Music of china

• 1. Pitch/Tonal System - most Chinese music is in pentatonic scale, which is

  derived from the Ling Lun Chinese legend. The use of pentatonic scale is

  based on some symbolic attributes like:

  . Kung - it is the primary tone which is associated with the

  Emperor

  . Shang - it is the tone associated with the Minister

  . Chih - the tone associated with the State

  . Chaio - it is the tone associated with the People

  . Yu - the tone with significant Chinese objects.
• Meter/Rhythm - Chinese music is mostly in duple rhythm or 2 quarter

  which transmits the principle of natural "duality" like female-male or yin-

  yang relationship.
• Texture - it is generally thought that Chinese music is in homophonic

  texture because it is mainly the distinguishing characteristic of early Chinese

  ritual music.
• Distinguishing characteristics of vocal and instrumental music of China

  Chinese instrumental music is heterophonic in nature and it is

  played with more than one instrument. Suites and variations are the most

  well-known instrumental forms of Chinese music. The major characteristic

  of Chinese instrumental variations is called motive that appears at the

  beginning and at the end of each movement.
• Distinguishing characteristics of vocal and instrumental music of China

  Chinese vocal music is mostly described as high pitched, thin, non-

  resonant, nasal or in falsetto and usually performed in solo or monophonic

  in texture rather than in choral. Chinese vocal music originally came from

  sung poems and verses with music.
• Distinguishing characteristics of vocal and instrumental music of China

  Vocal music is intricate because a great prominence is being given

  to the correct tonal infection and articulation in every musical tone, though

  Chinese words are monosyllabic.
• 1. Religious Music-classified into two: the Buddhist Music and Taoist Music

  which are the religious chants or ritual music (temple music) played for

  some ceremonies like salvation and memorial rituals.

  1. Buddhist Music - also known as "Sanskrit Music"

  B. Taoist Music - music is influenced by regional folk music, and it is

  used in ceremonial rituals like Buddhist music.
• 3. Narrative Music - Zhugongdiao is one of the significant types of narrative

  songs. The song is a story about a romantic legend told accompanied by an

  instrumentation like in the drum songs.
• 4. Chinese Folk Music - describes the lives of most Han Chinese people,

  Shange is a mountain song created in strophic form and it uses fewer

  refrains, composed of two or four phrases with the same length and each

  phrase has another musical thought.
• identify

  A) yueqin

  B) pipa

  C) erhu

  D) dizi

  E) yunluo

  F) sheng

  G) zheng

  H) pengling