China

Question 1

Identify and describe this instrument.

Answer 1

Erhu - Chinese chordophone; two-stringed, fretless, bowed fiddle, held vertically

Question 2

Identify and describe this instrument.

Answer 2

Pipa - Chinese chordophone; lute, four strings, fretted, pear-shaped

Question 3

Identify and describe this instrument.

Answer 3

Dizi - tradition Chinese bamboo flute

Question 4

Identify and describe this instrument.

Answer 4

Sheng - mouth organ; Chinese aerophone; can produce more than one pitch

Question 5

Identify and describe this instrument.

Answer 5

Quin (Guquin) - ancient instrument associated with scholarly gentleman

Question 6

Define program music.

Answer 6

music that captures elements of the natural world through sound; common in Chinese music

Question 7

Name and describe the Chinese silk and bamboo ensemble.

Answer 7

Jiangnan Sizhu - characteristic of Shanghai region in eastern China; typically a smaller ensemble; heterophonic texture; tends to get faster throughout the piece; instruments include - erhu, pipa, sheng, bangu, dizi

Question 8

Identify and describe this instrument.

Answer 8

Bangu - Chinese membranophone; percussive small frame drum

Question 9

Name and describe the Chinese opera.

Answer 9

Jingu - Bejing or Peking Opera; elaborate costumes, but simple stage and scenery; formerly just men, but now includes women as well; characters organized by type and subtype

Question 10

Describe “new” traditional Chinese music.

Answer 10

commercialized; highly proficient all women groups; western pop with traditional instruments