Korea Instruments Flashcards
Means literally “right (or correct) music and its tradition include both instrumental and
vocal music which were cultivated mainly by the upper-class literati of the Joseon society.
Chong-ak
It also refers to ensemble music for men of high social status outside of the court.
Chong-ak
In this category, three important terms are a-ak, tang-ak and hyang-ak.
Chong-ak
is a category of Korean music traditionally associated with the
lower classes or for the general public and are vibrant and energetic.
Sog-ak or minisogak
It includes genres such
as pansori and minyo.
Sog-ak or minisogak
——— is a kind musical presented to audiences by skilled vocal
singers and drummers.
Pansori
They sang when they worked in the rice paddy or fields.
Sog-ak or minisogak
Sang when
they went off with their lover, and sang when their life was troubled and weighing them
down.
Sog-ak or minisogak
Gayageum
Kayagum
is a traditional Korean zither-
like string instrument, with 12 strings although more
recently variants have been constructed with 21 or more
number of strings.
Kayagum
It is probably the best known traditional
Korean musical instrument.
Kayagum
this six-string plucked zither is a
traditional Korean stringed musical instrument of the
zither family with both bridges and frets.
Geomungo
Scholars
believe that the name goguryeo and translates to
goguryeo zither refers to the color that translates to
“black crane zither”.
Geomungo
two-string vertical fiddle
Haegum
has a rod-like neck, a
hollow wooden sound box, two silk strings and is held vertically
on the knee of the performer and played with a bow.
Haegum
