@DreamerEmz What on earth are you talking about? A few people might be happy there? Yeah, you're happy if you're one of the few taking everything from everyone else. If you're part of the totalitarian government, you could be happy. It is a heallhole. If you're one of the lucky to live in a city you probably won't die of starvation. That can't be said for the peasantry and rural class. You do realize millions of people have died of starvation due to the insane dictatorship in place?
@moonlightmenuett I don't know what comment you're replying to, but I'm assuming it has something to do with me stating what a hellish place North Korea is. It is well documented the hell those people have had to go through the past sixty years, and to say otherwise is incredibly ignorant. They have no rights their "leader" doesn't want them to. Sickening.
I know this instrument is probably really hard to play, and all respect to her - but to me it sounds like a tune you would play when you're watching cartoons, and the character is either drunk, or has been hit on the head really hard.
Don't know much about about that instrument but I know for a fact that fingers don't bleed from steel string. I mean... you can get blisters but your fingers get used to them quite quickly. I used to fingerpick steel string guitar.
Note bending and finger picking is completely different.
Note bending requires you to press the string down an inch or more down to bend the note. If this was a steel string under tension, note bending would be very painful, and trust me, most traditional Korean songs are all about bending those note lol
I play guitar too and I have played the gayageum before too. Trust me it's completely different method.
This so cool, does anyone know the name of this song? I've heard a different version of this but it had singing in it. Also she's pretty hot and very talented. hehe
@asiancowboy69 Kayagum heemori, gayageum hwimori, the north Koreans seem to play this at about 1.5 x the pace of the south Koreans. There is a version by a North Korean guy it is precise but rather tame.
I wonder how many songs she can play? I know a lot of the kids are taught 1 or 2 very difficult pieces of music and that's all they play as the visitors only want to hear 1 or 2 songs and it's not like most of the visitors will ever see them again. Sad really.
sometimes i think prodiges are made by their parents working them so hard to practice etc....I know its not the case usually but this is just my opinion....
The world will be always divided until de scars of World War II are treated well. We had the cold war. Because of this, we have two Koreas. And, most of all, we have a divided Middle East. When will we learn that beautiful, talent and new ideas, good or not, but new, comes from the contact and freedom of people around the world?
For the freedom of the people, for than they will play, they will teach. For the freedom of the Palestinians and Malvinas Islands. For the freedom of art and cultures!!
all the people that are saying "this isn't traditional, and therefore it's bad..." even "traditional" music was once a new thing. this stuff is trippy, i could see it having a place in psychedelic music. not that north korea's producing that anytime soon.
funky funky...very soulful....like country blues, north african/middle eastern music. great to see the kayagum played. it needs to be heard more. what a soul ful music!
dont sound traditional she got good fingers and whatnot but the music doesnt traditional, korean music is meant to be very soulful, this is just plain crazy
This piece is really wierd....Doesn't sound very traditional at all. Shes nearly braking the string with vibrato. its a twangy sound not a ring like it should be.
Ahh, the way this cute northern sister pulls the strings stirs my soul, totally feel the vibe in my blood. Thanks for this vid- I need to hear more from her!
you can download a program called "transcribe!" . It would be really tedious but slow it down, loop a section and figure out the notes with the pitch analyzer.
I use it a lot for guitar so it should work for this, good luck!
Thanks so much for sharing this captivating and surprisingly intense performance. So expressive in the way she pushes and pulls the notes into a mesmerizing paragraph. Would love to hear more from her, or at least know more about her. Thanks again!
That girl is so funky I can't stand it. Oh how I would love to jam with her. Anyone know a player near Sacramento Ca. hook me up. A bumpin' fusion 'bout to happen. Sick as it gets!
i'd say any N. Korean child who was chosen to play this instrument starting from a young age could be a prodigy by the time they're 20 with the way they must have everything perfect in the performing aspect so N. Korea looks "good"
Most top athletes and musicians train from a very young age in every country in the world...even in 남한. It is called fostering talent. Give the artist, not the regime, some credit where it is due.
i'd give the artist some credit if they had a choice. I never once said she wasn't good at what she's doing, just that she had no other option but to be good at it.
@henrikdrescher Wait I must have missed the part where she played the instrument with her teeth or lit it on fire. But yeah as far as talent goes yeah wow.
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can we invade north korea already please? We already did it to iraq, so why not N. Korea too? Wat happened to America's sense of conquest? lol. Its so disgustingly political now.
invade N. Korea???? this is the very thing that the N. Koreans hold fast....that we are imperialists! I agree that the regime must be toppled but....there shouldnt be a "conquest".
Yea, that would just make another big pointless mess.
