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  • 2021.4.19
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    ☆Noraet Garak is a representative popular folk song of Gyeonggi Province, drived from shaman songs around Seoul.

    Because of this, it was also called "Mu-nyeo Yuga" (a song enjoyed by female shamans).

    The song was originally sung after the shaman's exorcism in Gyeonggi Province and Gongsu's (talking to God) and King Gojong's court ladies sang Sijo peom on top of the royal exorcism ceremony to present it to the king, which became widespread among the people.

    Noraet Garak is a unique song that combines the characteristics of shaman songs, Sijo and folk songs.
  • 2021.4.20
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    The song won the grand prize at the 32nd Creative Korean Traditional Children's Music Contest 2018.

    Composed by Park Eun-do
    Lyrics by Park Yoon-hee
    Arranged by Kim Baek-chan
    Song by Son Hee-soo, Lee Sa-bin, Jang Yu-kyung, Jeon Ho-min
  • 2021.4.21
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    Unlike other sijo forms, Gaksijo has flexibility in its length depending on the length of the lyrics, and in particular, five or eight beats are repeated several times in the middle chapter. The first chapter(chojang) is similar to ordinary sijo, but in the middle chapter is chirped with a high note.☆
  • 2021.4.22
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    ☆World-caught folk song band 'Singsing' - Lee Hee-moon, Chu Da-hye, Shin Seung-tae (Sori), Jang Young-kyu (Bass), Lee tae-won (Guitar), and Lee Chul-hee (Drum)
  • 2021.4.23
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    ☆"Hojeokpungryu" is a taepyeongso Sinawi accompanied by samulnori or pungmul, which is remade in a way that is carried and received in accordance with instrumental accompaniment.

    Most of the Hojeok Pungnyu play Namdo-je Taepyeongso Sinawi in the accompaniment of Samul(nori).
  • 2021.4.24
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    ☆ Jukganja/Lee Yoon-jung/Lee Do-kyung
    Hyeopmu/Kim Chung-woo, Jung Hyun-do, Kim Seo-ryang, Kim Jin-woo, Kim Hyun-woo

    It was one of the newly created Dangak Jeongjae during the reign of King Sunjo of the Joseon Dynasty. Prince Hyomyeong named after Jangsaengboyeonji-ak(music) from Song dynasty in 1829 (the 29th year of King Sunjo's reign). There are four dances that Jukkanja leads Dancers to enter and exit, including "Jangsaengboyeonji-mu."
  • 2021.4.25
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    ☆Jeokbyeokga is one of pansori repertoire about the old stories from Romance of the three kingdoms.

    Jeokbyeokga is a song with a strong will and masculine character, and among them, Zhao Yun's Bow Shooting scene is a part of which is musically well-organized, lively, and requires considerable power.

    It is sung by a solemn sound that causes dramatic tension on Ujo, and is a representative part (nun-daemok) of the Jeokbyeokga.

    The significance of this passage lies in the fact that it best embodies the pansori beauty of the magnificent Jeokbyeokga.
  • 2021.4.26
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    The "Pungryubang" culture, which played a major role in the occurrence and transmission of major music pieces of current traditional music, expressed the feelings conveyed to musicians living in this era as chamber music.
  • 2021.4.27
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    ☆Composed by Lee Geon-yong, Hanobaeknyeon is a representative song of the 25th annual gayageum solo, and is also widely played as a concerto.

    This piece transforms the theme melody of the folk song with the same title into a variety of forms, which highlights the performer's ability to show various state laws and techniques of 25 stringed gayageum.

    The performer Moon Se-mi was selected as a collaborator of the 2020 National Gugak Center's creative orchestra.
  • 2021.4.29
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    ☆This scene is at the beginning of the pansori Sugungga, tells the story of a Taoist appears to give the ill dragon king medicine.
  • 2021.4.30
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    ☆Meet a flash animation of the beautiful creative Korean traditional music that will warm your children's emotions.
  • 2021.5.1
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    Gayageum Lee Soo-eun | Geomungo Kim So-yeon | Daegeum Park Hye-on
    Piri Lee In-hwa | Haegeum Han Anna | Janggu Lee Sang-kyung☆
  • 2021.5.1
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    Sangsabyeolgok is one of twelve Gasa.

    It sings the love between a man and a woman who are separated.

    Geomungo: Hwang Jin-ah, Daegeum: Bang Chorong, Piri: Kim Seul-gi, Lee Hyang-hee, Haegeum: Park Soo-min, Percussion: Kim In-soo, Kim Hyun-soo
  • 2021.5.2
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    It is a song that contains urban sensibility with the melody of Menari and Namdo Gyeomyunjo, which blends well with the novelty of creative songs, the comfort of popular music, and the intensity of traditional music.
  • 2021.5.3
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    Kim Dongjinryu Daegeumsanjo

    The Daegeum Sanjo of Kim Dongjin, which connects Gangbaekcheon to Kim Dongjin and Mundongok, is a Daegeum Sanjo made by adding the pleas of Jingye-myeon, powerful voices, and restrained rhythms to the Daegeum rhythm of Gangbaekcheon, known as the origin of Daegeumsanjo along with Park Jong-gi.

    It takes about 25 minutes to play the song.In the video, it is played in a short tune of about nine minutes.