Multiple Choice. Direction: Choose your answer from the given choices.

Write the letter that corresponds to your answer on your paper.

____1. Music of Japan focuses mainly on _____________.

A. Love C. Festivals
B. Rituals D. Dance

____2. The following statements are true except one.

A. Chinese music is based on the doctrines or beliefs of some of the
Chinese philosophers
B. Japanese work on an inner strength in mastering his or her
instrument
than perfecting a technique.
C. Japanese music is not highly ritualized.
D. Joseon, meaning “Land of the Morning Calm” is the name given to
Korea.

____3. An element of music that refers to the quality of sound

produced.
A. Melody C. Rhythm
B. Timbre D. Texture

____4. The two modes as the main tone of Japanese music.

A. Yo-sen and ya- sen C. In – sen and ya-sen
B. Yo-sen and In- sen D. None of the above

____5. Which of the following is an instrument that originated in

China?
A. Pipa C. Odaiko
B. Sho D. Haegum
6. The meter used in the Japanese song Sakura.
A. quadruple C. compound
B. double D. triple

7. Pentatonic is a musical scale with how many notes per octave?

A. Five note per octave C. 6 notes per octave
B. 3 notes per octave D. Eight notes per octave

8. Sakura is a Japanese song that depicts spring season

which__________.
A. Cherry C. Cherry Blossom
B. Blossom D. none of the above

9. The Japanese song Sakura is in what time signature?

A. 2/4 C. 4/4
B. 3/4 D. 6/8
10. The tempo of the song Sakura.
A. Fast C. Slow
B. Moderate D. none of the above
____ 11. The following are characteristics of Chinese vocal music
except:
a. Thin
b. Non- resonant
c. falsetto
d. rough

____ 12. Their music is melodic rather than harmonic.

a. China
b. Japan
c. Korea
d. Taiwan
____ 13. Which of the following is used to build musical instrument of
China
a. Animal skin
b. bamboo
c. silk
d. all of the above

____ 14. The tonality of Chinese music is….

a. Pentatonic
b. Chromatic
c. Melodic
d. monophonic

____ 15. Which of these countries speak Mandarin?

a. China
b. Japan
c. Korea
d. Taiwan

____ 16. It is a four stringed lute with a pear-shaped body. It has

extremely wide dynamic range and remarkable and expressive power
a. Ehru
b. toko
c. Pipa
d. taiko

____ 17. It is a two-stringed fiddle and one of the most popular Chinese
instruments.
a. Ehru
b. Dizi
c. Pengling
d. Sheng
____ 18. Sheng is a Chinese mouth organ with how many pipes?
a. 15-36
b. 10-36
c. 12-36
d. 8-36
____ 19. Which of the following statements are true?
a. The texture of Chinese music is often monophonic, where
only one instrument is playing, or heterophonic
b. The scale has six notes. Bamboo pipes and qin are among
the oldest known musical instruments from China;
c. Chinese vocal music has traditionally been sung in a thin,
resonant voice or in falsetto and is usually solo rather
than choral
d. All traditional Chinese music is harmonic rather than
melodic

____ 20. What is the meaning of the song Moh Li Hua?

a. Cherry blossom
b. Sun flower
c. Daisy
d. Jasmine Flower
____ 21. The following are characteristics of Korean vocal music except:
a. slow rhythms and melodies
b. more energetic and capricious contrast to the nation’s collection
of classical music works rough
c. Folk music represents the soul and sound of traditional Korean
villages
d. various forms of instrumental pieces, pansori, and shaman
ritual music.

____ 22. In Korean music it mean “right music” and its tradition
includes both instrumental and vocal music.
a. Kong-ak
b. Chong-ak
c. Sog-ak
d. None of the above
____ 23. It is category of Korean music traditionally associated, with the
lower classes or for the general public. It includes genres such as
pansori and minyo.
a. Kong-ak
b. Chong-ak
c. Sog-ak
d. Sog-ok

____ 24. How is the Arirang classified?

a. Welcome song
b. Love song
c. Song for spring
d. Parting song
____ 25. It is a kind of music presented to audiences by skilled vocal
singers and drummers.
a. Chong-ak
b. pansori
c. arirang
d. sheng

____ 26. The best known traditional Korean zither-like string

instrument with 12 strings.
a. Pansori
b. changgo
c. haegum
d. kayagum

____ 27. It is a two-string vertical fiddle with a rod like neck and a
hollow wooden sound box.
a. Haegum
b. sheng
c. haegum
d. kayagum

____ 28. It is a low-pitched barrel drum, played with a single wooden

mallet. It is one of the oldest Korean instruments.
a. bak
b. jing
c. buk
d.kayagum
____ 29. The word Arirang means _______ it pertains to the foothills of
Korea where most Korean and partings on. An emotion of deep regret
is imbued in the rhythm of Arirang.
a. up hill
b. side hill
c. pansori
d. the hill
____ 30. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. Tsuzumi
b. odaiko
c. taiko
d. haegum

Part II. Essay. Compare the China, Korean, and Japanese Vocals
ANSWER KEY
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. D
14. A
15. A
16. C
17. C
18. A
19. A
20. D
21. A
22. B
23. C
24. A
25. B
26. D
27. A
28. A
29. D
30. D
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