used in Southeast Asia?

a)

Octatave

b)

Hexatonic

c)

Pentatonic

d)

Monotonic

8.

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?

a)

easy to define the melodic line

b)

gives the singer to interpret the meaning of songs easily

c)

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

d)

all of the above

9.

How would you classify musical instrument which produces sound primarily by way of vibrating stretched membrane?

a)

Membranophone

b)

Chordophone

c)

Aerophone

d)

Idiophone

10.

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

a)

Piphat

b)

Mahori

c)

Khrueang Sai

d)

Gamelan

11.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

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

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Cambodian court music is roughly similar to that of Java, Indonesia. They feature choruses with large orchestras based on struck keys and gongs.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Gamelan orchestra is the most popular form of music in Myanmar.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

Pinpeat ensemble is used to accompany specific forms of traditional Thai drama such as the large shadow puppet theatre (nang yai) and the khon dance drama.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE