Y3 Revision - Asian Music

Question 1

Which two instruments are fretless plucked lutes?

Accepted Answer

Sanxian and Gambus

Question 2

Complete the definition: Heterophony is a texture where Each instrument plays the same (stock) melody....

Accepted Answer

simultaneously, but is embellished based on the instrument’s own idiom

Question 3

The Alap section is ______ and features a solo instrument improvising freely, and is accompanied only by the ______.

Accepted Answer

unmetered, tambura

Question 4

Which of these are not unmetered?

Accepted Answer

Gat

Question 5

Which of these instruments has sympathetic strings?

Accepted Answer

Sarangi

Question 6

Kopak features interlocking drumming pattern played by the

Accepted Answer

Marwas

Question 7

What is the role of the Tabla in Hindustani Music?

Accepted Answer

To provide the meter, To establish the rhythmic cycle (tala)

Question 8

Which of these genres feature the Taksim?

Accepted Answer

Zapin

Question 9

What is common between the Alap, Alapana, and Taksim?

Accepted Answer

They all feature solo improvisation.

Question 10

The Taksim section usually features an improvised introduction by a solo instrument, and is unmetered.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which of the following is not a double-headed drum?

Accepted Answer

Rebana

Question 12

In Hindustani Music, we arrive at the Gat section when

Accepted Answer

the tabla player comes in at last.

Question 13

Joget melodies have a shift in internal stress, producing an alternation of 2/4 and 6/8 meters

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The _______ pattern is heard at the end of verses and accompanies the final _______ section at the end of the piece.

Accepted Answer

Kopak, Wainap

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a plucked lute?

Accepted Answer

Sarangi

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