Chinese music dates back to 3000 BC and is based on the pentatonic scale. Chinese vocal music is traditionally sung solo in a thin, non-resonant voice. Japanese music has meditative and spiritual characteristics and emphasizes a musician's composure over technical skill. It is based on human breathing patterns rather than timing. Korean music includes diverse genres like pansori and folk songs that express the soul of the nation through colorful tales. It has a slow, peaceful tempo.

1. EAST ASIAN
MUSIC

2. MUSIC OF CHINA
•Chinese music is considered as one of the
oldest music in world
•It dates back to about 3000 BC
•It dates back to about 3000 BC

3. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
• Element of Chinese Music
• Chinese music is based on the ancient Chinese pentatonic, five-tone musical
system. The five tones are classified as: Kung, Shang, Chiao, Chih and Yue, or in
Western music it is known as the pentatonic scale or 5 tone scale

4. VOCAL MUSIC
•Chinese vocal music has traditionally been
sung, in a thin non resonant voice or in
falsetto. Chinese vocal music is usually solo
rather than choral. All traditional music is
melodic meaning monophonic (1 tune)
rather than harmonic.

5. •What can you say about the music of
China?
•What can you say about the music of
China?

6. MUSIC OF JAPAN
• Through this lesson, you will discover the traditional music of
Japan through their vocal (folk songs) and instrumental music.
Japanese vocal music is quite different from the Western vocal
music, and is based on the intervals of human breathing rather
than mathematical timing, and how Japanese musicians show
their spiritual self-mastery in mastering his or her instrument
more than simply perfecting a technique of some sort and how
they give value to their performance and composure.

7. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
• 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. Japanese chamber and solo music have a slow meditative
pace. The performance of Japanese music has traditionally been of a spiritual
character, similarly to martial arts and other art forms of arts such as the tea
ceremony and calligraphy, for example. It is usually about religious festivals, work,
dance, love and regional songs. Audiences are looking for this self-mastery in
musicians, reason why music has become highly ritualized. Musicians must show
this spiritual self-mastery in their performance and composure. They work on an
inner strength in mastering of his or her instrument, more than simply perfecting
a technique of some sort and providing entertainment.

8. ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
•The main tone of Japanese music has
2 modes: The Yo-sen and the In-sen.
Both consist of five primary tones
based on a scale with seven tones.

9. VOCAL MUSIC
• Japanese Vocal music is quite different from the Western vocal
Music, and is based on the intervals of human breathing rather
than mathematical timing, and how Japanese musicians show
their spiritual self-mastery in mastering his or her instrument
more than simply perfecting a technique of some sort and how
they give value to their performance and composure.
Compared to our music Japanese music is very simple, they
sing melodies in unison and they never repeat same melody in
a song.

10. SAKURA
• a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring,
the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in
international settings as a song representative of
Japan.

11. •What can you say about the music of
Japan?
•By just mere listening, what do you think
is the main function of Japanese music?

12. MUSIC OF KOREA
• Korea's folk music tradition, with its generous use of bright
rhythms and melodies, offers a more energetic and
capricious contrast to the nation's collection of classical
music works. Folk music represents the soul and sound of
traditional Korean villages with an eclectic array of music
forms including numerous folk songs, various forms of
instrumental pieces, pansori, and shaman ritual music.

13. CHONG-AK
• means literally "right (or correct) music", and its
tradition includes both instrumental and vocal
music, which were cultivated mainly by the upper-
class literati of the Joseon society. Chong-ak also
refers to ensemble music for men of high social
status outside of the court

14. IN THIS CATEGORY, THREE IMPORTANT TERMS
•a-ak
•tang-ak
•hyang-ak

15. •Sog-ak or minsogak is a category of Korean
music traditionally associated with the lower
classes or for the public and are vibrant and
energetic. It includes genres such as pansori
and minyo

16. PANSORI
• 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

17. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF KOREA
• Korean music especially in South Korea has a rich vocal
tradition, and diverse instruments and music forms. Folk songs,
religious works, court music, and shaman rituals all express the
soul of a nation whose history is filled with colorful and
fascinating tales. Traditional Korean music represents a world
of captivating rhythms and melodies whose sounds draw
listeners in like a breath. Koreans sang songs when they could
not hold their sadness in.

18. VOCAL MUSIC
•Korean music has a slow tempo, giving it
a very peaceful and pensive character.

19. ARIRANG
• a Korean folk song. It is sometimes used as a symbol of
Korea and Korean culture. Arirang is in essence a song of
farewell. The word 'Arirang' means „the hill‟. It pertains to
the foothills of Korea where most Koreans had partings
on. An emotion of deep regret is imbued in the rhythm of
Arirang. The song evokes the feeling of the tears shed by
Koreans and the remembrance of their sad stories

20. QUIZ
1. Which of the following countries do not belong to East
Asia?
a. China b. Korea c. Japan d. Philippines
2. How is Arirang song classified?
a. welcome song c. song of spring
b. love song d. parting song

21. QUIZ
3. How is Korean music described?
a. It is gentle and lyrical
b. It is slow in tempo and is very peaceful
c. It is meditative and highly ritualized.
d. It is slow and melancholy

22. QUIZ
4. How is the sakura song classified?
a. welcome song c. song of spring
b. love song d. parting song
5. Which of the following is the Japanese traditional
folksong?
a. Sakura c. Arirang
b. Mo Li Hua d. Burung kakatua

23. QUIZ
6. Which of the following is not true about Japanese
music?
a. It is gentle and lyrical
b. It is slow in tempo and is very peaceful
c. It is meditative and highly ritualized
d. It is slow and melancholy

24. QUIZ
7. How is the Mo Li Hua song classified?
a. welcome song c. song of spring
b. love song d. parting song
8. Which of the following is the Chinese traditional folksong?
a. Sakura c. Arirang
b. Mo Li Hua d. Burung kakatua

25. QUIZ
9. Which of the following is the Japanese traditional
folksong?
a. Sakura c. Arirang
b. Mo Li Hua d. Burung kakatua
10.The word Arirang means.
a. Jasmine flower c. Cherry blossoms
b. The hill d. Cackatoo