• (The) Research of the performance art and culture
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• no.39
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• pp.669-700
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• 2019

Farmers' band music is a religious ritual in Korea. It is a solemn ritual to exhibit the auspicious holiness of the people to the God. Most of the ritual is accomplished by music. The music of the farmers 'band, in this sense, has its meaning as the expression of holiness by sound. In this paper, I will explore the principle to make various rhythms of farmers' band music, especially focusing on the chaegut (lit. "stroke music"). It is very symbolic because the name of the music shows the strokes of the gong, called jing, in a rhythmic phrase. In this sense, the chaegut is man-made music based on the specific principles in accordance with the strokes of the gong. Among many chaegut rhythms, samchae (lit. "three strokes") to chilchae (lit. "seven strokes") are the main rhythms. They were made after the principle of 'forward with drums, backward with gongs' in Five way procession. It the basic principle of military procession from the early Joseon Dynasty. The procession follows with the sound of the drums and gongs. There was always a principle of "five strokes" to control the procession. The "five strokes" became the basis of the making of chaegut rhythms. The rhythms of the samchae to chilchae are based on the rhythm of samchae. The samchae has three gong strokes in a cycle, which exhibits the chaotic moment with the rhythmic noise. The name of the rhythm exhibits the correspondence of the signifiant, that is the name "three strokes" and the signifié, that is the real three strokes of gongs in music. Other four rhythms has made up from the samchae with half cycles are added in accordance with the strokes of the gongs. In this way, the chaegut shows the principle of "five strokes" in the military procession. The rhythm of ochae jilgut is a mixture of ochae (lit. "five strokes") and jilgut (lit. "road music") which is usually performed on the road to a mountain shrine. The musical structure of ochae jilgut corresponds to the colotomic structure of Southeast Asian music and the 15th-century music of old musical scores. The rhythm of gilgunak chilchae is a mixture of gilgunak (lit. "road military music") and chilchae (lit. "seven strokes"). The rhythmic structure is similar to other regional music, sijo ("short song") of the literati music and norae garak (lit. "some melody") of the shaman music. In sum, the chaegut is very artistic music made from the military procession of the Joseon Dynasty. The name of the rhythm corresponds with the strokes of the gong in a cycle. In this way, the chaegut shows the principle of music-making to exhibit the ritual characteristics of the Korean people.

• Korean Journal of Child Studies
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.195-209
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• 2009

This study analyzed aspects of multiple intelligences related to rhythm, melody, understanding and representation of traditional Korean music. Subjects were 60 4-to 6-years-old children. Instruments were the Children's Korean Traditional Music (KTM) Ability Test (Park 2006)and Korean Multiple Intelligence Development Assessment Scale-My Young Child (MIDAS-MYC, Shearer, 1996). Data were analyzed by correlations and t-test. Findings were that (1) average scores on KTM rhythm and understandings were higher than melody and representation. (2) Traditional rhythm ability correlated most with linguistic intelligence. (3) Multiple intelligences by representation ability for KTM differed significantly in Linguistic intelligence and relationships to Naturalist, Musical, Logical-mathematical, Interpersonal, and Bodily-Kinesthetic intelligences.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.6-14
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• 1986

Pansori (sole narrative music), a typical folk music genre of Korea, resembles Western opera in its dramatic appeal, but greatly differs from Western opera in its use of musical scales, rhythms and singing methods. The followings are the differences observed between the voice producing method in Pansori and that in bel canto singing in Western music. (omitted)

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.09a
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• pp.201-204
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• 2000

사물놀이 소리는 천지인의 삼재사상에 근본하는 우리 문화의 정신적 근간들이 생생히 살아 숨쉬는 음악이다. 꽹과리 소리는 하늘의 소리이고, 북소리는 땅의 소리를 나타내고, 여기에 보태어지는 사람의 목소리는 하늘과 땅을 수직으로 이어주는 인성이다. 그리고, 사물놀이 소리는 긴장과 이완, 음양의 원리를 독특하게 지니고 있다. 느린 장단에서 빠른 장단으로 이행되는 점층적 전개 위에서 긴장과 이완의 원리가 날줄과 씨줄로 교직 되어 이끌어 간다. 또한 소리의 음양 조화 측면에서 살펴보면 금속성악기와 가죽악기, 날카로운 소리와 부드러운 소리, 잘게 쪼개어지는 소리와 크게 뭉치는 소리 등이 나타난다. 따라서 세계인들이 "사물놀이는 신을 부르는 소리"라고 극찬하고 있다[1]-[3]. 사물놀이 소리를 들었을 때 그 가락에 쉽게 도취도는 것은, 4가지 악기가 서로 다른 소리의 높낱이 색깔특성에 의해 소리의 음양 조화를 이루고 있을 뿐만 아니라, 우리가 귀로 느낄 수 있는 소리의 범위를 완전히 커버하고 있다는 사실을 우리는 처음으로 밝혀내었다. 즉, 소리를 빛깔로 나타낸다면, 북은 빨강, 징은 노랑, 장구는 초록, 꽹과리는 보라 빛을 의미하며, 이들 색깔은 각자의 아름다움을 특징적으로 나타내고 있다. 그리고, 징과 장구 소리를 들었을 때 다시 한번더 듣고 싶은 친근감을 느끼게 되는데, 그 원인으로는 징소리와 장구의 기본 진동수가 사람의 남녀 목소리 기본진동수와 각각 근접하기 때문에 우리의 가슴과 일치를 이루게 된다는 사실도 이번에 밝혀 내었다. 즉, 징소리와 장구소리를 들으면 사람의 목소리로 응답하는 듯한 친근함과 정다움을 느끼게 된다. 또한 인간은 소리를 귀로만 느끼지 않고 피부를 통해 진동으로도 느끼게 되는데, 사물놀이에서 북, 징, 장구는 그러한 특성이 두드러지게 나타난다. 결론적으로 우리 민족의 지혜와 숨결이 스며있는 사물놀이 소리의 특성과 그 신비를 객관적으로 규명함으로서 사물놀이 소리의 우수성을 입증하과, 문화민족의 자부심으로 새천년을 개척해 나아가는 원동력을 얻고자한다.