I think the only hope, especially in the interest of preserving nice things like this, is for the Koreans to either talk it out proactively or fight it out amongst themselves.
Everyone else needs to just givem room to evolve as nations do, seeing as we ill understand the exact nature of the conflicts & our presence within it exacerbates it more than helping resolve it.
i'm so tired of this north/south thing; it's all the same ppl, still divided by the cold war; it's really sad; the world will never be right until korea is unified and palestine is restored to the palestinian ppl;
your comment is appreaciated. i don't think the UN have ever tried to unite the two sides. The US should stop interveing Korea. her way to perform this instrument is amazing. i play a similar Chinese instrument but they preserve the real spirit of this types of music instrument.
seriously, you have moved me with your comment. I guess they are people left who care for peace and justice. I hope we can contribute and witness such a world soon.
this's great. i think this modern-trad korean gayageum perfectly fits the characters of the northern people. while people in the south preserve authentic Korean traditions, the northerners do something progressive things. wish we could see more performances like this. drummer is so hot as well as the harp player.
yep, there were a series of videos when they showcased a school of music, and you could see the blandness of their clothes but performed amazingly, also there are lots of kids who doesn't look to happy to be there
Gee...I hope to get a lesson from her when this devided countries are re-unified as one although I am a 12-string Gayageum player... 또래인 것 같은데, 언젠가 꼭 같이 공연할 수 있는 날도 왔으면 좋겠군요...
25 strings I guess... 25 strings one is the most popular 'improved' gayageum. But it seems 21 strings... Maybe it is another improved instrument version.
In the terms of the Communism and dictatorship, I HATE NorthKorea. But in the terms of keeping and developing Korean tradition, I might say they are better than South.
agreed, and i'm korean, but i hate the direction Korea is going, i mean its okay to go modern but korea is literally competely erasing its history, its sorta sad to see because even Korean kids these days are not proud to be korean and i hate seeing that
it's true in some ways... but, in fact, south korea has better preserved the traditions of the entire peninsula... and the children aren't forced to learn the music, as in the north.... but that doesn't mean it's disappearing - many people do learn these things privately at academies, and others as their university major... it just isn't put on a gigantic public display - in the way communist states are recognized as doing... btw NKorea doesn't use 100% authentic korean instruments either.
i only see that in united states. korean-americans tend to hate korea and want to be white because they are discriminated there. its sad because they dont know much of korea
yes, thats true, all of it, i just didn't know the group of people. of coarse, there are those korean-americans who miss their country after knowing more about it. I am referring to myself =P. although, im not exactly Korean-American because, 1)i was born in korea, 2) i was raised by my grandparents, who are both korean, 3)i know, idk, i guess a lot about korea's history and etc. and to clear up any confusing, i am pure korean on contrary to the "Korean-American"
I, along with the rest of the world, have very little knowledge of what is actually going on in North Korea, but on this point I am certain: if this conservatory wanted to keep the Korean tradition, it would be using the traditional 12-string gayageum (like most South Korean players use), not this 20+ string guzheng-like instrument.
they're commies, so it's THEIR version of "tradition" haha... the playing style is traditional, at least.... just the instrument is modern... it would be nice to see what she could do on a 12 string.... the 12 string's silk strings are more subtle and sensitive.... the steel-cored nylon of these modern instruments lack subtlety and replace it with power and forcefulness..
i only half agree with you, sleepyj. just because they are using a 20+-string kayageum doesn't mean that it's not traditional Korean music. you have to remember the history of the instruments in each country. the guzheng (which, by the way, is the ORIGINAL instrument that the Koreans, Mongolians, Vietnamese, and Japanese all modeled their own zithers off) originally had 5 strings and was virtualy handheld. then it had 12 strings (Korea), 13 (Japan), later 16 (Vietnam), and now 21 is the norm
Damn..... I'm a string instrument player myself(guitar, bass, Upright bass) with Korean descent, and I've seen other Koreans play this type of instrument and have seen the difficulties of playing this instrument. This is purley fantastic! Truly, his girl has a gift!
North Koreans have an amazing viruostic style with the kayagum and also with their renditions to enrich the tonality also benefits them in so many ways! the first time I saw a High School kid, he played like her, and im like WOW! Koreans sure got the strings down, now onto that Piri!
yeah, their appearances are very nice though, but their music is rather like.. they play communistic art very well, but can't play traditional stuff so well.
