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SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO

Luna Street, La Paz, Iloilo City

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Grade 8

Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health

KAMAPEHMILYA
Kagamitang Angkop sa Malikhain at Aktibong Pagsasanay sa Edukasyong Hahasa sa Mag-aaral
at sa Lahat ng Yamang Angkin

Music 8-Quarter 2- Week 3

EAST ASIAN MUSIC

Music of East Asia

Competency: explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that would simulate
instruments being studied. (MU8SE-IIb-h-5)
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Development Team of Music Learning Guide

Writers/ Authors: Carmela E. Abonado,
Cherry Joy B. Castro
Amber A. Buyco and Lea Joy A. Meterio
School Quality Assurance Team: Dr. Nordy D. Siason Jr.
Illustrator: Armand Glenn S. Lapor
Layout Artist: Lilibeth E. Larupay
Lydio Inayan Jr.
Division Quality Assurance Team: Lilibeth E. Larupay
Dr. Ma. Fe L. Brillantes
Armand Glenn S. Lapor
Management Team: Dr. Roel F. Bermejo
Dr. Nordy D. Siason
Dr. Lilibeth T. Estoque,
Dr. Azucena T. Falales
Ruben S. Libutaque, Lilibeth E. Larupay
Dr. Ma. Fe L. Brillantes

EAST ASIAN MUSIC

BEGIN

INTRODUCTION

Music from East Asia shows the work of art to create music and produce unique quality
of sound through musical instruments based on the different classification. This time
you will explore musical instruments and the uniqueness of their sound.

YOUR TARGETS

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that would simulate
instruments being studied

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Do not write anything

on this module. All answers must be written in your
activity notebook.

Music of East Asia

Competency: explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that would simulate
instruments being studied. (MU8SE-IIb-h-5)
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KEEP THIS IN MIND

MUSIC OF EAST ASIA

China

CHINA-Land of the Red Dragon

Chinese culture was dominated by the teachings of the popular Confucius and
conceived music in highest sense as means of calming the passion and of dispelling
unrest and lust rather than as a form of amusement.

Chinese believed that sound influences the harmony of the universe. One of the most
important duties of the first emperor of each new dynasty was to search out and
establish the dynasty’s through standard of pitch.

Traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic and usually uses the
pentatonic scale as can be heard in the song Mo Li Hua
Pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave.

The variations of rhythm, beat, tone quality, and embellishments in traditional Chinese
music are highly distinctive. This is mainly due to the unique sounds and playing styles
of traditional musical instruments.

The combination of all the different instruments served to create a harmonious and
beautiful auditory atmosphere. Unbelievingly beautiful music was made and is still
made. Many instruments can produce purely unique and amazing sounds.

Chinese musical instruments are classified according to the materials by which they are
made: animal skin, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay, metal and stone.

Classification of Instruments

MEMBRANOPHONE - Sound is produced by membranes or skin

IDIOPHONE – Sound is produced by vibrating itself without the use of strings
AEROPHONE –Sound is produced by air, blown
CHORDOPHONE – Sound is produced by strings

Music of East Asia

Competency: explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that would simulate
instruments being studied. (MU8SE-IIb-h-5)
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Sheng Pipa

Called as Chinese mouth-blown organ A four-stringed lute with 30 frets and a

with panpipes with 12 to 36 bamboo pear-shaped body.
pipes. This instrument has an extremely wide
- one of the oldest Chinese musical dynamic range and remarkable
instruments expressive power.

Zheng Pengling Dizi

An ancient Chinese Two small bells made of Is the traditional Chinese

instrument that has an arched high-tin bronze, without flute. It can have a
surface and an elongated- internal clappers, and membrane over an extra
trapezoid with 13 to 21 strings hemispheric or hole to give characteristic
stretched over individual bottomless gourd-like in rattle effect. The player
bridges shape. plays it by blowing across
the mouthpiece and
produces the different
notes by stopping the six
holes found in the rod

Music of East Asia

Competency: explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that would simulate
instruments being studied. (MU8SE-IIb-h-5)
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Yueqin Erhu
Yunlo
A moon-shaped lute with A two-stringed fiddle and
“Cloud of gongs” of 10 small
shorter neck and four one of the most popular
tuned gongs mounted in a
strings, played with a Chinese instrument. It is
wooden frame.
spectrum, used for used as a solo
accompanying local instrument as well as in
operas small ensembles or large
orchestra and by various
ethnic groups

APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

Directions: Make your own improvised Chinese musical instrument and describe it in
terms of:
1. Materials used
2. Utilization (How to play/use)
3. Quality of sound produced
Copy the table below on your activity notebook. Write your answers on the space
provided.
Materials used

Utilization (How to play/use)

Quality of sound produced

REFLECT

Directions: Do this on your activity notebook.

1. What did you like most?

2. What did you find difficult?

3. What did you learn?

Music of East Asia

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ASSESS WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

POST TEST
Directions: Read and understand the questions carefully. Write your answer on your
activity notebook.

1. Guitar produces sound through strumming or plucking of strings. What

classification of instrument is considered when the sound is produced by the
vibration of strings?
A. Chordophone C. Idiophone
B. Membranophone D. Aerophone

2. A skinned musical instrument is an instrument that uses an animal skin or

nowadays synthetic plastic stretched on both ends of a hollow cylinder. Which
among the classification refers to it?
A. Idiophone C. Aerophone
B. Chordophone D. Membranophone

3. Among the musical instruments given, what musical instrument from China
produces the sound from strings?
A. Yunlo D. Pengling
B. Dizi D. Pipa

4. Musical instruments are grouped into classification depending on the manner

they are played and the materials used. These are musical instruments that the
sound is produced by blowing air on its reed or edge of its hole.
A. Membranophone C. Chordophone
B. Aerophone D. Idiophone

5. Musical Instruments like gongs, wooden xylophones produce pleasant sound.

What classification of instruments produce sound by vibrating itself like tapping,
or striking with mallets or sticks and without the use of strings?
A. Chordophone C. Membranophone
B. Idiophone D. Aerophone

6. What country in East Asia is called as the Land of the Red dragon and
considered that sound influences the harmony of the universe.
A. Japan C. China
B. Korea D. Thailand

7. What melody is used in the folk song Mo Li Hua?

A. Melodic C. Diatonic
B. Pentatonic D. Harmonic

8. We create sound using rhythmic instruments. Which among the following is an

example of improvised rhythmic instruments?
A. Violin C. Guitar
B. Bamboo sticks D. Keyboard

Music of East Asia

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9. Among the musical instruments given which of the following belongs to Idiophone
classification?
A. Pengling C. Sheng
B. Erhu D. Dizi

10. Which among the following does not tell about music of China?
A. Chinese musical instruments are classified according to the materials by
which they are made: animal skin, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay,
metal and stone.
B. The variations of rhythm, beat, tone quality, and embellishments in traditional
Chinese music are highly distinctive.
C. Chinese musical instruments are classified according to the materials by
which they are made: animal skin, gourd, bamboo, wood, silk, earth/clay,
metal and stone.
D. Chinese music belongs to diatonic scale.

Answer Key

1. A
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. D

References

Department of Education, Music and Arts of Asia Learner’s Module,Book Media Press,
Inc. First Edition , 2013
https://www.chinatour360.com/culture/music.htm

Music of East Asia

Competency: explore ways of producing sounds on a variety of sources that would simulate
instruments being studied. (MU8SE-IIb-h-5)