| The music of Korea is over 1000 years old. Isang | | | | instruments of Korea include Kayagum which can be |
| Yun - a musician teaching in Berlin included Korean | | | | played in the solo style, duet and as a group of |
| songs in his course which was later brought back to | | | | three. The instrument has to be placed on the lap |
| Korea. Like all other strong influences, war definitely | | | | with the tail on the ground level. Tanso is the wind |
| had its impact on Korean music. Korean music is | | | | instrument and played along with the flute. The |
| mostly influenced by shamanistic and Buddhist | | | | original bamboo of Tanso is now replaced by resin. |
| thoughts. The dance, drum and the sinawi dance | | | | The sound produced is pure melody. Yanggum is |
| music is clearly evident in folk music. | | | | made of bamboo and is a string instrument almost as |
| The Dongbu folk songs are unique in various areas | | | | big as a piano. The fourteen keys which is now |
| and are typical about the styles. The songs from the | | | | increased to the count of twenty six keys. Most of |
| Jeolla and chungcheong area are known as Namdo | | | | the string instruments of Korea in the contemporary |
| folk songs. They are full of drama and the collections | | | | folk times are made of silken threads. |
| are tasteful. The Pansori and the Sanjo were created | | | | There are bowed, plucked and struck varieties in the |
| out of Namdo music. The music of Jeju from Jeju | | | | folk string instruments that encompass the Geum, |
| Island is simple and rich in their compositions. The | | | | Bipa, Sohaegeum and Yangguem. There are flutes, |
| Pansori is actually a one man show which involves | | | | horns and oboes and mouth organs and also the |
| dialogues, enactment, dance and a drummer assists | | | | jeok, so, Hwa, Dae piri and Nagak in the wind |
| with the rhythm for the singer. The Pansori is done | | | | instrument folk variety. There are other chimes, |
| at a stretch for eight hours. It is actually required to | | | | gongs and cymbals of various varieties in the |
| make the voice hoarse by shouting, so as to become | | | | percussion musical instruments. Folk songs are still |
| a Pansori singer. The props include a handkerchief and | | | | evident in the villages. Rituals, ceremonies and |
| fan. | | | | festivals mark the occasion with traditional Korean |
| A troupe of thirty musicians performs the Nongak. | | | | folk's songs. Though a evolution is also seen in the |
| The Sanjo is a tempo based playing which | | | | making of musical instruments, traditional Korean folk |
| accelerates and moves to a high tempo. The musical | | | | songs bring pure melody. |