Korean gayageum is an ancient stringed instrument, the Korean Folk widely circulated, is that people are very favorite musical instrument. Korean called Gaya high.
Gayageum history
Korean instrument gayageum history. As early as AD 500 had been popular in the Korean peninsula folk. Its shape is very similar and China Guzheng, legend has it that the ancient Gaya country Castrol mimic Han Zheng Wang Yu Le, Chinese built the shape, and the integration of the national identity made of. Portable piano defected after Le Silla, therefore, gayageum music became the main instrument of Silla, also known as Silla piano. Silla Dynasties (AD 7th century to 10 century) Gayageum East to Japan, now in Nara Todaiji Shosoin, but also holds one time produced Gayageum.
Ancient traditional gayageum have Gagaku gayageum and folk music gayageum of the points and the body are based on Paulownia production, is the whole of the timber from which the longitudinal half broke open, digging into their half of the tile like an empty slot in the “tiles” convex Zhang strings, without backplane. Gagaku Gayageum wider large, and folk music gayageum slightly more narrow.
Korean musical instruments – Gayageum
Modern Gayageum
Modern Gayageum by the piano frame, panels, floor, piano and strings constitute column. About one hundred and sixty centimeters or so. General use made of Paulownia, Zhang stringed thirteen, each with piano chord column (ie, Qin Ma), to adjust the pitch. Tune a stringed instrument is not uniform, generally in accordance with pentatonic tuning, pitch is not fixed. Range of more than two octaves. Modern Gayageum To widen its range, the number of strings increased to 17 or 18, or even 21, 22 or 25, such as different number. Its tone pure and honest, quiet. Playing one on your lap, the other head tilted forward, the right-hand pizzicato, left hand take the tone. Can solo, accompaniment or ensemble. Is playing, singing Korean music and dance of the important solo, accompaniment and ensemble instrument.
Korean instrument gayageum playin is Korean traditional folk singing form, with strong ethnic characteristics, better known traditional songs with “moon”, “Bellflower”, “casual Gayageum tune” and so on.
