Instruments
This instrument is a large, pitched drum and usually comes in sets of 4 or 5.
What is the Timpani drum?
This is the culture(s) that the Pentatonic Scale is native to.
Where is everywhere?
This is the type of membranophone that accompanies all types of Japanese Theater.
What is the drum?
This is the large section in the back of the Orchestra. The Timpani is part of this section.
What is the Percussion section?
This is the name of the Chinese philosopher whose teachings influenced the way court music sounded.
Who was Confucius?
This lute is played with fake finger nails. The player actually strums the notes by flicking their fingers out as opposed to plucking the strings.
What is the Pipa?
This is the number of notes in the Pentatonic Scale.
What is 5?
This is only type of Japanese Theater which doesn't typically have musicians on stage.
What is Bunraku?
This is the name for the type of music that has a soloist accompanied by the Orchestra.
What is a Concerto?
This is the name of the instrument introduced to Japan in the 1600s. It is one of the main components of the music that accompanies Kabuki theater.
What is the Shamisen?
This instrument is a two-stringed chordophone and accompanies Mongolian throat singing.
What is the Mohrin Khuuhr?
This is the name for the 5-note scale used by every culture.
What is the Pentatonic Scale?
This is the type of Japanese Theater with human actors that is the most elaborate.
What is Kabuki theater?
This is the name for the ancient genre of Japanese court music.
What is Gagaku?
This is the animal whose prominence in Mongolian culture has influenced nearly all of the music of this culture over time.
What is a horse?
This instrument is a two-stringed chordophone and is known for being very soloistic.
What is the Erhu?
These are at least 3 different art forms incorporated into Beijing Opera.
What are Music, Dance, Gymnastics, ect.
This is the type of Japanese Theater that first had women actors portray male roles.
What is Kabuki?
This is the name for the type of dance that typically accompanied Gagaku court music.
What is Bugaku dancing?
This instrument is an idiophone commonly used in Chinese ensemble music.
What is the Yanchin?
This type of singing uses the natural way that sound waves are created to allow the performer to sing homophonically with themselves.
What is Mongolian throat singing?
In this style of Japanese Theater, actors typically wear masks.
What is Noh theater?
This is the name of the man whose video we watched when we learned about the Pentatonic Scale. He jumped around the stage and had the audience sing a pentatonic melody with almost no help.
Who is Bobby McFerrin?