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Instrumental Music in Japan, China. Korea

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Identify the Hornbostel Sachs classification of instrument

a)

Membranophone

b)

Aerophone

c)

Chordophone

d)

Idiophone

2.

2.

a)

Membranophone

b)

Aerophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Chordophone

3.

3.

a)

Membranophone

b)

Aerophone

c)

Idiophone

d)

Chordophone

4.

4. Which is NOT belong to the group?

a)

Biwa

b)

Shamisen

c)

Geomungo

d)

Dizi

5.

6. It is the traditional guitar of Japan

a)

Shamisen

b)

Biwa

c)

Kayageum

d)

Zheng

6.

7. It is a smaller Tsuzumi

a)

Hichiriki

b)

Kotsuzumi

c)

Tsuridaiko

d)

Otsuzumi

7.

8. It is the bigger Tsuzumi

a)

Hichiriki

b)

Kotsuzumi

c)

Tsuridaiko

d)

Otsuzumi

8.

9. Which is not a Chordophone?

a)

Odaiko

b)

Kayageum

c)

Zheng

d)

Koto

9.

10.

a)

Membranophone

b)

Aerophone

c)

Chordophone

d)

Idiophone

10.

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

a)

Chong-ak

b)

Pansori

c)

Sanjo

d)

Sog-ak

11.

Which of the following is NOT true about Japanese music?

a)

It is gentle and lyrical

b)

It is slow in tempo and is very peaceful

c)

It is meditative and highly ritualized

d)

It is slow and melancholy

12.

Which of the following statement best describe Chinese vocal music?

a)

It is highly ritualized

b)

It is highly basically meditative in character

c)

It is slow and peaceful in character

d)

Traditionally sung in a thin, non-resonant voice or in falsetto

13.

A category of Korean music traditionally associated with the lower classes or for the common people and it is vibrant and energetic.

a)

Minsogak

b)

pansori

c)

xiaodiao

d)

chong –ak

14.

It is an hour glass-shaped percussion instrument used to accompany the traditional music of Korea.

a)

Piri

b)

Changgo

c)

Taiko

d)

Sho

15.

What is the vocal quality of Chinese vocal music?

a)

Thin voice

b)

Non-resonant voice

c)

Falsetto

d)

All of these

16.

What particular country in East Asia that the musicians show spiritual mastery in mastering their instrument more than simply perfecting a technique?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Korea

d)

All of these

17.

How many notes are there in an octave of a pentatonic scale?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

4

d)

4

18.

It is a hand drum of  Japanese origin. It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads respectively.

a)

ODAIKO

b)

TZUSUMI

c)

KOTO

d)

BIWA

19.

It is a short-necked fretted lute from Japan. The musical instrument is often used in narrative story telling.

a)

ODAIKO

b)

TZUSUMI

c)

KOTO

d)

BIWA

20.

it is also called kin, long Japanese board zither having 13 silk strings and movable bridges.

a)

ODAIKO

b)

TZUSUMI

c)

KOTO

d)

BIWA

21.

Moon-shaped lute with shorter neck and four strings, played with a spectrum, used for accompanying local operas.

a)

YUEQIN

b)

PIPA

c)

ERHU

d)

SHO

22.
a)

IDIOPHONE

b)

AEROPHONE

c)

MEMBRANOPHONE

d)

CHORDOPHONES

23.
a)

IDIOPHONE

b)

AEROPHONE

c)

MEMBRANOPHONE

d)

CHORDOPHONES

24.

Chordophone

a)

String Instrument

b)

Woodwind Instruments

c)

Percussion Instruments

25.

Odaiko

a)

String Instrument

b)

Woodwind Instruments

c)

Percussion Instruments

26.

Shamisen

a)

String Instrument

b)

Woodwind Instruments

c)

Percussion Instruments

27.

What music is highly meditative in character?

a)

Japanese Music

b)

Chinese Music

c)

Korean Music

d)

None of the above

28.

Which of the following is one of China's most popular instrument?

a)

haegum

b)

erhu

c)

koto

29.

Which of the following does not belong to the group?

a)

tsuzumi

b)

taiko

c)

janggu/changgo

30.

Which Japanese instrument is similar to the gayageum/kayagum of Korea?

a)

koto

b)

shamisen

c)

ryuteki

31.

a)

VIETNAM

b)

CHINA

c)

NOTH KOREA

32.

a)

SOUTH KOREA

b)

NORTH KOREA

c)

JAPAN

33.

a)

HAEGUM

b)

SHAMISEN

c)

PIRI

34.

Its music is more energetic and bright in rhythm and melodies

a)

JAPAN MUSIC

b)

KOREAN MUSIC

c)

CHINESE MUSIC

35.

annyeonghaseyo

a)

JAPAN GREETING

b)

CHINESE GREETING

c)

KOREAN GREETING

36.

Their music is basically meditative in character

a)

MUSIC OF JAPAN

b)

MUSIC OF CHINA

c)

MUSIC OF KOREA

37.
a)

KULINTANG

b)

YUNLOU

c)

BOSSED GONG

38.

They believe that music is a means of calming the passion rather than for amusement.

a)

MUSIC OF JAPAN

b)

MUSIC OF CHINA

c)

MUSIC OF KOREA

39.

It is one of the oldest Chinese instrument and is also called as the Chinese mouth organ.

a)

Xiao

b)

Sheng

40.

Which of the following is NOT a Japanese Chordophone instrument?

a)

Hichiriki

b)

Wagon

c)

Shamisen

d)

Biwa