East Asian Music

1. GUESS THE COUNTRY!

11. EAST ASIAN MUSIC

12. Listens perceptively to music of East Asia. MU8SE-IIa-h-2
Musical Characteristics in East Asian Music
MOST ESSENTIAL COMPTENCY

13. 1. Identify the musical characteristics in East Asian music.
2. Perform selected music from East Asia with accompaniment and
self-evaluate the performance using guided rubrics.
3. Appreciate the beauty of diversity in music and culture of East
Asia through writing an insight.
Musical Characteristics in East Asian Music
OBJECTIVES

14. JAPAN
CHINA
KOREA
VOCAL
MUSIC
OF

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Musical Characteristics in East Asian Music
• East Asian music both performs vocal and instrumental.
• The vocal timbre is chest, tensed timbre, throaty and nasal.
• Its rhythm is free or fixed. In fixed rhythm, it’s either duple,
triple, or quadruple.
• The common scale used is pentatonic. They also used diatonic
but seldom.
• Most of the songs of East Asia are performed with
accompaniment and they also use imitative polyphony.
Accompaniment may vary depends on the performers’ skills.
• Its form is mostly strophic (using the same tune on different
verses).

16. In eastern music, pentatonic scale
is usually used. In pentatonic scale, do, re,
mi, sol, la or (C, D, E,G, A) is present.

17. JAPAN
VOCAL
MUSIC
OF

18. n
Yo-sen In-Sen
Musical Characteristics in East Asian Music
Japanese music has two
modes:

19. • is used in folk songs and early popular songs.
• Described as “bright sounding”
Musical Characteristics in East Asian
Music
Yo-sen

20. • Contains minor notes
• used specifically in music for the koto and shamisen and is
contrasted with the yo-sen scale, which does contain minor
notes
Musical Characteristics in East Asian
Music
In-sen

21. SAKURA
Sakura or Cherry
Blossoms is a
traditional Japanese
folk song depicting
spring, the season of
cherry blossoms.

22. These are the musical elements used in
Sakura (traditional song in Japan)

23. VOCAL
MUSIC
OF
CHINA

24. MO LI HUA
is a traditional
Chinese song with a
beautifully gentle and
lyrical melody. The lyrics about
the jasmine flower also turn it
into a love song. The song
describes a custom of giving
Jasmine flowers, popular in
the southern Yangtze Delta
region of China. Another
version describes the fear of
plucking the flower.

25. VOCAL
MUSIC
OF
KOREA

26. ARIRANG
is a Korean folk song,
sometimes considered the
unofficial national anthem of
Korea. It is used as a symbol
of Korea and Korean culture.
Arirang is in essence a song
of farewell. The origin of the
word 'Arirang' is ‘the hill’.

27. REVIEW

28. JAPAN
CHINA
KOREA
VOCAL
MUSIC
OF

29. SAKURA
MO LI
HUA
ARIRANG
VOCAL
MUSIC

30. YO-
SEN
IN-SEN
2
MODES
:

31. Gather at least 4 of your family members and create your very own accompaniment
of the song “Arirang” using the improvised musical instruments.
For Example:
 Plastic Jar (Improvised Japanese Taiko)
 Guitar or Ukulele (Improvised Japanese Biwa and Shamisen)
 Any 2 metal objects (Improvised Chinese Pengling)
The Performers:
 You - will sing the Korean Folk song “Arirang”.
 Other members of the family - will perform the accompaniment
(Note: you can choose to arrange the composition based on your preference)

32. ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO EXIT?