SAMPLE FOLK SONG FROM EAST ASIA

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
JAPAN
SAKURA
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
Sakura sakura
Yayoi no sorawa
Mi-watusakagiri Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Kasumika kumoka Across the spring sky,
Nioizo izuru As far as you can see.
Izaya zaya Is it a mist or clouds?
Mini yukan Fragrant in the air.
Come now, come,
Let’s look, at last.
CHINA
MO LI HUA

Hao yi duo mei li di mio li hua

BEAUTIFUL JASMINE FLOWER
Hao yi duo mei li di mio li hua
Fen fang mei li man zhi ya,
What a beautiful jasmine flower
You xiang you bai ren ren kua,
What a beautiful jasmine flower
Rang wo lai jiang ni zhai xia,
Sweet-smelling, beautiful, stems full of buds
Song gei bie ren jia, mo li hua
Fragrant and white, everyone praises
Ya mo li hua.
Let me pluck you down
Give to someone’s family
Jasmine flower, oh jasmine flower.

KOREA
ARIRANG
ARIRANG
Arirang, arirang, arariyo.
Arirang gogaero neommeoganda.
Nareul beorigo gasineun nimeun Arirang arirang arariyo
Simrido motgaseo balbbyeongnanda Crossing over Arirang Pass
Dear who abandoned me
Will not even walk even ten Li before his/her feet hurt

EAST ASIAN MUSIC IN TOTALITY

 VOCAL TIMBRE-nasal and throaty
 RHYTHM – duple, triple, quadruple
 MELODY – pentatonic scale, diatonic scale
 TEXTURE – monophony (acapella), homophony
(with chordal accompaniment), heterophony
(same melody but ornamented by several
instrument).
 FORM- strophic (using the same tune on diffent
verses).