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Geomungo
The ''geomungo'', alternate name ''hyeongeum'', is a traditional Korean culture, Korean plucked zither with both bridges and frets. ''Geomungo'' is a representative String instrument, stringed instrument made in Goguryeo before the 5th century. Scholars believe that the name refers to Goguryeo and translates to "Goguryeo zither" or that it refers to the colour and translates to "black crane zither" (). The ''geomungo'''s place in Korean culture is traditionally that of a scholars' instrument for self-cultivation, much like ancient Chinese had done with the guqin, ''guqin'' in China. However, the Koreans never adopted the ''guqin'' as a folk instrument but instead inherited the Confucian and literati ''guqin'' lore wholesale and applied it onto their own ''geomungo'' lore. History The ''geomungo'' originated circa the 4th century (see Anak Tomb No.3 infra) through the 7th century from the kingdom of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, although the instrum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geomungo 11 String
The ''geomungo'', alternate name ''hyeongeum'', is a traditional Korean plucked zither with both bridges and frets. ''Geomungo'' is a representative stringed instrument made in Goguryeo before the 5th century. Scholars believe that the name refers to Goguryeo and translates to "Goguryeo zither" or that it refers to the colour and translates to "black crane zither" (). The ''geomungo'''s place in Korean culture is traditionally that of a scholars' instrument for self-cultivation, much like ancient Chinese had done with the ''guqin'' in China. However, the Koreans never adopted the ''guqin'' as a folk instrument but instead inherited the Confucian and literati ''guqin'' lore wholesale and applied it onto their own ''geomungo'' lore. History The ''geomungo'' originated circa the 4th century (see Anak Tomb No.3 infra) through the 7th century from the kingdom of Goguryeo, the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, although the instrument can be traced back to the 4th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin Hi Kim
Jin Hi Kim (; born February 6, 1957) is a composer and performer of ''geomungo, komungo'' and electric komungo, and a Korean music specialist. Kim is known as a pioneer for introducing ''geomungo'' (거문고, a Korean fretted board zither, also spelled ''komungo'') to American contemporary classical music scene through her own cross-cultural chamber and orchestral compositions and her extensive solo work in avant-garde, as well as cross-cultural free improvisation. She is a Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim fellow in composition and her recent works include the development of ''komungobot'' (algorithmic robotic instrument) and solo performances of the world's only electric ''komungo'' with live interactive MIDI, MIDI computer system in her large-scale multimedia performance pieces. Kim has received commissions from the American Composers Orchestra, Kronos Quartet, and Tan Dun, Tan Dun's New Generation of East for Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guqin
The ''guqin'' (; ) is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety and refinement, as highlighted by the quote "a gentleman does not part with his ''qin'' or '' se'' without good reason," as well as being associated with the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. It is sometimes referred to by the Chinese as "the father of Chinese music" or "the instrument of the sages". The ''guqin'' is not to be confused with the '' guzheng'', another Chinese long stringed instrument also without frets, but with moveable bridges under each string. Traditionally, the instrument was simply referred to as the "''qin''" (琴) but by the twentieth century the term had come to be applied to many other musical instruments as well: the '' yangqin'' hammered dulcimer, the '' huqin'' family of bowed string instruments, and the Western piano (''gangqin'' (钢琴 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjo (music)
''Sanjo'' (), literally meaning 'scattered melodies', is a style of traditional Korean music, involving an instrumental solo accompanied by drumming on the ''janggu'', an hourglass-shaped drum. The art of ''sanjo'' is a real crystallization of traditional Korean melody and rhythm which may have been handed down by rote generation after generation. The drummer who beats the ''janggu'' also makes '' chuimsae'' (exclamations) in order to please the audience. The audience can also express their excited feeling with ''chuimsae'' while listening to ''sanjo''. A big ''chuimsae'' indicates a good performance, so the musician can make a better performance. Like '' pansori'', ''chuimsae'' plays an important role in ''sanjo''. Without ''chuimsae'', the music is meaningless. ''Chuimsae'' connects musician and audience during a ''sanjo'' performance. Almost every Korean traditional musical instrument is used in ''sanjo'': gayageum, geomungo, daegeum, haegeum, piri, taepyeongso, ajaeng, da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang San-ak
Wang San-ak (, ?-?) was the prime minister of Goguryeo during the reign of King Yangwon (6th century AD). According to the ''Samguk Sagi'', written in 1145, the ''geomungo'' was invented by him by using the form of the ancient Chinese instrument ''guqin'' (also called ''chilhyeongeum'', literally "seven-string zither"). After his death, the instrument was passed down to Ok Bogo, Son Myeong-deuk, Gwi Geum, An Jang, Cheong Jang, and Geuk Jong, while being widely spread over the kingdom. See also * Three Kingdoms of Korea * Goguryeo Sources * ''Samguk Sagi ''Samguk sagi'' () is a historical record of the Three Kingdoms of Korea: Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. Completed in 1145, it is well-known in Korea as the oldest surviving chronicle of Korean history. The ''Samguk sagi'' is written in Classical ..., Vol 32, Goguryeo Bon-Gi'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, San-ak Korean musicians 6th-century government officials 6th-century Korean people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinawi
