Music Project

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF KOREA

AEROPHONES

DANSO / TANSO

WHAT IS IT?

• tan is short , so is generic term for wind instruments
• end-blown vertical bamboo flute used in Korean folk music.
• The flute has four finger holes and one thumb hole at the back.
• The playing range is two octaves, going from low G to high G.
• The lower sounds are made by just blowing, whereas the higher ones are made by difference in the strength of the blowing.

CHOKTAE

WHAT IS IT?

• In Korean version, a recorder is called So among no-reed instruments of the wood wind section while a flute called Cho.
• 6 holes for sound and one more holes as a half tone device.
• There are 3 kinds of Choktae -- Tae Ham (big flute), Chung Ham (middle flute) and So Ham (small flute).
• Choktae is usually made of wood or bamboo elements.
• Choktae is usually made of wood or bamboo elements. It is usually 3cm in diameter, and 70cm in length. The length is in proportion to its thickness.

SENAP

WHAT IS IT?

• double reed-wood wind instruments among traditional Korean musical instruments.
• a wind instrument with a copper-made trumpet attached to the wooden tube.
• A reed was added for a correct half-tone and, the tube lengthened, and the trumpet made smaller.

PIRI

WHAT IS IT?

• among double reed recorders in the traditional Korean musical instruments has 7 holes
• came into being earlier than Senap, and was especially loved by Korean people from before the Christian era.
• It has different kinds: Hyang Piri, Se Piri, Tang Piri.

CHORDOPHONES

GAYAGEUM

WHAT IS IT?

• The gayageum means a stringed instrument (geum) of Gaya,
• an ancient country located in the southern part of the Korean peninsula.
• player sitting cross-legged, places the instrument across the lap horizontally.
• There are two kinds of gayageum; one used for classical music and the other used for folk music.

GEOMUNGO

WHAT Is It?

• hyeongeum in Chinese character form, is a composite word of:"geomun,"
• is six-stringed zither with 16 fixed frets and three movable bridges.
• The geomun-go has been played by the literati for their moral training.

Ajaeng

WHAT IS IT?

• The ajaeng is a bowed instrument with seven to ten strings.
• it is one of the two bowed Korean traditional instruments
• There are two kinds of ajaeng; the one used for the classical music
• And folk music
• It was usually used in court music.

MEMBRANOPHONES

CHANGGO

DESCRIPTION

• an hour glass shoes drum played by striking either both ends.
• a barrel drum, accentuates the rhythmic cycle.
• In the past female dog skin was used for both sides of the drum.

SOGO

What is it?
The Sogo is a small drum with a handle.
used by dancers, they carry the Sogo and play it while they dance.
It was used for female dog skin in the past.

IDIOPHONES

KkWAENGGARI

Description:
small gong similar to the Ching and played by stroking with a mallet.
It is made of brass and is played with a hard stick.
It produces a distinctively high-pitched, metallic tone that breaks into a cymbal-like crashing timbre when struck forcefully.

CHING

is a large gong used in traditional Korean music
It is usually made from high-quality brass and is struck by a stick that is layered with cloth at one end to soften the texture of the sound produced.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF JAPAN

AEROPHONES

HICHIRIKI

is a small double-reed cylindrical oboe with nine finger-holes imported from China. It is also used in Togaku and produces sliding ornaments known as embai.

SHAKUHACHI

is a Japanese five-hole vertical end-blown bamboo flute with a beautiful ethereal quality. It was first played by itinerant priest of the Fuke sect of Zen Buddhism

SHO

it consists of 17 slender bamboo pipes of which is fitted in its base with a metal free reed
-2 pipes are silent
-instrument that is called Phoenix

CHORDOPHONES

KOTO

a 6ft with 13 strings
it is tuned using moveable bridges under the strings.
played by plucking a string with the right hand while pressing down with the left.

BIWA

is a Japanese short-necked fretted lute. The biwa is the chosen instrument of Benten, goddes of music, eloquence, poetry and education in Buddhism.

ICHIGENKIN

is a Japanese single-stringed zither. It's body is a slender, slightly curved plank carved from Kirk.

IDIOPHONES

HYOSHIGI

is a simple Japanese musical instrument, consisting of two pieces of hardwood or bamboo that are connected by a thin ornamental rope.
They are struck, slowly at first.

MOKUGYO

also called deep fish.
used in zen monasteries to keep the boat during the chanting of the liturgy.
it's deep, rich tone makes it clear why the image .

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF CHINA.

TAEPYEONGSO

The taepyeongso is a conical double-reed oboe with eight finger holes. It is also called hojeok ("barbarian flute"), nalari, or saenap (derived from the Chinese sona). It is used in the farmers' band music, marching band music, shaman ritual music, and Buddhist ritual music.

TUNGSO

is a large notched bamboo flute with five finger holes. It is mainly used in the lion dance from the northern province.

CHORDOPHONES

RUAN

commonly referred to as "Chinese guitar", is an ancient four-stringed moon-shaped lute with long and straight neck and various number of frets, dated back at least to Qin Daynasty (around 200 BC)

YUEQIN

moon-shaped lute with shorter neck and four strings, played with a spectrum, used for accompanying local operas. "Yue" stands for "the moon" in Chinese.

MEMBRANOPHONES

YAOGU

The YaoGu is big in the middle and small at the two ends, shaped like a canister. The two ends are covered with cow skin or the skin of a mule. There are two rings on the surface of the drum, tied with a rope to fix up the drum. There are four yaogu specifications, but none with fixed tones. They sound clear, and are often used to perform accompaniments for folk dancing.

PAIGU

is a set of three to seven tuned drums (in most instances five are used), traditionally made of wood with animal skin heads.

AND THAT'S ALL FOR MUSIC INSTRUMENTS.