Korean traditional music performances - culture

Korean traditional music performance emphasis on improvisation, running continuously, and a bit of a break in each of her performance. Pansori for example, may last for more than eight hours with only one singer.

The contrast with western music differences, most Korean traditional music performances starting from the movement (oscillation), the slowest to fastest.

Court music, Jeongak, in ancient times performed by upper-class society. Jeongak played very slowly, with only one beat in every three seconds. This beats synchronized with breathing rate, so the taste of static (monotonic). Musical instruments used in the staging Jeongak made from natural materials, so that her voice soft and calm. Almost all wind instrument made of bamboo, while the stringed instruments have strings made of silk.

Pungmul is a kind of Korean folk music is taut and expressive. Pungmul minsogak or categorized in this type of folk music mostly.

Traditional Korean musical instruments can be divided into wind instruments, strings (a string), and percussion. Some kind of wind instrument: Piri, taepyeongso, Daegeum, danso, saenghwang and hun. Stringed musical instrument: kayageum, geomungo, ajaeng, and haegeum.

Korean traditional percussion instrument is very diverse, such as kwaenggwari, jing, bang, janggu, Tub, pyeonjong, etc.