Music Flashcards
is a bamboo transverse (horizontal) fute. The bamboo body has six holes that determine the pitch.
DIzi
Also called laba, this is a double-reed aerophone. This instrument produces clear and bright notes.
Suona
It is a wind-blown mouth organ that consists of 17 bamboo pipes mounted on a wind chest,
Sheng
Regarded as the “king” of traditional Chinese instruments, as it is a Chinese lute.
Pi-pa
this is approximately 4 000 years Old. It is a chordophone that has two strings. The music that it produces is so expressive that it can play a range of expressions though its sound, from human emotions
Erhu
It is a zither that has 16-21 strings fastened over a large, wooden resonating box.
Guzheng
It is a pair of two cuplike metal cymbals struck together and bound by a cord.
pengling
It is a medium-sized, barrel-shaped traditional Chinese drum with two heads covered in animal skin.
Tanggu
There are four main types of Japanese folk songs: (1) children’s songs),
1: warabe uta (children’s song)
a japanese work song
soran bushi
a japanese religious song
sato kagura
a japanese song for gatherings, celebrations, and funerals
matsuri
This is a two-meter long zither with 13 strings and movable bridges, plucked with a pick attached to the thumb.
Koto
It is a three-stringed chordophone that has a drumlike, rounded rectangular body covered with skin, which amplifies the sound.
shamisen
A Japanese lute, it is a short-necked chordophone characterized by its pear-shaped body.
Biwa
A famous Japanese bamboo flute, this is an end-blown aerophone that has four or five holes.
shakuhachi
A Japanese membranophone instrument, it is a very large drum usually played by able-bodied Japanese male instrumentalists.
daiko
It is an hourglass-shaped, two-headed drum, struck by a stick on its left head and the hand, or a padded stick on the right side.
Changgo
It is a cylindrical double-reed aerophone that has a saxophone-like sound.
Piri
This instrument has six-finger holes, a membrane-covered hole for the metalie sound, and several open holes at the end of the flute.
Taegum
It is a six-stringed zither (chordophone), which has its roots from the Chinese gin.
kumungo
It is a two-stringed chordophone. The end of its neck is bent toward the strings, which is unusual as most stringed instruments have necks going against the strings to ease the pull.
Haegum
It is a zither (chordophone) with 12 strings and 12 bridges.
kayagum
It is a type of traditional vocal music based on the three-line form of classical Korean poetry. This may be sung without accompaniment or with any of the following: drum, double-reed, flute, and fiddle.
Sijo
