M. B. ASISTIO SR.

HIGH SCHOOL – UNIT 1

LONG TEST in MUSIC 8
2ND Quarter SCORE
Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _________________________
Grade and Section: ____________________________________ Teacher: _______________________

I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify the following sentences. Write the correct answer.

__________________________1. Its music has been described as basically meditative in character.
__________________________2. They believed that sound influences the harmony of the universe.
__________________________3. Its music has a generous use of bright rhythms and melodies, offers a
more energetic and capricious contrast to the nation’s collection of classical music works.
__________________________4. It is the famous traditional music of Japan.
__________________________5. It is the famous traditional music of China.
__________________________6. It is the famous traditional music of Korea.
__________________________7. It is the time signature of Arirang.
__________________________8. It is the time signature of Mo Li Hua.
__________________________9. It is the time signature of Sakura.
__________________________10. It is the English translation of Sakura.
__________________________11. It is the English translation of Arirang.
__________________________12. It is the English translation of Mo Li Hua.
__________________________13. It is a Japanese instrument which is literally called the “Dragon Flute”.
__________________________14. It is the style of playing the Kayagum, Pipa, and Shamisen.
__________________________15. It is the style of playing or making a sound in “Hichiriki”.
__________________________16. It is the way of making a pitch tone in playing Koto instrument.
__________________________17. It is a Korean music category traditionally associated with the lower
class.
__________________________18. It is an hourglass shaped double headed drum made from animal skin.
__________________________19. It is a two-stringed fiddle and one of the most popular Chinese
instruments.
__________________________20. It is the meter used in the Japanese song “Sakura”.
__________________________21. It is the classification of the Korean song “Arirang”. (ex. Love song,
Parting song, Song for Spring, Welcome song)
__________________________22. It is the Japanese instrument which is the counterpart of Korea’s
Kayagum.
__________________________23. It is a Japanese free reed musical instrument that was introduced from
China during the Nara period.
__________________________24. It is literally called “cloud gongs” or cloud of gongs”. It is a set of ten
small, tuned gongs mounted in a wooden frame.
__________________________25. It is a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings. It is
probably the best-known Korean musical instrument.