''Sinawi'', sometimes spelled ''shinawi'', is a traditional Korean music. It is performed improvisationally by a musical ensemble, and traditionally accompanies the rites of Korean shamanism. The style first emerged in the Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces, but is now widespread. The traditional sinawi ensemble followed the principle of ''sam-hyeon-yuk-gak'' (三絃六角), with two flutes, a ''haegeum'', a ''daegeum'', a ''janggu'' hourglass-drum, and a large '' buk'' drum. However, today other traditional Korean instruments such as the ''gayageum'' and ''geomungo'' are also often included. See also * Gut (ritual) * Muak * Sinism * Korean culture The traditional culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea before the division of Korea in 1945. Since the mid-20th century, Korea has been split between the North Korean and South Korean sovereign state, stat ... References Korean styles of music Korean traditional music {{Korea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajaeng
The ''ajaeng'' () is a Korean string instrument. It is a wide zither with strings of twisted silk. It is played with a slender stick of forsythia wood that is drawn across the strings in the manner of a bow (or it can be played w/ a Horsehair Bow). The ''ajaeng'' mainly plays the bass part in ensemble music. Some instruments have as many as nine to twelve strings. similar to the koto but bowed The ''ajaeng'' is generally played while seated on the floor. It has a tone similar to that of a cello, but raspier. Some contemporary players prefer to use an actual horsehair bow rather than a stick, believing the sound to be smoother. The instrument is used in court, aristocratic, and folk music, as well as in contemporary classical music and film scores. The traditional ''ajaeng'' is divided into a ''daeajaeng'' () for ''jeongak'' () and a ''soajaeng'' for folk music (, or ''sanjo ajaeng'', ). Since the second half of the 20th century, various improved ''ajaengs'' have been made and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial plant, perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily (biology), subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family, in the case of ''Dendrocalamus sinicus'' having individual stalks (Culm (botany), culms) reaching a length of , up to in thickness and a weight of up to . The internodes of bamboos can also be of great length. ''Kinabaluchloa, Kinabaluchloa wrayi'' has internodes up to in length. and ''Arthrostylidium schomburgkii'' has internodes up to in length, exceeded in length only by Cyperus papyrus, papyrus. By contrast, the stalks of the tiny bamboo Raddiella, ''Raddiella vanessiae'' of the savannas of French Guiana measure only in length by about in width. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, but it most likely comes from the Dutch language, Dutch or Portuguese language, Portuguese language, which originally borrowed it from Malay langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Culture
The traditional culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea before the division of Korea in 1945. Since the mid-20th century, Korea has been split between the North Korean and South Korean sovereign state, states, resulting in a number of cultural differences that can be observed even today. Before the Joseon period, the practice of Korean shamanism was deeply rooted in Korean culture. Clothing The traditional dress known as ''hanbok'' (; alternatively ''joseonot;'' in North Korea) has been worn since ancient times. The ''hanbok'' consists of a shirt (''jeogori'') and a skirt (''chima''). According to social status, Koreans used to dress differently, making clothing an important mark of social rank. Costumes were worn by the ruling class and the royal family. These upper classes also used jewellery, jewelry to distance themselves from the ordinary people. A traditional item of jewellery for women was a pendant in the shape of certain elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitch (music)
Pitch is a perception, perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale (music), scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melody, melodies. Pitch is a major auditory system, auditory attribute of musical tones, along with duration (music), duration, loudness, and timbre. Pitch may be quantified as a frequency, but pitch is not a purely objective physical property; it is a subjective Psychoacoustics, psychoacoustical attribute of sound. Historically, the study of pitch and pitch perception has been a central problem in psychoacoustics, and has been instrumental in forming and testing theories of sound representation, processing, and perception in the auditory system. Perception Pitch and frequency Pitch is an auditory sensation in which a listener assigns musical tones to relative positions on a musical scale based primarily on their percep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Tuning
In music, there are two common meanings for tuning: * #Tuning practice, Tuning practice, the act of tuning an instrument or voice. * #Tuning systems, Tuning systems, the various systems of Pitch (music), pitches used to tune an instrument, and their theoretical bases. Tuning practice Tuning is the process of adjusting the pitch of one or many tones from musical instruments to establish typical intervals between these tones. Tuning is usually based on a fixed reference, such as A440 (pitch standard), A = 440 Hz. The term "''out of tune''" refers to a pitch/tone that is either too high (Sharp (music), sharp) or too low (Flat (music), flat) in relation to a given reference pitch. While an instrument might be in tune relative to its own range of notes, it may not be considered 'in tune' if it does not match the chosen reference pitch. Some instruments become 'out of tune' with temperature, humidity, damage, or simply time, and must be readjusted or repaired. Different method ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
