Sakura was written during the Edo period in Japan, roughly around 1600-1850 when the (a)   ruled the land.

Musical Elements of Japanese Music:

"Starts slow, fast slow with a drown ending, uses double meter"

(a)  

Musical Elements of Japanese Music:

"uses pentatonic scale"

(a)  

Musical Elements of Japanese Music:

"sung in high throated melismatic manner"

(a)  

Musical Elements of Japanese Music:

"monophonic"

(a)  

Traditional Japanese music is (a)   .

(a)   have a slow and meditative pace.

It is a traditional Chinese song with a beautifully gentle and lyrical melody.

(a)  

• In Mo Li Hua, the lyrics about the (a)   also turn into a love song.

The song describes the custom of giving Jasmine flowers, popular in the (a)   region of China. Another version describes the fear of plucking the flower.

Musical Elements of Mo Li Hua:
"4/4 time signautre"

(a)  

Musical Elements of Mo Li Hua:
"pentatonic scale"

(a)  

Musical Elements of Mo Li Hua:
"monophonic texture"

(a)  

(a)   , with its generous use of bright rhythms and melodies, offers a more energetic and capricious contrast to the nation's collection of classical music works.

Folk music represents the soul and the sound of traditional Korean villages with an eclectic array of music forms including numerous folk songs, various forms of instrumental pieces, (a)   .

It Means literally "right (or correct) music. Its tradition includes both instrumental and vocal music which were cultivated mainly by the upper-class literati of the Joseon society.

• It also refers to ensemble music for men of high social status outside of the court.

3 Important Terms in Chong-Ak

(a)  

It is an imported form of the Chinese court music yayue, and means "elegant music". It is performed almost exclusively in state sacrificial rites, and in the present day it is performed in certain Confucian ceremonies.

(a)  

The name means "Tang music", and the style was first adapted from Tang Dynasty Chinese music during the Unified Silla period in the late first millennium.

(a)  

It is a traditional form of Korean court music with origins in the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC – 668 AD). It is often accompanied by traditional folk dances of Korea, known as hyangak jeongjae.

(a)  

Hyang-ak is a traditional form of Korean court music with origins in the Three Kingdoms period (57 BC – 668 AD). It is often accompanied by traditional folk dances of Korea, known as (a)   .