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Music Cultures of the World: Japan

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this instrument?

a)

Koto

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Shamisen

d)

Taiko

2.

What is this instrument?

a)

Koto

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Shamisen

d)

Taiko

3.

What is this instrument?

a)

Koto

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Shamisen

d)

Taiko

4.

What instrument is shown in the image?

a)

Koto

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Shamisen

d)

Taiko

5.

Japanese music is similar to...

a)

China, Korea, and Indonesia

b)

The Philippines, Korea, and Istanbul

c)

China, United States, and Great Britain

d)

The Middle East, China, and Korea

6.

Japanese folk music features many rhythms and chord progressions.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

In Japanese music, it is impossible to ____ ____ with the music rhythms.

(a)  

8.

Rhythms are (a)   -based

9.

Ma-based music considers silence as important as sound in Japanese compositions.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which instrument is derived from the Chinese Xiao?

a)

Plectrum

b)

Shamisen

c)

Shakuhachi

d)

Koto

11.

Vibrato, pitch bends, and multiphonics are used with which instrument?

a)

Koto

b)

Shakuhachi

c)

Shamisen

d)

Taiko

12.

The Koto is another type of what instrument?

a)

Shakuhachi

b)

Taiko

c)

Zither

d)

Xylophone

13.

Which instrument uses a plectrum?

a)

Shakuhachi

b)

Koto

c)

Shamisen

d)

Taiko

14.

Another name for a Japanese barrel drum is called _____________.

a)

Haiku

b)

Taiko

c)

hitandbang

d)

Bambam

15.

Japanese music is the _____ largest music market in the world.

a)

10th

b)

1st

c)

5th

d)

2nd

16.

Rock, Heavy Metal, and Hip Hop are genres that influence the Japanese music market.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

What is the primary material used to make a Shakuhachi?

a)

Wood

b)

Plastic

c)

Metal

d)

Bamboo