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WorksheetsSounds of India and China
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is heterophony?
Different instruments playing the same melody, but each one embellishes
The same instruments play the same melody
Different instruments play different melodies
The same instruments play the different melodies and embellish their part
What scale is a common feature of Chinese traditional music?
Pentatonic
Major
minor
Chromatic
Why is sizhu music called "silk and bamboo" music?
Because the instruments used are made of these materials
Because the instruments are played with bamboo shoots
Because the players wear clothing made out of silk
Because it's played in tea houses and it's the name of a type of tea
Why did Chinese music change in the 1940's?
Communism became the government rule.
There was no longer an interest in music.
The instruments were too expensive.
There was a shortage of supplies used for making the instruments.
When did Chinese musicians feel free to make their own music again?
1976
1999
1940
2015
What is the name of one of the traditional Chinese string instruments?
Erhu
Dizi
Tabla
Sheng
What is the name of a traditional Chinese wind instrument (that you use your breath to play)?
Dizi
Erhu
Pipa
Tabla
What is a name for Chinese Rock music?
Cantopop
Silk and Bamboo Music
Chinese Opera
Suona
What is the name of the instrument that is an oboe-like horn?
Suona
Erhu
Dizi
Pipa
What are Chinese operas about?
Chinese history and folklore
Love
Nature
Tea Houses
What is Hindustani music?
Classical Indian music
Classical Chinese music
Indian pop music
Chinese pop music
The raga, in Hindustani music, controls what?
The melody
The rhythm
The harmony
The tempo
The tala, in Hindustani music, controls what?
The rhythm
The melody
The harmony
The timbre
What Indian instrument is this man playing?
Sitar
Ehru
Dizi
Tabla
What is the name of this Indian instrument?
Tabla
Sitar
Harmonium
Sarod
Where is Bollywood?
Mumbia, India
Northern China
Hollywood, USA
Southeastern China
What kind of movie would most Bollywood movies seem like to us?
Musicals
Romantic Comedies
Suspense
Drama
What is the name of the Sitar player that mentored one of The Beatles?
Ravi Shankar
George Harrison
Asha Bhosle
Anoushka
What makes a Sarod different than a Sitar?
No frets, made of chrome
Frets, made of chrome
No frets, made of bamboo
Frets, made of bamboo
What does it mean to improvise music?
To make it up as you go
Read the music, page by page
Learn how to play a new instrument
To make the music sound better
