WorksheetsEAST ASIAN MUSIC
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a barrel-shaped drum with lashed or tacked heads, usually played with sticks?
Taiko
Piri
Hichiriki
Shamisen
What is the musical characteristics of traditional Japan music?
Music is very simple
Sing melodies in unison
Never repeat same melody in a song
All of these
What are the two most important aspects of traditional Chinese music?
Ryhthm and beat
Melody and tone
Harmony and accompaniment
Rhythm and tone
It is an hour glass-shaped percussion instrument used to accompany the traditional music of Korea.
Piri
Changgo
Taiko
Sho
What is the vocal quality of Chinese vocal music?
Thin voice
Non-resonant voice
Falsetto
All of these
What traditional song that has a beautifully gentle and lyrical melody that also turns into a love song?
Furusato
Ariarang
Mo Li Hua
Loi Loi Gratong
What traditional song that expresses a song of farewell and represents all the joys and sorrows in the history?
Furusato
Arirang
Mo Li Hua
Loi Loi Gratong
What traditional song that describes a person who is working in a distant land, expressing his feelings of homesickness for the hills and fields of his childhood home?
Furusato
Arirang
Mo Li Hua
Loi Loi Gratong
What particular country in East Asia that the musicians show spiritual mastery in mastering their instrument more than simply perfecting a technique?
China
Japan
Korea
All of these
What is the musical characteristic of Korean music?
All traditional music is melodic rather than harmonic.
Their traditional music is very simple, sing melodies in unison and never repeat same melody in a song.
Their traditional music has become part of the Confucian tradition which is used in performing rituals.
Their traditional music represents a world of captivating rhythm and melody whose sound draw in listeners like a breath.
