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Traditional Music
Korean traditional music is called "Guk-ak." Korea has a long history of music and dancing. Korean music originated from the ceremony of offering to the god of heaven. With increased trades and exchange of culture with other countries in the Three Kingdom age, Korean music developed further. Throughout the ages, Guk-ak developed further in various ways, and with the foundation of the National Classical Music Institute in 1951, they could make more systematic efforts to preserve and pass down traditional music.
With the recent trend of valuing and shedding a new light on traditional culture among Koreans, there have been various efforts made to preserve and develop Korean culture.
With the recent trend of valuing and shedding a new light on traditional culture among Koreans, there have been various efforts made to preserve and develop Korean culture.
Pansori
Pansori is a type of music widely performed and enjoyed among lower middle class people in the later years of the Joseon dynasty. In the mid 19th century, Sin Jae-hyo classified the existing pieces. After that, 5 Madang (chapters) out of the whole 12 chapters of one piece began to be performed and a type in which a group of people play different parts or characters was also introduced.
Traditionally, Pansori is a monodrama in which one singer tells a long story in songs to the rhythm of a drum by "Gosu," the leading drummer. The singer sings in Hanbok with a fan in her/his hand.
Pansori has stories about lives and the realities of average people. Their candid sensibility and humanity is portrayed in the songs.
The five chapters of Chun-hyang, Sim-cheong, Hong-bo, Su-gung, Jeok-byeok are popular.
Traditionally, Pansori is a monodrama in which one singer tells a long story in songs to the rhythm of a drum by "Gosu," the leading drummer. The singer sings in Hanbok with a fan in her/his hand.
Pansori has stories about lives and the realities of average people. Their candid sensibility and humanity is portrayed in the songs.
The five chapters of Chun-hyang, Sim-cheong, Hong-bo, Su-gung, Jeok-byeok are popular.
Folk Songs
Folk songs have Koreans’ sentiment, culture, and spirit in them, and can be understood as the sound of the people as they have been orally transmitted among the Korean public since ancient times. The author or composer is not known for most of the songs, and people do not know exactly when they began. They can be transformed in different and free styles by different singers. The melody, which sometimes flows like a stream and other times has exciting beats, gives a sense of depth and beauty to the songs. Arirang is one of the most famous Korean folk songs.
