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Japanese Musical Instruments (G8)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a large hanging barrel drum.

a)

Odaiko

b)

Koto

c)

Tsuridaiko

d)

Taiko

2.

A Japanese drum that comes in various sizes.

a)

Taiko

b)

Biwa

c)

Nokan

d)

Odaiko

3.

It is a large barrel-shaped drum.

a)

Tsuzumi

b)

Odaiko

c)

Biwa

d)

Shinobue

4.

It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass.

a)

Sho

b)

Tsuzumi

c)

Shamisen

d)

Koto

5.

What are the two varieties of Tsuzumi?

(a)  

6.

What is Koto?

a)

It is a plucked string instrument.

b)

A 13-string zither about two inches long and made of Paulownia wood.

c)

It is a short necked fretted lute often used in narrative story telling.

d)

it is the most famous flute.

7.

What is Biwa?

a)

A plucked stringed instrument.

b)

Literally "dragon flute".

c)

A parallel bamboo flute that is the only melodic instrument used in noh.

d)

A short necked fretted lute often used in narrative story telling.

8.

It is a plucked stringed instrument.

a)

Ryuuteki

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Shamisen

d)

Hichiniki

9.

What type of classification is the Koto, Shamisen, and Biwa?

(a)  

10.

The most famous flute made from bamboo

a)

Shakuhachi

b)

Sho

c)

Nokan

d)

Ryuuteki

11.

It is a Japanese transverse flute made of bamboo. Also know as "dragon flute".

a)

Nokan

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Shinobue

d)

Ryuuteki

12.

Also called "takebue" in the context of Japanese traditional arts.

a)

Hichiriki

b)

Shinobue

c)

Nokan

d)

Sho

13.

A Japanese free need musical instrument that was introduced in China during the Nona Period.

a)

Sho

b)

Hichiriki

c)

Shakuhachi

d)

Shinobue

14.

A parallel bamboo flute that is the only melodic instrument used in noh.

a)

Ryuuteki

b)

Nokan

c)

Sho

d)

Shakuhachi

15.

A double reed Japanese flute used as one of two main melodic instruments in Japanese gagaku music

a)

Biwa

b)

Koto

c)

Hichiriki

d)

Nokan