Korea

• Korean music may be described as elegant and very ritual like as the Chinese music
• Korean music is built on the pentatonic scale and on the heptatonic scale, both of which are used in the Aak court music and during informal celebrations
• Sog-ak


  Music of the common people that is usually live, portraying the life of ordinary people, the folk music of Korea
• Chong-ak


  Korean Court music, elegant, refined, delicate and formal, extremely slow and solemn, with subtle dynamics and a sense of majesty
• Aak


  Imported form of Chinese ritual music
• Hyangak


  Pure Korean music
• Tangak


  Combination of Chinese and Korean influences
• Korean folksong means "Dear and Beautiful Korea"?

  Arirang
• A folk song sung in triple meter with one basic rhythmic pattern?

  Ninjo
• Kasa (long narrative song)
• Kagok (lyrical song)
• Sijo (short lyrical song)
• Nong-ak (song of the farmers)
• P'ansori (song for the stage and drama)
• San-jo (song for solo instrument)
• Korean dance originally performed in shamanic ceremonies to expel evil spirits?

  Salpuri