Sogo (hand drum)
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 소고 |
| Revised Romanization : | Sogo |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Soko |
The sogo ( Korean : 소고 ) is a small Korean hand drum with a mallet , which is mostly played with dance movements and with pungmul ( 풍물 ), a traditional rural performance with music, dance and song.
Design
The body of the Sogo consists of a 4 to 6 cm thick wooden ring that measures around 20 cm in diameter. With cheaper hand drums, this ring is now made of plastic. A roughly 35 cm long and 2.5 thick round wooden stick is passed through the body of the ring, which protrudes from one side and represents the handle of the drum. The Sogo is one of the stem drums. The ring is tightly covered on both sides with a thin cow skin. In the past, the skin of female dogs was used for this. A mallet (drumstick) about 30 cm long belongs to the drum .
Style of play
The Sogo is played by holding the handle in the left hand and right-handed with the mallet. Aesthetic movements and shapes are performed with both arms, matching the dance interludes. The drum can also be played on both sides. The sound of the sogo is not loud and piercing when struck, but it is audible. When Sogos are played by several people at the same time, the sound is amplified. As a rule, the Buk , Janggu and Kkwaenggwari are used to produce music, the Sogo merely accompanies them.
Sogochum
Sogochum ( 소고 춤 ) is a popular solo dance in which the dancers play the sogo as the only instrument. Other instruments accompany the dance musically in the background.
Chesang Sogochum ( 채상 소고 춤 ) is an artistic dance performance in which Chesangmo ( 채상모 ) (a hat with a long white ribbon) is worn to let the ribbon fly, the head is performed in circular movements and the dance is performed Sogo is played.
literature
- Nathan Hesselink : Folk Music: Instrumental . In: The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts . (Korean Musicology, Series 1) , 2008, ISBN 978-89-85952-10-1 , Chapter: Pungmul and Samulnori, pp. 96 (English, online PDF 1.2 MB [accessed on May 25, 2016]).
Web links
- Sogo . Traditional Korean Music Portal,accessed April 22, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Korean Dance . (PDF 197 kB) Word Art West , accessed on April 22, 2015 (English).
- ^ Korean Musical Instruments - Sogo . Zofona , accessed April 22, 2015 .
- ^ Tambour dance . Korea Tourism organization , accessed April 22, 2015 .