MUS 350 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025
China - ANSWERS
(Gu)Qin - ANSWERSseven-string Chinese zither with 13 position markers ("hui")
- originally for court music - later played by scholars for contemplation, self- purification, and self-regulation
- Strucutre of its composit...
(Gu)Qin - ANSWERSseven-string Chinese zither with 13 position markers ("hui")
- originally for court music - later played by scholars for contemplation, self- purification, and self-
regulation
- Strucutre of its composition includes: Sanqi, Rudiao, Ruman, and Weisheng
Pipa - ANSWERS4 stringed lute with 23- 25 frets
- Was imported through ancient Islamic kingdom
-pieces in the traditional pipa repertory are divided into two categories: Wen (lyrical, civil) or Wu
(aggressive, martial) styles
Wen - ANSWERSStyle of pipa music meaning Lyrical, civil
- In other words, it is more lyrical and slower in tempo, with softer dynamic and subtler colour, and such
pieces typically describe love, sorrow, and scenes of nature
Wu - ANSWERSStyle of pipa music meaning aggressive, martial
-In other words, it is more rhythmic and faster, and often depict scenes of battles and are played in a
vigorous fashion employing a variety of techniques and sound effects
, Jiangnan sizhu - ANSWERStype of Chinese chamber instrumental ensemble made up of strings & winds,
popular in areas around Shanghai
- Informally played in tea houses
- features heterophonic textures
o Every melodic instrument in ensemble plays the same basic melody, but each player applies the
improvised embellishments creating a heterophonic texture
Jingju Theater/Peking Opera - ANSWERS- dramatic presentation of plots using music speech, stylized
gestures and dance movements, acrobatics, mock combat scenes, makeup, and costumes
- audience members must have prior knowledge of the art form to understand an individual production
o requires an audience that possess the art of watching and listening to appreciate it fully.
Japan - ANSWERS
Kabuki - ANSWERSa type of Japanese drama in which music, dance, and mime are used to present
stories
-· main form of popular musical theater in Japan
Gagaku - ANSWERS- Traditional court music of Japan.
- translates to "elegant or refined music"
- oldest ensemble music in the world
- characterized by smoothness, serenity, precise execution, and the absence of virtuosic display
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