6. Traditional Japanese music is
basically meditative in
character. Its performance is
highly ritualized, as much in
the music itself, as in the
composure of the musicians
when performing it.
29. Confucius - music in the highest sense as a
means of calming the passion of dispelling
of unrest and lust, rather than as a form of
amusement.
Traditionally the Chinese have believed
that sound influences the harmony of the
universe.
Chinese theoretically opposed music
performed solely for entertainment.
38. Zheng
An ancient Chinese instrument
that has an arched
surface and an elongated-
trapezoid with 13 to 21 strings
stretched
over individual bridges.
47. Korea's folk music tradition,
with its generous use of
bright rhythms and
melodies, offers a more
energetic and capricious.
48. Chong-ak
- means literally "right (or correct) music",
- cultivated mainly by the upper-class literati
of the Joseon society.
- refers to ensemble music for men of high
social status outside of the court.
- In this category, three important terms are
a-ak, tang-ak, and hyang-ak.
49. Sog-ak or minsogak
- traditionally associated with the
lower classes or for the general
public and are vibrant and energetic
- It includes genres such as pansori
and minyo.
50. Pansori
is a kind of music presented to audiences by
skilled vocal singers and drummers. But even
the unskilled could sing these songs. They
sang when they worked in the rice paddy or
fields, sang when they went off their lover and
sang when their life was troubled and weighing
them down.
54. Piri
It is made of bamboo. Its large
reed and cylindrical bore gives it
a sound mellower than that of
many other types of oboe.
55. Changgo
It is an hourglass-shaped
drum with two heads
made from animal skin.
The two heads produce
sounds of different pitch
and timbre, which when
played together are
believed to represent the
harmony of man and
woman.
63. Aerophone
any musical instrument that produces
sound primarily by causing body of air
to vibrate
Chordophone
any musical instrument that makes
sound by way of a vibrating string or
strings stretched between two points
64. Idiophone
any musical instrument which creates
sound primarily by way of the
instrument's vibrating by itself.
Membranophone
any musical instrument which
produces sound primarily by way of a
vibrating stretched membrane
