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Ep 7. Haegeum | English Gugak Series The Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (Wijin Park, Director) and Korean traditional music (Gugak) artist, Seo-Yoon Jang present a special online project, English Gugak Series 'Korean Traditional Music 101: Sound of Korea' Ep 7. Haegeum on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 on the KCCLA YouTube channel. The seventh episode is 'Haegeum' which is a vertical fiddle that has two strings. A wooden bow strung with horsehair is passed between two strings to create the sound. Gugak instruments are made up of 8 materials which are metal, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, soil, leather and wood. Haegeum is the only Gugak instrument that contains all of them. Interesting fact is Haegeum is considered a wind instrument because of its ability to create long notes. 'Sound of Korea' is a new series made by KTM101 to introduce Korean traditional instruments and vocal genres. Subscribe for more episodes to be brought to you every other week. Please enjoy the special online English Gugak Series 'Korean Traditional Music 101: Sound of Korea' and please press the 'like' button and 'subscribe' to KCCLA. /The End/ CREDIT Haegeum / Na-Kyung Won Janggu / Jun-Hyong Lee Directed by Seo-Yoon Jang Script, Translation by Seo-Yoon Jang, Ji-Yoon Jang Art Work by So-Young Jung (SOSOYOUNG) Filmed by Jun-Mo Lee, Jai-Chul Kim, Seung-Cheol Kim, Young-Bae Seo Audio Recorded by Yun-Nyoung Choi, Ki-Sun Yoon Photographed by Shin-Joong Kim Managed by Jin-Yi Kim, Jeong-Hoon Cha Sponsored by Arts Council Korea #KoreanTraditionalMusic #kccla #Gugak
