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Worksheetseast asian music
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 33mins
In one word, DESCRIBE MUSIC.
The speed of music is called _______.
Melody
Rhythm
Tempo
Dynamics
What element of music is the loudness and softness of a sound?
Duration
Dynamics
Pitch
Texture
A classification of musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate.
Chordophone
Aerophone
Idiophone
Membranophone
How does CHORDOPHONE produce a sound?
primarily by way of a vibrating stretched membrane
vibrates to produce a sound when struck, shaken, or scraped
primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate
by way of a vibrating string or strings stretched between two points
Which of the following musical instruments is classified as MEMBRANOPHONE?
Percussion musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a handheld or pedal-operated stick or beater.
True
False
According to the Hornbostel-Sachs system of instrument classification, to what family does the Kongvong belong?
Idiophone
Membranophone
Aerophone
Chordophone
The Indoneisa's most popular form of music.
Agung and Kulintang
Gamelan
Hsaing Waing
Pin Peat
A Cambodia musical ensemble or an orchestra.
Hsaing Waing
Pi Phat
Mahori
Pin Peat
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO.
Question: In which of the following countries is associated with the folk song "Chan Mali Chan"?
Singapore
Thailand
Philippines
Laos
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO.
Question: In which of the following countries is associated with the folk song "Rasa Sayang"?
Brunei
Cambodia
Malaysia
Laos
LISTEN TO THE AUDIO.
Question: In which of the following countries is associated with the folk song "Burung Kakatua"?
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Singapore
Angkor Wat is an enormous Buddhist Temple complex located in what country?
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Cambodia
Give one South East Asian Country.
Except Philippines.
Write 2-3 sentences describing the contribution of music to maintain the cultural identity of the East Asian countries.
Arirang is a Korean folk song sometimes considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea.
TRUE
FALSE
Sakura is a traditional Japanese folksong depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms.
TRUE
FALSE
True or False:
Music is made specifically for instruments it may be performed by one or more singers with or without accompaniment (a cappella).
(a)
True or False:
Southeast Asian has diversity of music because of the different geographical, historical and cultural influences in the region.
(a)
It is a Cambodian musical ensemble or an orchestra that usually accompanies ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples
Pinpeat
Piphat
Hwaing Saing
Saung Gauk
Their music gained a world-wide reputation in the 1960s until the dramatic political problems in Cambodia and their art music is highly influenced by ancient forms as well as Hindu forms.
Indonesia
Thailand
Cambodia
Malaysia
It is the national instrument of Myanmar that has 13-string angular harp with soft sound.
Hsaing Waing
Saung Gauk
Agung and Kulintang
______________ is Myanmar’s traditional folk music ensemble that is made up mainly of different gongs and drums as well as other instruments depending on the nature of the performance.
Hsaing Waing
Saung Gauk
Agung and Kulintang
The music of ______________ has similarities with many other musical traditions in the region, including Chinese music and Thai music, probably because its longest land border is shared with China.
Thailand
Cambodia
Indonesia
Myanmar
A type of musical form that is important to Malaysia’s national culture that performed by singing in groups and often in a competitive manner.
Agung
Kertok
Dikir Barat
Silat Melayu
It is a musical ensemble from the Malay Peninsula that consists of xylophones played swiftly and rhythmically in traditional Malay functions.
Agung
Kertok
Dikir Barat
Silat Melayu
Its music is largely based around percussion instruments and has multicultural influence and is believed to have originated in the Kelantan-Pattani region with a mixture of Indian, Chinese, Thai, and Indonesian influences.
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
Cambodia
An Indonesian gamelan that is more suited for palaces and temples because of its low pitched arrangement.
Balinese Gamelan
Javanese Gamelan
It refers to the unison male chorus that sings with the Gamelan.
Pesindhen
Gerong
It is the most popular form of music in Indonesia such as metallophones, xylophones, kendang and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings.
kulintang
gamelan
piphat
pinpeat
It is a mid-sized orchestra that is performed in either outdoor style with hard mallets or indoor style with padded mallets.
Piphat
Pinpeat
Mahori
Their songs have inherently poetic lyrics which allow a singer or performer to easily define the melodic lines to improvise song text to suit the given occasion.
Cambodia
Thailand
Myanmar
Malaysia
Its musical principles and elements are basically derived from Chinese music, while its musical instruments are inspired from the Indian and Indonesian strings and gong-chimes.
Cambodia
Thailand
Myanmar
Malaysia
Thailand is known for being the sole nation in Southeast Asia that has never been ruled by the Western power that is why they are called _______________ which means the Land of the free.
Muang Thai
Kampuchea
Burma
Siam
BRUNEI, INDONESIA and MALAYSIA have Hindu and Arabic influences while BURMA, CAMBODIA, LAOS AND THAILAND have ___________ influences.
Chinese influences
Hindu influences
Western influences
What elements of music refers to quality or the tone of the sound?
duratio
texture
timbre
pitch
Elements of music that refers to the highness and lowness of the sound is called ___________.
timbre
pitch
dynamics
tempo
It is a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave.
Timbre
Diatonic
Pentatonic
Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the group?
Percussion Instruments
Wind Instruments
Idiophone
String Instruments
It is a kind of Korean music presented to audiences by skilled vocal singers and drummers.
Pansori
Minyo
Chong-ak
How is Korean music described?
bright rhythms and melodies
meditative and highly ritualized
gentle and lyrical
How is Japanese music described?
bright rhythms and melodies
meditative and highly ritualized
gentle and lyrical
Which Japanese instrument is similar to the gayageum/kayagum of Korea?
koto
shamisen
ryuteki
Which Korean music category is traditionally associated with the higher class?
tang-ak
chong-ak
sog-ak
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
tsuzumi
taiko
janggu/changgo
How is Chinese music described?
It is gentle and lyrical.
It is slow in tempo and is very peaceful.
It is meditative and highly ritualized.
Which of the following is one of China's most popular instrument?
haegum
erhu
koto
It is the music for lower classes or for the general public in Korea.
Chong-Ak
Sog-ak
A Korean music which means “right music”.
Chong-Ak
Sog-ak
Their folk music represents the soul and sound of traditional villages with a wide-ranging array of music forms.
Korea
Japan
China
The traditional music this country is generous in the use of bright rhythms and melody.
Korea
China
Japan
Confucius conceived their music as a way of calming passion and dispelling unrest, rather than as a form of amusement.
China
Korea
Japan
Mo Li Hua is a folk song of ___________.
China
Korea
Japan
Taiwan
The musical interval this country is based on human breathing, not on mathematical timing.
Japan
Korea
China
Sakura means __________.
cherry blossoms
jasmine flower
roses
sunflower
Sakura is a folk song of ____________.
China
Japan
Korea
Mongolia
Arirang is a folk song of ___________.
China
Korea
Thailand
Taiwan
Mo Li Hua is also known as Jasmine Flower.
TRUE
FALSE
Traditional Japanese music is broad and deep in terms of genre and meaning.
TRUE
FALSE
Confucius taught, beautiful and appropriate music is meant to promote social tranquility.
TRUE
FALSE
All of the the following are East Asian Countries except...
China
Korea
Mongolia
Myanmar
Arirang is a Korean folk song sometimes considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea.
TRUE
FALSE
A traditional Chinese song with a beautifully gentle and lyrical melody.
Arirang
Mo LI Hua
Sakura
Sog ak
What do you call a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms?
Arirang
Mo Li Hua
Sakura
Sog ak
What is the meaning of Sakura?
Wild Flower
Orchids
Cherry Blossoms
Chamomile
Mo Li Hua is also known as Jasmine Flower.
TRUE
FALSE
