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Gayageum. Gayageum (가야금; 伽 倻 琴) – A long zither with 12 strings; modern versions may have 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, or 25 strings. Geomungo (거문고) – A fretted bass zither with six to eleven silk strings that is plucked with a bamboo stick and played with a weight made out of cloth. Cheolhyeongeum (철현금; 鐵 絃 琴 ...
After the division of Korea in 1945, both North and South Korea have produced their own styles of music. Traditional music (Korean: 國樂; Hangeul: 국악; gugak; lit. national music [1]) produced by Korea includes court music, folk music, poetic songs, and religious music used in shamanistic and Buddhist traditions. [2]
gayageum. McCune–Reischauer. kayagŭm. Demonstration of the sound of gayageum by a non-professional player. The gayageum or kayagum (Korean: 가야금; Hanja: 伽倻琴) is a traditional Korean musical instrument. It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings.
t. e. The music of South Korea has evolved over the course of the decades since the end of the Korean War, and has its roots in the music of the Korean people, who have inhabited the Korean peninsula for over a millennium. Contemporary South Korean music can be divided into three different main categories: Traditional Korean folk music, popular ...
Janggu. The janggu (Korean : 장구, also transliterated as janggo or changgo) or seyogo (세요고 ; 細腰鼓 ; lit. slim waist drum) is a drum often used in traditional Korean music. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It consists of an hourglass -shaped body with two heads made from various types of leather. [ 2 ] The two heads produce sounds of different pitch and ...
Butting – a bow with a single hemp 5 string, plucked with a small stick. Faglong – a two-stringed, lute-like instrument of the B'laan; made in 1997. Budlong – bamboo zither. Kolitong – a bamboo zither. Pas-ing – a two-stringed bamboo with a hole in the middle from Apayao people. Kudyapi – a two-stringed boat lute from Mindanao.
daegeum. McCune–Reischauer. taegŭm. The daegeum (also spelled taegum, daegum or taegŭm) is a large bamboo flute, a transverse flute used in traditional Korean music. It has a buzzing membrane that gives it a special timbre. It is used in court, aristocratic, and folk music, as well as in contemporary classical music, popular music, and film ...
The saenghwang (Korean: 생황) is a traditional Korean wind instrument. It is a free reed mouth organ derived from the Chinese sheng. It is related to the Japanese instrument shō, which is also derived from the sheng. [1] The instrument was referred to historically as saeng (생; 笙) or u (우) during the Goryeo period. [1]