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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. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. [1]
312: Instrument has a string bearer made of a vaulted surface (tube zithers) 312.2: Instrument has strings that are stretched across a convex gutter (half-tube zithers) 312.22: Instrument is a heterochord. These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate. 4: Hammers or beaters; 5: Bare hands and ...
Seul (슬; 瑟) – A long zither with 25 strings, derived from the Chinese se; used today only in Munmyo jeryeak (Korean Confucian ritual music) photo; Geum (금; 琴) – A 7-stringed zither, derived from the Chinese guqin; also called chilheyongeum; used today only in Munmyo jeryeak (Korean Confucian ritual music) photo
He plays the kayagum and ajaeng, and sings in both traditional Korean and free improvisational styles. He was born in Seoul , South Korea. He began his musical studies at the age of ten and later studied traditional instruments, voice, dance, and Western music at the National Conservatory in Seoul and at Seoul National University , earning B.A ...
As in the 1970s, when South Korean society regarded immigrants to the U.S. with a mixture of envy, admiration and disdain, local perceptions of Korean Americans today are no less conflicted.
Single stringed instrument, blown rather than plucked or strummed, with the string attached to a coconut shell resonator and with a tension noose wrapped around the string to adjust the pitch 311.121.222 — Korea: gayageum [82] [83] kayagum, kayago: zither-like string instrument, with 12 strings. 312.22-5: Kyrgyzstan: komuz [84] [85]
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