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Encyclopedia > Daegeum
Daegeum
Hangul 대금
Hanja 大琴 or 大笒
Revised Romanization Daegeum
McCune-Reischauer Taegŭm

The daegeum (also spelled taegum or taegŭm) is a large bamboozle transverse flute used in traditional Korean music. It has a buzzing membrane that gives it a special timbre. It is used in court, aristocratic, and folk music, as well as in contemporary classical music, popular music, and film scores. Jamo redirects here. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... In music, timbre, or sometimes timber, (from Fr. ... In the broadest sense, contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. ...


Smaller flutes in the same family include the junggeum (hangul: 중금; hanja: 中琴 or 中笒) and sogeum (hangul: 소금; hanja: 小琴 or 小笒), neither of which today have a buzzing membrane. The three together are known as samjuk (hangul: 삼죽; hanja: 三竹; literally "three bamboo"), as the three primary flutes of the Silla period.[1] The junggeum (also spelled chunggum or chunggÅ­m) is a medium-sized bamboo transverse flute formerly used in traditional Korean music. ... Silla (also spelled Shilla, traditional dates 57 BCE - 935 CE) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ...


See also

The junggeum (also spelled chunggum or chunggŭm) is a medium-sized bamboo transverse flute formerly used in traditional Korean music. ... The sogeum (also spelled sogum or sogŭm) is a small bamboo transverse flute used in traditional Korean music. ... The first evidence of Korean music is ancient, and it has been well-documented by surviving written materials since the 15th century and was brought to heights of excellence during the Yi kings of the Joseon Dynasty. ... Traditional Korean musical instruments comprise a wide range of string, wind, and percussion instruments. ... Bangdi The dizi (Chinese: 笛子; Pinyin: dízi), is a Chinese transverse flute. ... The Di mo is a special bamboo membrane; a kind of musical reed used in a distinctive Chinese flute called the Di zi. ...

External links

  • Daegeum page


 

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