Korean music

Korean music includes both folk and classical styles from the countries of North and South Korea.

Traditional music of Korea

Korean music is based on Buddhist and native shamanistic beliefs. Buddhist and shamanistic dancing, and shamanistic drum music, are extant, as is a melodic, jazzy dance music called sinawi. Traditional Korean instruments can be broadly divided into three groups: string, wind and percussion instruments. The 12-string zither (gayageum) and the six-sting zither are part of the string fold instruments. The two-string fiddle and the seven-string zither is part of the string T'ang. String court include seven-sting zither and the 25-sting zither. The large transverse flute, small flute, Korean cylindrical oboe and grass flute are all called wind folk. Wind T?ang includes the Chinese oboe, vertical flute and conical oboe. The mouth organ, panpipes, globular flute, flute with mouthpiece, small-notch flute and flute are wind court instruments. Percussion folk instruments include large gong, small gong, folk drum, sound drum and folk hourglass drum. The clapper and the hourglass drum are the percussion T'ang instruments. Percussion court includes the bronze bells, stone chimes, square wooden box with mallet and tiger-shaped wooden instrument.

Related Topics:
Buddhist - Native shamanistic - Melodic - Jazz - Dance music - Sinawi - Gayageum

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