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See and hear a man play a Korean buk
Learn about the Korean buk (double-headed barrel drum) by watching and listening...
Video: Wesleyan Virtual Instrument Museum 2.0 (https://wesomeka.wesleyan.edu/vim2)

Images

kŏmungo
Musician playing a kŏmungo, a type of Korean zither with six strings.
The National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts
Korean peninsula
The Korean peninsula.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Korean shamans
Contemporary Korean shamans, one playing a gong (left), petitioning the spirits to...
© Karen Sparks
Korean music
Musician (left) playing a changgo, an hourglass-shaped drum, in a traditional...
Korea Britannica Corp.
the three ancient Korean kingdoms
Korea during the Three Kingdoms period (c. 400 ce).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
p'iri
Musician playing a Korean p'iri, a type of double-reed aerophone.
Korea Britannica Corp.
taegŭm
Musician playing a taegŭm, a type of Korean flute.
Korea Britannica Corp.
haegŭm
Musician playing a haegŭm, a Korean two-stringed fiddle.
Korea Britannica Corp.
kayagŭm
Musician playing a kayagŭm, a Korean 12-stringed zither.
The National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts
Korean musical modes
Kyemyŏnjo, p'yŏngjo, and ujo modes of Korean music, notated...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
seven-tone Chinese scale
Seven-tone Chinese scale (starting for ease of comparison from Western C), showing...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
ajaeng
Musician playing an ajaeng, a type of bowed zither, in a traditional Korean...
Korea Britannica Corp.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Audio

kŏmungo
Excerpt of a performance of Korean sanjo music on a kŏmungo, a...
p'iri
Excerpt from a performance of the Korean p'iri, a double-reed aerophone,...
sanjo kayagŭm
Excerpt of a performance of Korean sanjo kayagŭm music; recorded at the...
kyemyŏnjo scale
Korean kyemyŏnjo pentatonic scale played on a haegŭm, a Korean...
p'yŏngjo scale
Korean p'yŏngjo pentatonic scale played on a p'iri, a Korean double-reed...
ajaeng
Excerpt of a performance of Korean sanjo music on an ajaeng, a...
ajaeng sanjo scale
Scale used for the performance of sanjo music on the ajaeng; recorded...
Excerpt of a performance on a changgo, a traditional Korean drum; recorded...
Excerpt of a performance on a haegŭm, a Korean fiddle; recorded at the National...
Excerpt of a performance on a hyang-p'iri, the classical form of a Korean...
Excerpt of a performance on a kayagŭm, a 12-stringed Korean zither, in its...
kyemyŏnjo pentatonic scale on kayagŭm
The Korean kyemyŏnjo pentatonic scale, performed on the 12-string zither,...
ujo pentatonic scale on kayagŭm
The Korean ujo pentatonic scale, performed on the 12-string zither, kayagŭm;...
kŏmungo
Excerpt from a performance of court music on a kŏmungo, with percussion...
kŏmungo scale
Pentatonic scale played on the open strings of a kŏmungo; recorded at the...
se p'iri scale
Scale of the se p'iri; recorded at the National Centre for Korean Traditional...
Excerpt of a performance on a chong-ak taegŭm, a Korean flute (taegŭm)...
taegŭm scale
Taegŭm scale used for the performance of court music; recorded at the National...
tang p'iri scale
Scale of the tang p'iri, used in the performance of Korean court music;...
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