Quiz 9 Flashcards
Overtone
Tones that form the harmonic series derived from the fundamental pitch.
Khoomei
Mongolian throat singing
Imitate the sounds of nature
Overtone
Belief of throat singers
They singing is from the sacred nature of mountains, the song genre from “long song” from western Mongolian
Morinhurr
Two stringed horse head fiddle from Mongolia
Korea
Colony of Japan, the country is still split in two.
A-ak
Confucian ritual music
Sung once a year on his bday
Chinese vs korean music
Chinese music evolves when revolution occur
Korea still has their court and ritual music
P’ansori
Korean narrative vocal performance style. Featuring epic length stories.
Samul-nori
Folk derived percussion music
Japan 4 island nation
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kyushu
3 instruments for Japanese music
Koto-zither
Shamisen- lute
Shakuhachi- flute
Chinese vs Japanese music
Chinese tunes are continually rearranged + embellished freely
Japanese music is played with consistency
Sankyoku
Japanese chamber ensemble
Vocal voice, 3 instruments: koto, shamisen, shakuhachi
Gagaku
“Elegant music” Confucian derived ritual court ensemble from Japan