Korea

• Traditional music of Korea

  • Influenced by China and Mongolia
• People from China passed through Korean Peninsula

  200 BC
• Shamanism


  Act of communicating with the spirit world through a medium called shaman
• Shaman


  • Can cure people in need
  • A way of connecting themselves with nature and creation
• Instruments used in shaman ceremonies

  • Aerophones
  • Chordophones
  • Membranophone
• Changgo


  An hourglass-shaped, two headed drum, struck by a sticke on its left head and the hand, padded stick on the right side
• Changgo


  • Used in traditional music
• Piri


  A cylindrical double-reed aerophone has a saxophone-like sound
• Piri


  • Used for folk festivals
• Taegum


  • Has 6 finger holes, membrane covered hole metallic sound, and several open holes at the end of flute
  • Length about 80 cm and big mouthpiece
  • Gives a serene, ethereal feel to its listeners
• Taegum


  • Used as ensemble or solo from court music to shaman
• Kumungo


  • A 6 stringed zither, rootsfrom the Chinese qin
  • String of instrument placed over 16 bridges which serves as frets
• Kumungo


  • Used in many types of court and folk music
• Haegum


  • 2 stringed chordophone resemblance the Chinese Erhu
  • Is played through bowing, located between two string
• Haegum

  • Used in Court music, Folk, Shaman
• Kayagum


  A zither with 12 strings and bridges, has a different timbre
• Kayagum


  • One of the prominent instruments and used in ritual, festival, and entertainment
• Sijo


  • Music based on three-line form of Korean poetry
  • May be sung without accompaniment or any instruments
• Sijo

  • A form of Korean court music
• Pansori

  • Performed by singer or narrator in the song and folk tales, about everyday life
  • Spoken are interspersed with gongs, body movements, and gestures
• Earliest record of Pansori was done

  1775
• Pansori


  • Today one can find in professional performances and recordings
• 1. pop

  A monicker for South Korean music, which several genres: Dance-pop, ballad, electropop, hip-hop, and RNB
• 1. pop

  • Has unique way of training members usually required for several hours
• Korean Pop Music


  A product of South Korea' internationalization, as its music a mix of Western and Korean culture
• Korean Pop Music


  • Carefully marketed worldwide with unique music, styles, movements, and packaging
  • Music is accepted worldwide and has become a popular music genre