I'm sure they would excel at the traditional stuff very well if they were given the chance - this video is proof of that. the lives of north korean people are so poor that they have more than enough 한 to play grat music. The problem is that the westernized/communistic music they do play doesn't expose 한 very well
She's probably one of the wealthier North Koreans who feels a lot less han than the rest of the populace. Not all traditional Korean performances are supposed to express han. There are more to Korean culture than just han, you know. -_- And I bet they preserved a lot of songs... a major part of North Korean nationalism is celebration of traditional Korean culture.
I've known people who went to Pyeongyang - the city of chosen elites, and they all said that you could see the lines of hard life on their faces... And every piece of music that comes out of NK shows a departure from traditional instruments and traditional style - what they did was reinvent a new national identity, like so many communist countries do... Maybe han isn't used as much in korean popular art these days, but in almost every aspect of the traditional culture, it's there
So are you saying that every traditional Korean musical piece must show han to be truly Korean? Among the traditional songs of Korea, there are many happy songs, aggressive songs, and meditative songs. Yes, han is a major part of the Korean identity, but there is a happier and more flamboyant side to it as well. Han does not necessarily come from living a hard life, but from a firm conviction that you were wronged.
Provided that North Korean propaganda is effective, these people, for the most part, are unaware of any injustice done by their government. They remember their past, but would like to press forward to a more pleasant future. North Korea is just as traditional as South Korea. South Koreans adopt new customs and music and keep their traditions separate. North Koreans incorporate them into traditional Korean culture.
even if a song's lyrics and tone is happy - the singer has han, and it makes a difference. When the singer doesn't have han, the song feels boring and dead... like many pop songs... I don't think han can be confined to just a simple definition - hard life, being wronged, grief, sadness, loneliness, etc... I'd say the traditional korean music that doesn't express much han is large court ensembles... definitely the modern creations like the fan dance or taepyeongmu don't have any
Taepyeongmu was made at the beginning of the 20th century, and Buchaechum (the fan dance) was made in the 20th century also. The fact that they are modern is clearly evident in that the dance style and costume doesn't match the strict rules of korean art forms - they are doing a folk-style dance in court-style hanbok - not to mention that all court dances are done with the hands covered by long sleeves. Not all dances are meant to show han - but all the great ARTISTS have han, and u can see it
thank you for sharing the feeling, my sincere friend"
i hope the situation will change little by little, and they'll have more chances to play traditional songs in the best way. north has its special beats and techniques, just as the south has, and so if they could play.. korean trad. music would be given more and more variations and richness, i'm sure. i wanna listen to their true beats and han from their true hearts ㅜoㅜ
When I first heard this, I was like "WTF IS THIS RANDOM SHIT" And I'm Korean...
But I realized that it was because of western music influence in me. After listening to this song a few times, my view totally changed. This is such a great music.
Highly agree with ya, as I stated on a comment I made elsewhere recently, she really smokes this piece very smoothly. And you're definitely right, she would definitely be the Led Zepelin of Kayagum. It's not just how she does but the passion she infuses into the instrument with this piece. Super cool...
I think the name of the song is Heemori (회모리)
anime44919 2 weeks ago
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what's the name of this song?
DALSU 1 month ago
Thankgod South Korea has plastic surgeons!
FriedRice01 2 months ago
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감사합니다! ❤،.•*✿♫*•.❤✿ PEACE IN KOREA ♥•*´Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ*´♥ ❤
Asiana96 2 months ago
You are hired when North is taken over by South.
omdoctor 2 months ago
... I came
blahblahblah1313 2 months ago
Reminds of the whammy bar.
ninesilverguns 2 months ago
Is this Korean genre of music like western "blues?" It is really interesting and good.
iTractorBek 3 months ago
How was video recorded and put on here ,if North Korea is such a close country????????
jess20ize 3 months ago
나의 소원은 통일...! 아... 금강산 고프다.... 봄여름가을겨울 다가보고싶네..
GoryeoinZZZz 3 months ago
나의 소원은 통일...!
GoryeoinZZZz 3 months ago
Wow, the Korean White Stripes
cfsteakify 4 months ago 2
wow amazing job! I really enjoyed it! Keep up the great work. You will have a great future ahead of you.
mclaine33 4 months ago
incredible!
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TaoTeChing00 5 months ago
Achieving a nice, controlled vibrato should be a main focus of any musician, this one included.
zachplaysdrums 6 months ago
they only listen to national anthem and army songs, how she learn all the grooves. truly a prodigy.
sandoz0 7 months ago 4
LISTEN TO JESUS
Awesome playing by this young woman!
JESUS1John 8 months ago
와.. 진짜 너무 좋네요.
minimum7k 9 months ago
Breathless!
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gosh by the way shes playing, she must be superb in bed...
