Similar to the Piphat of Thailand with instruments that are strictly percussive but also integrates the use of an oboe.

It incorporates the use of several khene which is a large bamboo mouth organ and is the most popular folk music instrument of Laos.

Traditional music of Laos largely based around the khene.

A court music featuring choruses with large orchestras based on struck keys and gongs.

A Cambodian musical ensemble or an orchestra that usually accompanies ceremonial music of the royal courts and temples.

A scale with five equidistant tones in octave.

A heptatonic (7) tone scale with semi tone. A heptatonic (7) tone scale with semi tone.

A common technique used in gong ensembles in Indonesia.

Indonesian term for tempo.

The popular form of music in Indonesia.

The most famous Gamelan that contains a variety of instruments.The most famous Gamelan that contains a variety of instruments.

Important ornamentation of the Gamelan.

A female soloist singer who sings with a gamelan.

Refers to the unison male chorus that sings with the gamelan.

The ritual practice of musicians of Gamelan orchestra before playing the instruments in order to show respect.

Myanmar’s traditional folk music ensemble. It is made up mainly of different gongs and drums as well as other instruments depending on the nature of the performance.

The national instrument of Myanmar played in more formal and classical performances that are performed indoors.

Myanmar’s extensive collection of classical songs.

A gong-based musical ensemble commonly used in funerals and weddings in East Malaysia.

A musical ensemble from the MalayPeninsula that consists of xylophones and played swiftly and rhythmically in traditional Malay functions.

A musical form important to Malaysia’s national culture and performed by singing groups often in a competitive manner usually with percussion.

A musical form important to Malaysia’s national culture and performed by singing groups often in a competitive manner usually with percussion.

Music in Thailand is theoretically based on how many tones in a scale?

A mid-sized orchestra in Thailand that is performed in either outdoor style with hard mallets or indoor style with padded mallets.A mid-sized orchestra in Thailand that is performed in either outdoor style with hard mallets or indoor style with padded mallets.

An orchestra in Thailand primarily for indoor performances and for the accompaniment of stick-puppet theatre.

Traditionally played by women in the courts of Central Thailand. Instruments for this ensemble are historically smaller. Usually with a vocalist.

Classical court music in Vietnam popularly performed during the Tran Dynasty to the Nguyen Dynasty, also performed in honor of the gods and scholars in temples.

Classical court music or “great music” performed as chamber music for the king.

Classical court music or “small music” performed as chamber music for the king.

A Singaporean orchestra having Western-influenced performances.

A Singaporean orchestra with ethnic music performances.

Traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms.

A Japanese percussion instrument which is an integral part of many Japanese matsuri (festivals).

The musical instrument in Japan often used in narrative story telling. Chosen instrument on Breten, goddess of music, poetry and education in Shinto.

The most famous flute in Japan made of bamboo.. It was imported from China for Gagaku.

raditional Chinese song with a beautifully gentle and lyrical melody. The song describes a custom of giving Jasmine flowers.

Two-stringed fiddle and one of the most popular Chinese instrument. It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles or large orchestra.

A Korean folk song used as a symbol of Korea and Korean culture. Arirang is in essence a song of farewell.

Best-known traditional Korean zither-like string instrument.

The most widely used drum in the traditional music of Korea. It consists of an hourglass-shaped body with two heads made from animal skin.The most widely used drum in the traditional music of Korea. It consists of an hourglass-shaped body with two heads made from animal skin.

An ancient Indian sacred collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns and counted as first among the four canonical sacred texts of Hinduism known as Vedas.

Directed to a Hindu god, which is why it is called “temple music.”

The common Indian system of rhythm.

A sequence of drum syllables or “bol” in India.

Most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Hindustani music.

Most common instrument for keeping rhythm in Carnatic Music

Traditional expressions of love and considered by many to be one of the principal poetic forms in the Persian civilization. Can be sung by both men and women.

The devotional music of the Christi order in Pakistan, a vibrant musical tradition that stretches back more than 700 years.

Distinctively unique to Arabian music because of its technique of improvisation. It is the system of melodic modes used in traditional Arab music.

Used in musical genres with a fixed rhythmic temporal organization including recurring measures, motifs and pulse.

Used in the muwashahat (an Andalushan musical form) where every syllable of the lyric must fall on a beat.

Technique used in speeches building up to an explosive climax in the aragoto style, it requires an extraordinary breath control that only few experts succeed in achieving.

Technique adapted from the chanting of jō ruri, implies a very sensitive capacity of riding the rhythms of the shamisen declaiming each accompaniment.

The subtle delivery of poetical text written in the Japanese metrical form of alternating seven and five syllables.

Traditional shadow puppet theatre popular in Indonesia.

Traditional Japanese theatre art that is performed in a stylized manner which combines acting, singing and dancing.

Shinto priestess who is the founder of Kabuki in 1603.

Known as the Beijing opera that follows traditional Chinese arts in stressing meaning rather than precise actions.

He sings the mood songs at regular intervals during performance , in a nine-hour wayang kulit, he may sing fifty or sixty.

He sings the mood songs at regular intervals during performance , in a nine-hour wayang kulit, he may sing fifty or sixty.