MUSIC OF CHINA 4.

Paigu
-set of three to seven tuned drums, traditionally
Chinese Vocal Music five
-traditionally sung in a thin, non-resonant voice -usually made of wood with animal skin heads
or falsetto -played by beating heads and sometimes the
-usually solo rather than choral body with sticks
-double-sided, turnable drums with different
Traditional Chinese Music tunings on each side
-often played on solo instruments or in small
ensembles 5. Erhu
-instruments include plucked and bowed -two-stringed bowed musical instrument, also
strings, flutes, cymbals, gongs, and drums called the "Chinese violin"
-used in solo performance, small groups, and
The Book of Songs includes: large orchestras
-Fe (folk songs)
-Ya and Songs (court songs, praises, sacrificial 6. Pipa
poems) -four-stringed Chinese plucked lute with a pear-
shaped wooden body
Traditional Musical Instruments -has a varying number of frets (12 to 26)
-classified into:
a. Idiophone MUSIC OF JAPAN
b. Aerophone
c. Membranophone Cultural Significance
d. Chordophone -songs performed for emperors, clan leaders,
and mythological gods
Examples of Chinese Instruments -gagaku is court music with percussion, string,
1. Yunluo and wind instruments
-known as "cloud gongs" or "cloud of gongs"
-set of ten small tuned gongs mounted in a Musical Instruments:
wooden frame
-gongs generally of equal diameter but different A. String Instruments
thicknesses 1. Koto
-thicker gongs produce a higher pitch -national instrument of Japan
-13 strings strung over 13 movable bridges
2. Dizi
-major Chinese flute instrument 2. Shamisen
-widely used in Chinese folk music, opera, and -long narrow three-stringed lute with a square
modern orchestras resonating box
-popular among common people, simple to -resonator covered with animal skin, plucked
make, and easy to carry with a plectrum

3. Sheng 3. Biwa
-mouth-blown free reed instrument with -short-necked fretted lute, used in narrative
vertical pipes storytelling
-polyphonic instrument, increasingly popular as -associated with the Shinto goddess Benten
a solo instrument (music, eloquence, poetry, and education)

B. Wind Instruments
1. Shakuhachi -played while seated on the floor, plucked with
-bamboo flute with four front finger holes and short bamboo sticks
one thumb hole
2. Kayagum
2. Hichiriki -traditional zither-like string instrument with 12
-short cylindrical oboe made of bamboo strings
-has seven front finger holes and a rear thumb -recent versions have 21 or more strings
hole -one of the best-known traditional Korean
instruments
3. Sho
-mouth organ made of 17 bamboo pipes, used 3. Bipa
in gagaku -four-stringed wooden instrument from the Silla
Dynasty
C. Percussion Instruments
1. Da-Daiko B. Wind Instruments
-huge gagaku drum suspended on a frame 1. Pipiri
-struck with heavy lacquered beaters -bamboo instrument used in both folk and court
music
2.Kotsuzumi
-hourglass-shaped drum C. Percussion Instruments
-played by striking bare hands on the Changgo
membrane -hourglass-shaped drum
-most widely used drum in Korean folk music
MUSIC OF KOREA
TIPS FOR REVIEWING:
Historical Influences 1. Don't pressure yourself too much
-influenced by wars, shamanism, and Buddhist -just enjoy studying
thoughts -think funny jokes related to reviewing.
P'wedeng sa mga names para mas maalala mo!
Types of Musics: -review with your friends

A. Folk Music 2. Stay Hydrated

1. North Korea - songs like Su-sim-ga -uminom po palagi ng tubig para mas energized
2. South Korea - songs like Arirang and Rice po tayong magrereview
Grinding Songs
3. I'm proud of you
B. Vocal Music -kahit ilan man ang makuha mo sa quiz, okay
Pansori - unique Korean epic narrative songs lang yan! I'm proud of you because you tried
your best and that's what really matters in
Traditional Korean Instruments studying. Dedication po ang mahalaga :)

A. String Instruments -Myrtleeee

1. Geomungo November 13, 2024. 8:47 PM
-one of the oldest instruments in Korean folk (I don't know sinong nagbabasa nito right now
music HAHAH but galingan mo sa quiz ah?)

-almost 5 feet long with a hollow body and six

silk strings