Kkwaenggwari
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 꽹과리 |
| Revised Romanization : | Kkwaenggwari |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kkwaenggwari |
Kkwaenggwari ( Korean : 꽹과리 ), regionally also kkaengmaegi , generally soe , is a small, flat gong in Korean music that is struck hard with a mallet to generate sound . Formerly used mainly in the music and dance of the farmers, the bright sounding gong is still used today in performances such as pungmulnori ( 풍물 놀이 ), dance and singing with four percussion instruments and samulnori ( 사물 놀이 ), drums with four instruments.
This type of gong was also used in royal ritual ceremonies, but was called sogeum ( 소금 ) ( 小金 ) here, not to be confused with sogeum ( 소금 ) ( 小 笒 ), a small Korean flute whose name only has the Chinese spelling differs from the gong.
Design
The kkwaenggwari is made of brass and is made from one piece. Their diameter is 20 cm with a height of about 4 cm. There is a loop for the thumb on the edge that is bent inwards. The Kkwaenggwari includes an approximately 30 cm long and 1.5 cm thick bamboo mallet , at the end of which is a round wooden disc with rounded edges as a striking head.
Style of play
In a popular performance, two kkwaenggwari players are usually used as sangsoe ( 상쇠 ) and busoe ( 부쇠 ) , along with other instruments . Sangsoe means something like "first metal", whereas busoe is interpreted as "second metal". The first player as sangsoe takes on the male part and leads the music with loud and shrill tones, the second player, to whom the female part is assigned, accompanies the other instruments with softer tones. Both players put the thumb of their left hand through the loop of the gong and guide the instrument with the index finger, which is on the inside on the edge. The rest of the fingers are used to mute the sounds as needed. The right hand guides the mallet.
literature
- Byong-Won Lee, Yong-Shik Lee : Music of Korea . In: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (Ed.): Korean Musicology . Series 1 . Seoul 2007, Folk Music: Instrumental (English).
- Keith Howard : Korean Musical Instruments . Oxford University Press , Oxford 1995, ISBN 0-19-586177-9 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (Ed.): Theoretical Perspectives on Korean Traditional Music . Seoul 2002, Idiophones - Kkwaenggwari - paleum: metal (English, online [PDF; 146 kB ; accessed on December 27, 2018]).
- ↑ a b Traditional Instruments - Jing . Korea Tourism Organization , accessed January 9, 2013 .
- ^ Byong-Won Lee, Yong-Shik Lee : Music of Korea . 2007, p. 96 .