EAST ASIAN VOCAL MUSIC ELEMENT

1.Rhythm
• Duple metre is a musical metre with 2 beats per measure, 2/2 and 2/4 are
the most common examples.
• Triple metre is a music metre in which each measure is divided into three
beats
• Quadruple metre a metrical pattern with four beats to the measure; 4/4 or
common time.

2.Melody
• Musical scale used in different traditional folk of East Asian countries
based on the five–tone or the pentatonic scale.
 EAST ASIAN VOCAL MUSIC ELEMENT

3. Texture
● monophony (A-Capella); homophony (with chordal accompaniment);
heterophony (same melody but ornamented by several instruments)

4. Form
● Strophic - Using the same tune on different verses (same lyrics)
● Ternary - is a three-part musical form consisting of an opening section

5. Vocal Techniques
● Nasal and throaty