WorksheetsJapanese Musical Instruments (G8)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
It is a large hanging barrel drum.
Odaiko
Koto
Tsuridaiko
Taiko
A Japanese drum that comes in various sizes.
Taiko
Biwa
Nokan
Odaiko
It is a large barrel-shaped drum.
Tsuzumi
Odaiko
Biwa
Shinobue
It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass.
Sho
Tsuzumi
Shamisen
Koto
What are the two varieties of Tsuzumi?
(a)
What is Koto?
It is a plucked string instrument.
A 13-string zither about two inches long and made of Paulownia wood.
It is a short necked fretted lute often used in narrative story telling.
it is the most famous flute.
What is Biwa?
A plucked stringed instrument.
Literally "dragon flute".
A parallel bamboo flute that is the only melodic instrument used in noh.
A short necked fretted lute often used in narrative story telling.
It is a plucked stringed instrument.
Ryuuteki
Shakuhachi
Shamisen
Hichiniki
What type of classification is the Koto, Shamisen, and Biwa?
(a)
The most famous flute made from bamboo
Shakuhachi
Sho
Nokan
Ryuuteki
It is a Japanese transverse flute made of bamboo. Also know as "dragon flute".
Nokan
Shakuhachi
Shinobue
Ryuuteki
Also called "takebue" in the context of Japanese traditional arts.
Hichiriki
Shinobue
Nokan
Sho
A Japanese free need musical instrument that was introduced in China during the Nona Period.
Sho
Hichiriki
Shakuhachi
Shinobue
A parallel bamboo flute that is the only melodic instrument used in noh.
Ryuuteki
Nokan
Sho
Shakuhachi
A double reed Japanese flute used as one of two main melodic instruments in Japanese gagaku music
Biwa
Koto
Hichiriki
Nokan
