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The haegeum (Korean: 해금) is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a vertical fiddle with two strings; derived from the ancient Chinese xiqin. It has a rodlike neck, a hollow wooden soundbox, and two silk strings, and is held vertically on the knee of the performer and played with a bow.
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[1] [2] It is essentially a modernized form of the haegeum (a traditional Korean bowed vertical fiddle). Its tuning pegs are like those of the violin, inserted from the side, compared to those of the haegeum, which are inserted from the front. The bow used is not used in between the strings but is played from the front like the violin also.
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Gonghu (공후; 箜篌) – Harps (no longer used).There were four subtypes according to shape: Sogonghu (소공후; 小箜篌; lit. small harp) – harp with angled sound box, 13 strings, and a peg that is tucked into the player's belt
Speakers of non-rhotic accents, as in much of Australia, England, New Zealand, and Wales, will pronounce the second syllable [fəd], those with the father–bother merger, as in much of the US and Canada, will pronounce the first syllable [ˈɑːks], and those with the cot–caught merger but without the father–bother merger, as in Scotland ...
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The sanjo gayageum version of the instrument has closer string spacing and a shorter length to let musicians play the faster passages required for sanjo. [2] The sanjo gayageum is now the most widespread form of gayageum. [3] All traditional gayageum use silk strings, though since the late 20th century, some musicians use nylon.