• Review of Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.25-41
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• 2018

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.219-227
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• 2019

In this paper, we proactively looked at the structure and characteristics of each instrument in order to compare and analyze the sound colors of the western violin, chinese erhu and korean haegeum, which are representative bow string instruments. Also, many performers have simply been unable to fully explain how the violin is rich in pitch and the haegeum has a unique tone. Also, many performers thinks that violin sounds rich just because it has many overtones and have been unable to fully explain how haegeum makes unique tone. While previous research data show that most instruments are studied and published by analyzing their own frequencies or related cases of acoustic studies, this study provides a visual look how the harmonics composition, which determines musical instruments' timbres, consists of and suggests data specifically by analyzing each sound pressure of integer multiple overtones so that the structure of instruments' unique timbre can be understood. Based on this, we hope that it will be of considerable help to the development of virtual musical instruments of korean traditional instruments, which are relatively small compared to western virtual instruments, by reproducing instrument sounds through the synthesizers in the future.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.247-259
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• 2019

This study aims to develop Korean film music by using Korean traditional music with proper technique. As of 2019, current Korean film music is mostly modeled after Western music. The usage of traditional music instruments is significantly lower than the usage of western instruments and is merely used in Korean historical movies as embedded music. This supports the many views that Korean traditional music seems too difficult to appeal to the general audience in these modern times. Furthermore, there aren't any such cases to apply traditional music techniques to western instruments whereas there have been many occasions where traditional music instruments imitate western instruments with its tones. The suspected reason for this is due to the lack of proper understanding and techniques of traditional music that Korean film composers have utilized, and its limited exposure in popular music. However, traditions are special and unique way to represent the history, culture, lifestyle and characteristic of countries. Therefore, it is our duty to protect our own traditions. As both a Korean, and as a musician, new film music is needed which uses traditional music instruments and its techniques. When film composers create music with better understanding of Korean traditional music, this unique music will be able to transcend borders and spread throughout the world.

• Conservation Science in Museum
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• v.20
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• pp.93-106
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• 2018

The musical instruments displayed in Korean Museums consist of various materials such as wood, stone, metal, leather, and soil. As for instruments manufactured of organic materials, as time passed, they became damaged due to physical, chemical and biological effects. In order to restore these instruments, studies on the materials as well as the manufacturing techniques should be simultaneously conducted because of the characteristics of sound making instruments. In this study, 17th century Double bass were chosen as the model for the restoration study. The type of wood was identified and the finishing layer was analyzed. To investigate the finishing layer, the surface observation was conducted and the component analysis was also conducted by using both FT-IR and SEM-EDS. As a result, the species of wood were identified as the maple trees. In case of the finishing layer of it, the diluted Goma Lacca, a type of resin, with alcohol as the main solvent was covered for varnishing layer. These results were combined to determine the restoration of Double bass Maggini Giovanni Paolo varnishing layer and by this Violin was made.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.447-450
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• 2000

서양음악의 연구는 음향학의 측면에서 수십 년 동안 연구되어왔다. 이를 통해 좋은 콘서트홀이라고 표현할 수 있는 많은 객관적 지표들을 제시할 수 있었고, 그 결과 서양악기와 공연장은 밀접한 관계를 가지고 서로 발전할 수 있었다. 그러나 국악에 있어서는 악기와 연주 스타일, 공연장에 대한 음향학적인 지표가 연구가 되어진 것이 많지 않다. 본 연구에서는 판소리를 위한 전용 공연장을 대상으로 청취평가를 이용한 주관적 평가를 통해 국악에 적합한 객관적 지표를 추출하였다. 실험에 사용한 음향 지표로는 RT, BR, IACC 등이 있으며, 이들 지표들을 가변하여 제작한 청취평가 시료를 바탕으로 한 주관적 평가 결과를 분석하였다. 서양음악에 적절한 것으로 알려진 음향특성뿐만 아니라 기존에 수행한 바 있는 국악 실내악에 대한 연구결과와도 다소 다른 경향을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.9 no.7
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• pp.801-807
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• 2006

