Non Euro China And Japan Quiz

Front 1

guqin

Back 1

7 string zither no frets, very old instrument (C)

Front 2

zheng

Back 2

21 string zither no frets (C)

Front 3

pipa

Back 3

pear shaped fretted lute 4 strings (C)

Front 4

ruan

Back 4

4 string fretted lute, circular (C)

Front 5

yanqin

Back 5

trapezoidal zither played with hammers (C)

Front 6

erhu

Back 6

small 2 string bowed fiddle, hexagonal, no fingerboard (C)

Front 7

jinghu

Back 7

same as erhu one octave higher (C)

Front 8

xiao

Back 8

endd blown bamboo flute (C)

Front 9

paixiao

Back 9

pan pipes (C)

Front 10

dizi

Back 10

transverse bamboo flute with buzzing membrane (C)

Front 11

xun

Back 11

globular flute made of clay (C)

Front 12

suona

Back 12

double reed like the zurna (C)

Front 13

sheng

Back 13

many pipes, both blow and suck air (C)

Front 14

sanxian

Back 14

lute with long fretless neck (C)

Front 15

Bianzhong

Back 15

12 tone bronze bells. bells can produce 2 pitches (C)

Front 16

luo

Back 16

metal gongs can produce rising and falling pitches (C)

Front 17

bian or ging

Back 17

chime made of stone (C)

Front 18

ban

Back 18

set of wooden slats for indicating tempo (C)

Front 19

dagu and xiaogu

Back 19

membrane drums (C)

Front 20

sizhu

Back 20

silk and bamboo ensemble. very soft. includes dizi, erhu, and sanxian. meant for tea houses, play folk tunes. pretty boring. sounds like stuff they play in chinese restaurant. (C)

Front 21

gugu

Back 21

shorter songs, singer plays the dagu (C)

Front 22

opera

Back 22

contains spoken dialog, mime, acrobatics. no stage sets. very stylized. actors learn codified movements. example is the screechy horrible sounding one. (C)

Front 23

Jingxi

Back 23

Beijing opera. women perform. eight specific model dramas. (C)

Front 24

ban

Back 24

ten standard rhythmic types. (C)

Front 25

Opera modes: xipi and erhung

Back 25

xipi is bright and happy. erhung is serious and introspective. (C)

Front 26

lu

Back 26

twelve tones of chromatic scale (C)

Front 27

bianyin

Back 27

secondary pitches. (7 in a scale but only five are used the two leftover are the bianyin) (C)

Front 28

diao

Back 28

pentatonic modes, five possible, who really wants to study them all seriously (C) NO SEMITONES IN CHINA

Front 29

Shinto

Back 29

oldest religious tradition. multiple gods, ancestor worship, includes music. (J)

Front 30

kagura

Back 30

music and dancing assoc. with shinto (J)

Front 31

hayashi

Back 31

small folk ensemble plays shinto music (J)

Front 32

kodo

Back 32

formed in USA, performance of taiko drumming, includes elements of shinto. (J)

Front 33

shomyo

Back 33

sung by buddhist monks. call and response. non pulastile. first pitch is set response and pitch. very slow. (J)

Front 34

densho

Back 34

cylindrical bell (J)

Front 35

choshi

Back 35

modes based on chinese pentatonic scales (J)

Front 36

hennon

Back 36

two extra pitches outside mode (J)

Front 37

yo mode

Back 37

not choshi, folk 1 2 4 5 b7 (J)

Front 38

in

Back 38

the most japanese of the modes, large intervals and SEMI TONES (J)

Front 39

ryukyu

Back 39

mode from Okinawa, different from in but has semitones and large intervals (J)

Front 40

gagaku

Back 40

old court music, tagaku-chinese, komagaku-japanese. bugaku-costume and choreography. 5-20 minutes. jo-intro, ha-exposition, kyu-ending (J)

Front 41

sho

Back 41

17 pipes, constant tones, 7 tone chords (J)

Front 42

hichiriki

Back 42

loud small double reed (J)

Front 43

ryuteki

Back 43

only for gagaku, flute (J)

Front 44

biwa

Back 44

related to pipa (J)

Front 45

kakko

Back 45

double headed drum , conducts orchestra (J)

Front 46

tsuri daiko

Back 46

large suspended bass drum (J)

Front 47

shoko

Back 47

metal suspended disk, marks metrical units (J)

Front 48

takube

Back 48

transverse flute (J)

Front 49

taiko

Back 49

small shallow drums (J)

Front 50

o daiko

Back 50

large barrel drum with riveted heads (J)

Front 51

shamisen

Back 51

long necked fretless lute. accompanies songs like the katarimono (narrative songs), the banraku (puppetry) and utainmono (vocal music) (J)

Front 52

Shakuhachi

Back 52

transverse flute, made of bamboo. aids in meditation. non pulastile music, limited number of pitches, timbral and dynamic variations (J)

Front 53

koto

Back 53

zither like the guqin, solo instrument. accompanies female singers who sing kumituta (song poems). uses the in mode. (J)

Front 54

dan

Back 54

phrase lengths 64-120 beats (J)

Front 55

Sonkyoku

Back 55

shamisen, shakuhachi, koto, singing by the shamisen player. (J)

Front 56

Hyashi

Back 56

small percussion ensemble with bamboo flute, drums plays for noh (minimal dramas) (J)

Front 57

Kabuki theater

Back 57

has several large ensembles. such as the debayashi (4-8 shamisen players and male chorus) (J)