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2nd Quarter Exam in Music 8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following Korean music is for the elite or ruling class?

a)

Chong-ak

b)

Pansori

c)

Sanjo

d)

Sog-ak

2.

Which music is usually played in Shinto shrines?

a)

Gagaku

b)

Kagura

c)

Naga-uta

d)

Shomyo

3.

What does transparency in East Asian music means?

a)

Gagakuemphasis on melody

b)

emphasis on harmony

c)

focus on the individual instruments

d)

low use of abstraction in music

4.

What Chinese note is equivalent to ‘re’ in the western solfeggio? 

a)

Gong

b)

Jiao

c)

Shang

d)

Yu

5.

What is considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea?

a)

Arirang

b)

Gagaku

c)

Mo Li Hua

d)

Sakura

6.

Which of the following East Asian countries has a musical characteristic that uses bright rhythms and melodies and offers a more energetic and capricious contrast to the nation’s collection of classical music works?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

Philippines

7.

East Asian Music shares 3 general characteristics, one of them is ________?

a)

Form

b)

Melody

c)

Texture

d)

Transparency

8.

Which of the following musical elements are present in East Asian Music?
I. The rhythm is offbeat.
II. The melody is pentatonic.
III. The vocal timbre is nasal and throaty.
IV. The texture is monophony and homophony.

a)

I, II, III

b)

I, II, IV

c)

II, III, IV

d)

I, II, III, IV

9.

Mr. Sobee is going to perform a piece of traditional Korean music called ‘Pansori’. It means, Mr. Sobee should _____.

a)

sing the melody at a time with no underlying harmony.

b)

sing a slow vocal meditative pace and string music like shamisen

c)

sing a long vocal and percussive music played by a vocal singer and skilled drummer

d)

sing the melodies with long, sustained, very slow, and punctuated aerophone instrument

10.

Mr. Sobee is going to perform a piece of traditional Korean music called ‘Pansori’Mr. Abel is going to play a bright and happy Japanese instrumental music. What type of musical scale will he apply?

a)

Ionic scaley.

b)

in-sen scale

c)

Pentatonic scale

d)

yo-sen scale

11.

The following are percussion instruments of Japan except:

a)

Odaiko

b)

Pengling

c)

Taiko

d)

Tsuzumi

12.

The following musical instruments are categorized as aerophone except:

a)

Erhu

b)

Hichiriki

c)

Nokan

d)

Taiko

13.

In what Asian country did Kayagum came from?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

Singapore

14.

Which of the following characteristics is TRUE about traditional Chinese music?

a)

Chinese music has a fast tempo.

b)

All traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than choral.

c)

Traditional Chinese music is meditative.

d)

Traditional Chinese music has two modes: the Yo-sen and the In-sen

15.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

a)

Chinese vocal music is sung in chorus

b)

Sog-ak has a literal meaning of “Music of the upper classes”.

c)

Chamber and solo music have a fast-meditative pace in Japanese Music

d)

Chinese music uses the pentatonic scale as can be heard in the song MO Li Hua.