Directions: Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which among the following musical instruments is the most widely used drum in traditional
Korean music?
a. daiko
b. pipa
c. sheng
d. changgo
2. This is the Korean music associated with the lower classes.
a. Tang-ak b. Sog-ak
c. Hyang-ak
d. Chong-ak
3. What is the sweet or agreeable succession or arrangement of sounds?
a. duration
b. timbre
c. melody
d. harmony
4. Which of the following statements below describes Japanese music?
a. It is highly ritualized
c. It is slow and peaceful
b. It is slow and melancholy.
d. It is bright and jolly.
5. What do you call by the music for the noble classes in Korea?
a. chang-ak b. chong-ak
c. hyang-ak
d. sog-ak
6. This refers to the highness or lowness of sound or note.
a. pitch
b. timbre
c. duration
d. rhythm
7. What do you call by the short tunes popular in Chinese urban areas?
a. xiaoxiao b. xiaobiao
c. xiaodiao
d. diaoxiao
8. This refers to the strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound.
a. dynamics b. duration
c. melody
d. rhythm
9. It is a Korean folk song used as a symbol of Korea and Korean culture which evokes the feeli
of the tears shed by Koreans and the remembrance of sad stories, specifically partings.
b. Arirang
c. Sakura
d. Mo Li Hua
10. Which among the following terms refers to the structure of a musical composition or
a. Pansori
performance?
a. Form
b. Timbre
c. Harmony
d. Duration​