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WorksheetsG7 Unit 1. Chinese Traditional Music
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
The very beginning of Chinese Traditional Music was inspired by...
Sounds of Chinese opera
Sounds of nature
Sounds of the city
Sounds of YouTube
What was the initial purpose of Chinese traditional music?
No specific purpose
Become famous musicians and tour around the country
To follow religious events
During the Formative Period (3000BC – 400AD)...
Chinese music got influenced by many islamic countries
The basis of the pentatonic scale was established
Chinese Opera emerged
Chinese music was heavily influenced by European countries
During the International Period (400 – 900AD) ...
China got the influence from Middle Eastern and islamic music cultures
China got the influence from all the Western colonies
China developed the Chinese Opera
China hosted the Xi'an 787AD Summer Olympics where Ming Yao became a basketball star
During the national period (900 – 1900AD) ...
Chinese Opera was standardized
Music was only played for religious purposes
Music was plain and simple
During the World Music period (1900AD onwards) ...
Western music influenced China. After that, China created K-Pop and Hip Hop
Chinese Opera was created thanks to the Islamic influence
Western music influenced China. Western instrumentation scales and sounds were widespread
Chinese traditional instrument were classfied by ...
... how the sound was produced.
... materials they were made of.
... color and size.
... how difficult to play they were.
Traditionally, Chinese instruments are separated into how many categories?
5: Silk, Bamboo, Wood, Gourd, Skin.
8: Silk, Bamboo, Wood, Stone, Gourd, Metal, Clay, Skin
4: Strings, Percussion, Woodwinds, Brass
9: Silk, Bamboo, Wood, Grass, Stone, Gourd, Metal, Clay, Skin
The system to classify traditional Chinese instruments is called ...
八音 (bayin)
六音 (liuyin)
爸音 (bayin)
巴西 (baxi)
Name the instrument:
Erhu
Dizi
Guzheng
Pipa
Name the instrument:
Dizi
Erhu
Yangqin
Sheng
Name the instrument
Guzheng
Guqin
Yangqin
Piano
Name the instrument:
Dizi
Trumpet
Suona
Xiao
Name the instrument:
Guqin
Guzheng
Harp
Yangqin
Instrument mainly used in temples:
Erhu
Temple Blocks (木鱼)
Sheng
Guqin
It looks like this person is playing a...
Guzheng
Electric Guitar
Guqin
Yangqin
I would bet that she is playing a ...
Dizi
Xiao
Recorder
Suona
I think that's a ...
Ruan
Pipa
Guitar
Erhu
Eastern and Western music notation was completely identical in the past.
Yes, both of them used the staff notation.
No, in the East they used Cipher notation while in the West musicians used staff notation.
This is ...
Ancient Chinese cipher notation
Ancient Western staff notation
Modern Chinese cipher notation
Modern Western staff notation
This is ...
Ancient Chinese cipher notation
Ancient Western staff notation
Modern Chinese cipher notation
Modern Western staff notation
This is ...
Ancient Chinese cipher notation
Ancient Western staff notation
Modern Chinese cipher notation
Modern Western staff notation
Chinese orchestras nowadays borrow HIGH PITCH instruments like Violins and Flutes, because there is not enough high pitch instruments ...
True
False
Which one of these modern families you cannot find in most of Chinese orchestras?
Strings
Brass
Percussion
Woodwinds
Western and Chinese (Eastern) orchestras have this in common:
They are both the same, no differences at all.
More quiet instruments are set in the front and louder ones in the back.
Both of them have a large brass section.
Louder instruments are set in front of the orchestra. Quiet instruments are left in the back. Who wants to listen to the poor Yangqin anyway?
How many notes does the Pentatonic Scale have?
7
4
5
1 or 2
If Do/C is the 1st note in the scale and Re/D is the 2nd... what musical notes are missing in a Pentatonic Scale?
3rd and 5th
4th and 5th
4th and 7th
6th and 7th
This is a pentatonic scale
True
False
This is a pentatonic scale
True, even if it has more than 5 notes it's pentatonic.
False, you cannot have more than 5 notes in a pentatonic scale.
A drone in music is ...
A musical accompaniment consisting of continuous sosunding pitches notes. Often used in traditional music.
A musical accompaniment of constantly changing notes and rhythms. Often used in American Jazz.
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