Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
Division of Iloilo
BANATE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Banate, Iloilo

UNIT TEST in MUSIC OF EAST ASIA

I. Choose the correct answer:

Write the letters only on the space
provided. _____6. How is the “Arirang” song classified?
a. welcome song
_____1. How is Chinese music described? b. love song
a. It is gentle and lyrical. c. song for spring
b. It is slow in tempo and is very peaceful. d. parting song
c. It is meditative and highly ritualized. _____7. a Japanese drum that comes in various sizes
d. It is slow and melancholy. and is used to play a variety of musical genres
a. taiko
_____2. Which of the following is one of China’s most b. odaiko
popular instruments? c. tsuridaiko
a. haegum d. otstuzumi
b. erhu
c. koto _____8. Moon-shaped lute with shorter neck and four
d. shamisen strings, played with a spectrum, used for
accompanying local operas.
_____3. These are two small bells made of high-tin a. koto
bronze, without internal clappers. b. yueqin
a. haegum
c. shamisen
b. erhu d. zheng
c. koto
d. pengling _____9. Which Japanese instrument is called the
”dragon flute”?
_____4. Which of the following does not belong in the a. shimobue
group? b. hichiriki
a. tsuzumi
c. ryuteki
b. odaiko d. shakuhachi
c. taiko
d. changgo _____10. Which of the following statements about the
changgo is correct?
_____5. Which Korean music category is traditionally a. It is a single headed drum whose tone is
associated with the lower class? altered by squeezing its laces.
a. tang-ak
b. It is a Japanese drum that has become the
b. chong-ak
central instrument of percussion ensemble
c. sog-ak
c. It is large hanging barrel drum
d. a-ak
d. An hour glass-shaped double headed drum
made from animal skin.
II. Classify the following Instruments. III. Enumeration

Instruments
Chordophone, Aerophone MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS of EAST
Membranophone, Idiophone ASIA
1. Odaiko
KOREA JAPAN CHINA
2. Sho
1. 4. 7.
3. Haegum
2. 5. 8.
4. Yunluo
3. 6. 9.
5. Pipa

Prepared by:
Dorlenn D. Peñaredondo
MAPEH Teacher