2nd Quarter Exam in Music 8

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

• Chong-ak

• Pansori

• Sanjo

• Sog-ak

Which music is usually played in Shinto shrines?

• Gagaku

• Kagura

• Naga-uta

• Shomyo

What does transparency in East Asian music means?

• Gagakuemphasis on melody

• emphasis on harmony

• focus on the individual instruments

• low use of abstraction in music

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

• Gong

• Jiao

• Shang

• Yu

What is considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea?

• Arirang

• Gagaku

• Mo Li Hua

• Sakura

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?

• China

• Japan

• Korea

• Philippines

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

• Form

• Melody

• Texture

• Transparency

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.

• I, II, III

• I, II, IV

• II, III, IV

• I, II, III, IV

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

• sing the melody at a time with no underlying harmony.
  

• sing a slow vocal meditative pace and string music like shamisen

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

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

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?

• Ionic scaley.
  

• in-sen scale

• Pentatonic scale

• yo-sen scale