Traditional Korean Musical Instruments
Traditional Korean musical instruments comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. Many traditional Korean musical instruments (especially those used in Confucian ceremonies) derive from Chinese musical instruments. String Korean string instruments include those that are plucked, bowed, and struck. Most Korean string instruments use silk strings, except as noted. Plucked Zithers * Gayageum (hangul: 가야금; hanja: 伽 倻 琴) – A long zither with 12 strings; modern versions may have 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, or 25 strings * Geomungo (hangul: 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 (hangul: 철현금; hanja: 鐵 絃 琴) – A geomungo with 8 steel strings plucked with a bamboo stick and played with a slide made out of either glass or metal in the manner of a slide guitar, developed in the 20th century
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琵琶
琵琶 is an East Asian string instrument. 琵琶 may refer to: * Bipa, a Korean pear-shaped lute *Biwa, a Japanese short-necked fretted lute *Pipa The pipa, pípá, or p'i-p'a () is a traditional Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the "Chinese lute", the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ran ..., a Chinese plucked string instrument * Tỳ bà or ''đàn tỳ bà'' (檀琵琶), a Vietnamese traditional plucked string instrument {{chinese title disambiguation ...
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Sohaegeum
The sohaegeum () is a North Korean musical instrument, developed in the 1960s. It is essentially a modernized form of the '' haegeum'' (a traditional Korean bowed vertical fiddle). ''So'' (hanja: 四) in ''sohaegeum'' means "four", because it has four strings. 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. See also *Haegum *Huqin *Kokyū The is a traditional Japanese string instrument, the only one played with a bow. A variant of the instrument also exists in Okinawa, called in Okinawan. The , like the , has its origins in Okinawa. Although it is similar to Chinese , it a ... * Traditional Korean musical instruments References External links''Sohaegum'' photo
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Xiqin (instrument)
The () was a bowed string musical instrument. It is perhaps the original member of the family of Chinese and Mongolian bowed string instruments; thus, the and and all similar fiddle instruments may be said to be derived from the . The had two silk strings and was held vertically. Origin and development The is believed to have been developed by the Kumo Xi, a Mongol- or Khitan-related ethnic group living in the Xar Moron River valley in northeast China. The first appeared in China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), during which time it was used in the palace orchestra and bowed with a bamboo stick. It was further developed in the Song Dynasty (960–1279), when it began to be bowed with a horsehair bow. In 1105, during the Northern Song Dynasty, the instrument was described as a foreign, two-stringed fiddle in an encyclopedic work on music called (; literally "book of music") by the music theorist Chen Yang (). Similar instruments The used in music and the used ...
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奚琴
Xiqin may refer to: * Xiqin (instrument), a bowed string Chinese musical instrument * Western Qin (385-400, 409-431), a Xianbei state and one of the Sixteen Kingdoms * Xiqin Guildhall, a museum in Zigong, Sichuan, China Towns or townships in China * Xiqin, Fujian (西芹), a town in Nanping, Fujian *Xiqin Manchu Ethnic Township (希勤满族乡), a township in Harbin, Heilongjiang * Xiqên Township or Xiqin Township (锡钦乡), a township in Lhatse County Lhatse County (also rendered as Liza County) is a county of Xigazê in the Tibet Autonomous Region. It was established in 1959, with Lhatse Town as the county seat. In 1968, Quxia Town became the county seat. Lhatse County, has a population of s ...

Haegeum
The ''haegeum'' () is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a vertical fiddle with two strings; derived from '' xiqin'', traditional Instrument of Xi people, which was introduced in Goryeo Dynasty through Northern Song. 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. It is also popularly known as (), (), or (). The ''haegeum'' is one of the most widely used instruments in Korean music. The ''haegeum'' is used in court music as well as (ordinary people's music). The ''haegeums range of expression is various despite having only two strings, with sounds ranging from sorrowful and sad to humorous. The ''haegeum'' is made using eight materials: metal, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, clay, hide, and wood, and so it is called (eight sounds). The () is a modernized fiddle with four strings, used only in North Korea and in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China ...
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