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Music History
World Music – China and Japan
Review Worksheet
I.
Short Answer
Answer each of the following questions.
1. What are the three main religions of China?
a.
b.
c.
2. What are three instruments that are used in Japanese music?
a.
b.
c.
3. Explain what Chinese opera is. Describe the characters, costumes, sets, stories
and sounds associated with this art form.
4. What are the names of the two styles of musical theatre in Japan?
a.
b.
II.
Fill in the Blanks
Read each of the statements below and select the answer from the word bank that
best completes it.
1. The ____________________ is a stringed instrument that is used in Chinese
music and arrived in Japan in the eighth century.
2. Both Chinese and Japanese music use the ____________________ scale in their
music. It is made up of __________ different pitches.
3. Chinese and Japanese culture both place a special emphasis on the
____________________ and _____________________.
4. Chinese and Japanese music both have a deep connection to
____________________ and ____________________.
5. In Chinese music, the ____________________ is generally weak.
6. ____________________ is the oldest documented example of Chinese music.
7. ____________________ is the most famous in all Chinese opera.
8. ____________________ is a form of traditional Japanese music that is based on
Buddhist chant.
9. Japanese music originated to accompany _____________________ rituals.
10. The music of ____________________ is closely related to the music of
____________________.
Word Bank
pulse
family
Beijing Opera
China
zither
5
pentatonic
history
society
Japan
Buddhist
nature
Solitary Orchid
Shomyo