koreaninstruments
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These are instruments which are played by 3 ways:- Plucking- Strumming- Bowing
Gayageum- A long zither with 12 strings; modern versions may have 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, or 25 strings.
Bipa - A pear-shaped lute with four or five strings (subtypes include the 5-stringed hyangbipa, which is also called jikgyeongbipa; and the 4-stringeddangbipa); derived from the Chinese pipa.
Daejaeng- A long zither with 15 strings, slightly larger than the gayageum; it was used during the Goryeo period but is no longer used.
Haegeum- A vertical fiddle with two strings.
Ajaeng- A bowed zither, derived from the Chinese yazheng.
Sohaegeum- A modernized fiddle with four strings; used only in North Korea.
Daegeum- A large transverse bamboo flute with buzzing membrane.
Piri- A cylindrical oboe with a bamboo body.
Taepyeongso- A conical oboe with a wooden body and metal bell.
Nabal- Long metal trumpet.
Pyeonjeong- A set of 16 tuned bronze bells used in ancient court music; derived from the Chinese.
Buk- A barrel drum used primarily in pansori, pungmul, and samulnori. The term buk is also used in Korean as a generic term to refer to any type of drum.
Janggo- A double-headed hourglass-shaped drum generally played with one stick and one hand.
Jing- A large gong; originally pronounced jeong.
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