This study analyzed the timbral characteristics of Pliri by basis step for the sound synthesis for Piri, Korean traditional musical Instrument. By analyzing this material, we can find out three characteristics about the study of the spectrum analysis for the sound synthesis of Piri. First, compared the timbral characteristics of Piri with Oboe through the spectrum analysis, Second, analyzed the timbral characteristics by the sound occurrence process through the time zone analysis of the attack part of the sound started. Finally, analyzed the special characteristics of the vibrato that is important role of musical instrument performance. As a result, the timbral characteristics of Piri is that the volume of the high harmonics was appeared to be high unlike the general classical instrument and the noise quantity rapidly decreased in the sound attack part but the volume value of harmonics increased. And also vibrato that is performance technique is changed pitch and amplitude at the same time by contrast with the general classical instrument. Thus, the timbral characteristic of Piri by the harmonics and the timbre change by the attack part which is sound occurrence process and the change of the pitch and amplitude in the vibrato is characteristic that represented unique quality of Piri. We expect that this achievement can be applied to sound synthesis.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.165-166
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• 2017

미국인인 J.L.Boots(1894-1983)는 한국에 선교사로 파견되어 1940년에 서양인으로는 처음으로 한국의 음악과 악기를 세계에 영어로 소개하였다. 당시 급속하게 밀려오는 서양 음악의 소용돌이 속에 한국 전통음악의 중요성과 전승의 필요성을 알리고자 부츠는 이 논문이 서술했으며, 아직까지도 이 논문이 한국음악계에 소개된 적이 없어, 필자는 영어로 된 자료를 번역하고, 분석하여 외부자인 서양인의 시각에서 쓰여진 한국의 음악과 악기에 대하여 살펴보았다. 이 논문은 서양인인 부츠의 한국음악에 대한 관점과 현 한국음악계의 시각을 비교하여 관찰한 논문이다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.261-272
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• 2022

During the China's long history, many ethnic groups have developed their own traditions of local music which is an important part of their precious cultures. Meanwhile, each ethnic group developed its own worldview and music culture according to its unique living environment, special lifestyle and mode of production. The clarinet is a Western instrument, and has been influenced to some extent by Chinese minority culture while being introduced to China. Therefore, musicians tried to find ways of using Western musical instruments to express various elements of Chinese minority music. Focusing on two clarinet works 'The Song of Grazing Horses' by Wang Yan and 'The Sound of Pamir Clarinet Concerto' by Hu Bijing, this paper aims to analyze the musical characteristics of minority groups expressed by the clarinet in two aspects: the formation of the music style, the artistic characteristics conveyed through the works. Specifically, it consists of five parts: ethnic mode and tonality, rhythm, time signature, melody making, and imitation of animals. It also analyzes the cultural characteristics of Tajik and Mongolian music reflected in the two works in combination with living environment, mode of production, life style, and ethnic emotions. This study aims to provide a theoretical basis for composers and performers who want to understand and acquire the musical style of modern Chinese clarinet works. It also helps to find a better way to play traditional Chinese music with Western instruments.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.572-577
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• 2019

This study aims to classify and examine Changjak Gukak composed by composers who majored in Western music and help the composers with the composition of Changjak Gukak. As a result, it was investigated that Korean traditional musical elements have been used on the basis of the traditional or modern Western composition technique. The traditional composition techniques such as motive, theme, keys, homophony, contrapuntal methods, fugue form, sonata form, baroque concerto form and borrowing of Western art works have been used, and the contemporary composition techniques such as timber melody, a-tonality, irregular meter, poly rhythm and aleatory have been used. In addition, it reflects the Korean expression and identity by applying the Korean traditional instruments, Sigimsae, Jangdan, traditional scale and mode, form and melody.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.7
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• pp.299-307
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• 2020

Since 1964, research and improvement projects on Gugak instruments have been carried out to modernize, standardize, and scientificize them, but their inherent problems of Gugak instruments have failed to produce significant results. It seems that one of the main reasons for this is that the study of instrumental acoustics on Korean traditional instruments was not preceded. In Gugak orchestra, Sogeum used in concertos and solo music is a musical instrument that plays the similar role in Western orchestras due to its clear tone and high sound range. In this paper, the sound colors of Sogeum and flute, which sound similar, were analyzed through the their harmonics distribution and sound structures of the instruments. This showed that the overall tone was richer and softer than Sogeum, and that the tones of the two instruments sounded similar due to the similar composition of harmonics. In the future, it is hoped that musical instrument acoustical researches on various Gugak instruments will continue to help popularize and globalize Gugak instruments.