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In the composition "Zhuzhi Ci" [track 1] what element was unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi?
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The Bells
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How many parts does "Zhuzhi Ci" have?
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Two
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which instrument has the lowest pitch: Dahu, Erhu, or Gehu?
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Dahu,pitched an octave lower than the Erhu, it is also the largest.
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What is "linearity"?
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According to USAD: "an emphais on melodic tension and release supported by or held in further tension by rhythmic devices"
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After instruments were incorporated, the "Xianghe ge" song form evolved into what?
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the "We ge"
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What is a "primary consideration" in East Asian music?
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Transparency
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According to pipa player Liu Fang, what should musicians master?
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Playing with the right and left hands
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What is Classical Chinese music "closely related to"?
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Chinese Poetry
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According to legend, pitch was determined by the cutting of bamboo tubes known as what?
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lus [double dots on the "u"]
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What were the early pitch pipes "lus" supposed to match?
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The call of the phoenix
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What was the name of the music master "sent to the western mountains to make bamboo pitch pipes"?
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Ling Lun
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What is Chinese pop music known as?
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"Cantopop"
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What is Peking or Beijing opera known as in Chinese?
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Ching-hsi or Ching-chu [two dots on the u]
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When and by what group was Peking opera founded?
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Founded in the 1790s by actors from Anhwei province
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What instruments are featured in Peking Opera?
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Erhu, ku (barrel drums with tacked heads), suong (double reed instrument with conical barrel and ball), cymbals, gongs and pan-ku (drum with a hollow spot)
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What does "Daqu" mean?
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Big tunes
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What is "Xianghe ge"?
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unaccompanied song sung by one person with others joining in as the song progressed
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What were the official offices of music?
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Music Conservatory and Fengchang
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What was the purpose of the Fengchang?
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in charge of ritual music
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What was the purpose of the Shaofu?
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office charged with finding ways to amuse the emperor, the Music Conservatory was included here
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What was the purpose of the Music Conservatory?
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part of the Shaofu, collected local dances and songs for the emperor
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What was Ya Yue?
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a ritual system fo highly structured rites and music, created by the Zhou Dynast but based on Shang traditions
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Who composed "crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" music?
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Tan Dun
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What Western musical group spent time in Asia studying music?
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The Beatles
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What was "the Chinese view of music"?
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"A means of reflecting order in the universe"
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What type of music grew much during the Tang Dynasty?
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Court music
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What dynasty was known for "internationalism"?
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the Tang
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What is transperency?
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Only one part per instrument as opposed to having a "vertical mergin of lines into harmony"
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According to the "Eight Sounds" principle what are the classifications of instruments?
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metal, stone, earth, silk, wood, leather, gourd, bamboo
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From what style of song did Chinese Rock music find its basis?
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Xibeifeng, "Northwest Wind" rooted in folk song tradition of the northern Shaanxi province
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In what style of Western music is the idea of Transparency most evident?
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Chamber music or other small ensembles--single instrument to a part
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What was characteristic of the "international period"?
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4th-9th century, infusion of foreign musical styles with Chinese traditional ones
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What type of music was collected by the Music Conservatory?
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folk
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Which of these was NOT a "horseback instrument": Pipa, clapper, gong, bili, or zheng?
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zheng
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What musical element is MOST important in Peking Opera?
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rhythm
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Clapper opera emphasized clappers and what other instrument family?
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strings
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How did the rise of communism change operatic styles in China?
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themes went from tales of princes and enchantment to oppressed workers rising
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What is the "huang Chung"?
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The fundamental pitch of Chinese tonal system
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What is the term for Chinese tonal framework?
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anhemitonic pentatonic
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How many forms are there in the Chinese pentatonic scale system?
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5
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How many tones in western music?
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12
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Where would Guongdong music be performed?
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Teahouses
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What is the Ichigenkin?
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a one-stringed Japanese instrument
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What does Ya Yue mean?
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old music
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What new genre of folk music emerged during the Sui and Tang dynasties?
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Quzi
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What was Guongdong?
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a type of instrumental music influenced by Cantonese opera, jazz and Western classical music
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What was Zaju?
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a poetic dramatic form from the Tang
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In Chinese opera different colors represent what?
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different characters
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According to Confucius what was the purpose of music?
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to purify and further establish social hierarchy
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What is "busking"?
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playing on the streets in China
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Bamboo flutes are appropriate for what season?
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Spring
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Which emperor outlawed music?
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Qin Shih Huang-Ti, First Emperor Qin in 212 BC
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What dynasty was known as the "Age of Sorcery"?
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The Shang
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What was a "scholar's instrument"?
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The Qin
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How many syllables are the couplets in Peking opera arias usually based on?
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7-10
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How many strings does the Qin have?
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7
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How many string does the Se have?
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25
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How is the GuZheng different from the GuQin?
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The Guzheng has moveable bridges
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What type of instrument is an Erhu?
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Chordophone
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How many strings does the Erhu have?
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2
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Who composed Madame Butterfly?
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Puccini
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What is the Chinese influence in Mahler’s Das Lied von dere Erde?
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Text
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What is orientalism?
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19th century interest in Asia
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What is Japoniserie?
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interest in Japanese culture
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what technique is used to express the waves in the Yellow River Concerto?
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arpeggios
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How is excitement created in the Yellow River Concerto?
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through the use of glissandos
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Where did Cantopop originate?
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Hong Kong
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During which dynasties was the i-yang ch'iang form prevalent?
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The Ming and the Qing
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What are the two typical melodies of Peking Opera?
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Hsi-p'i and Erh-huang
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What are characteristics of the I-yang Ch'iang operatic style?
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singing, classical poetry and prose
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What is the difference between Hsi-p'i and Erh-huang?
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Hsi-p'i emphasizes E and A is light-hearted and for feminine arias while Erh-huang emphasizes G and C and is more serious, for male arias
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In China what was a song released on the internet known as?
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a "Cyber song"
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What is the Chinese term for China?
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Zhongguo which means "middle kingdom"
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How did music change after the death of Mao Zedong?
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government control on the arts lessened and global influences increased
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What is the "pa yin"?
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the Chinese term for the "eight sounds" classification system for instruments
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