Which of these statements is NOT true concerning shomyo?

a. they are Buddhist chants
b. they are the source of Japanese modal theory
c. the modes they produced were transferred to court music
d. they are responsible for the exact tuning systems found in Japan

ANS: d

Art & Culture

You might also like to view...

Oscar Wilde styled himself a "decadent" and flaunted his homosexuality as a challenge to the accepted code of moral behavior being promoted in his day

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Art & Culture

The text suggests that a large advantage of Islam in spreading throughout the world has been its

A. simplicity. B. complexity. C. fanaticism. D. promise of wealth or reward.

Art & Culture