The Music of East Asia

Question 1

Is a bamboo transverse (horizontal) flute.

Answer 1

Dizi

Question 2

Also called laba, it is a double-reed aerophone.

Answer 2

Suona

Question 3

Is a wind-blown mouth organ that consists of 17 bamboo pipes mounted on a wind chest, where the instrumentalist blows air to produce sound.

Answer 3

Sheng

Question 4

Regarded as the “king” of traditional Chinese Instruments.

Answer 4

Pi-pa

Question 5

It is said to have been made during the Tang dynasty (618-907).

Answer 5

Erhu

Question 6

It is a zither that has 16-21 strings fastened over a large, wooden resonating box.

Answer 6

Guzheng

Question 7

Pair of two cuplike metal cymbals struck together and bound by a cord.

Answer 7

Pengling

Question 8

It is a medium-sized, barrel shaped drum with two heads covered in animal skin.

Answer 8

Tanggu

Question 9

One of the most prominent Japanese chordophone instruments.

Answer 9

Koto

Question 10

It is a three-stringed chordophone that has a drumlike, rounded rectangular body covered with skin, which amplifies the sound.

Answer 10

Shamisen

Question 11

A Japanese Lute, it is a short-necked chordophone characterized by its pear-shaped body.

Answer 11

Biwa

Question 12

A famous Japanese bamboo flute, the shakuhachi is an end-blown aerophone that has four or five holes.

Answer 12

Shakuhachi

Question 13

A Japanese membranophone instrument, it is a very large drum usually played by able-bodied Japanese male instrumentalists.

Answer 13

Daiko

Question 14

Four main types of Japanese folk songs.

Answer 14

Warabe uta, soran bushi, sato kagura, matsuri.

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

Changgo

Question 16

It is a cylindrical double-reed aerophone that has a saxophone-like sound.

Answer 16

Piri

Question 17

Has six-finger holes, a membrane-covered hole for the metallic sound.

Answer 17

Taegum

Question 18

It is a six-stringed zither (chordophone), which has its roots from the Chinese qin.

Answer 18

Kumngo

Question 19

Two-stringed chordophone that has a strong resemblance with the Chinese erhu.

Answer 19

Haegum

Question 20

Zither (chordophone) with 12 strings and 12 bridges.

Answer 20

Kayagum

Question 21

It is a type of traditional vocal music based on the three-line form of classical Korean poetry.

Answer 21

Sijo

Question 22

It is the Korean folk genre usually performed by a singer or a narrator describing narrations are interspersed with songs.

Answer 22

Pansori