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sounds so orgasmic, the drummer looks like a huge hentai tho
mikybaby 10 months ago
아구 짝짝
gadaegi 10 months ago
amazing...
bisho5000 10 months ago
fuck she's good
dillweed44 11 months ago
Bass guitar + 500mg LSD => kayakum
bazooka93 11 months ago
I've seen this video a number of times (actually many times) since 2008 or 2009 and today is Friday 25 February 2011.
This performance is GREAT !!
Thank you for such a wonderful experience.
So excellent !!
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2starlight2 1 year ago 3
she make me wanna dance
nitaro28 1 year ago 12
brilliant...
heyitsalanhere 1 year ago
우와,정말 잘하시네요...빨리 조국통일이 이루어져서 당신의 연주회를 보러 갈 수 있는 날이 오게 되기를 기대해봅니다. From/South Korea남한 대한민국 남조선..
To/North Korea 북한 조선민주주의인민공화국 북조선..
woochan1 1 year ago 5
@woochan1 ㅋㅋㅋ 답변이 너무 귀엽삼.
sonicblue2fly 1 year ago
SHREDDING LIKE CRAZY!!
This is wicked yo =)
Rollielovesmusic 1 year ago
Und Jesus sprach: "Herr vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun" LOOOL
banausebrause 1 year ago
What is this melody called? It`s really crazy and fun.
MelcTurbatInDungi 1 year ago
How do people know so much about North Korea? For all we know, some people may be happy there. I'm not saying all people, just some.
DreamerEmz 1 year ago 8
@DreamerEmz You would love the book "Nothing To Envy" by Barbra Demick. It begins with a beautiful story of love within North Korea.
thinkamc 1 year ago
@DreamerEmz What on earth are you talking about? A few people might be happy there? Yeah, you're happy if you're one of the few taking everything from everyone else. If you're part of the totalitarian government, you could be happy. It is a heallhole. If you're one of the lucky to live in a city you probably won't die of starvation. That can't be said for the peasantry and rural class. You do realize millions of people have died of starvation due to the insane dictatorship in place?
kmvoss 1 year ago
@kmvoss have you actually every been there? you have no right to judge as well
moonlightmenuett 1 month ago
@moonlightmenuett I don't know what comment you're replying to, but I'm assuming it has something to do with me stating what a hellish place North Korea is. It is well documented the hell those people have had to go through the past sixty years, and to say otherwise is incredibly ignorant. They have no rights their "leader" doesn't want them to. Sickening.
kmvoss 1 month ago
Wow...she must be wealthy. Most people in N Korea couldn't afford to buy a single string for a Kayakum.
Heath75032 1 year ago 5
wow she perhaps smokes a lots of weed
suniitc 1 year ago
I know this instrument is probably really hard to play, and all respect to her - but to me it sounds like a tune you would play when you're watching cartoons, and the character is either drunk, or has been hit on the head really hard.
konggrats 1 year ago
@konggrats actually the funny thing is this was traditionally played for drunk nobles haha
xenohuh7 1 year ago
@xenohuh7 That would be very trippy.
fickleparoxysm 1 year ago
amazing. it really has a groove to it.
ramzahnY 1 year ago
이건.. 정말 멋지다.. 역시 가야금
khh925 1 year ago
this is traditional music. the difference is that the kayageum has metal strings instead of silk. that is why it sounds so untraditional
kjwp33 1 year ago
@kjwp33 Are you sure...? Because if the strings were metal I think her fingers would be bleeding with all the note bending lol
I think it's still silk strings.... but I could be wrong...
candoo123123 1 year ago
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Don't know much about about that instrument but I know for a fact that fingers don't bleed from steel string. I mean... you can get blisters but your fingers get used to them quite quickly. I used to fingerpick steel string guitar.
MUSlC1213 1 year ago
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Note bending and finger picking is completely different.
Note bending requires you to press the string down an inch or more down to bend the note. If this was a steel string under tension, note bending would be very painful, and trust me, most traditional Korean songs are all about bending those note lol
I play guitar too and I have played the gayageum before too. Trust me it's completely different method.
candoo123123 1 year ago
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Understandable but either way, your fingers do get used to the steel string.
MUSlC1213 1 year ago
Incredible !!! Great player !!!
Lorys0107 1 year ago
Wow, stupendous!!
ZarathuPower 1 year ago
This so cool, does anyone know the name of this song? I've heard a different version of this but it had singing in it. Also she's pretty hot and very talented. hehe
asiancowboy69 1 year ago
@asiancowboy69 Kayagum heemori, gayageum hwimori, the north Koreans seem to play this at about 1.5 x the pace of the south Koreans. There is a version by a North Korean guy it is precise but rather tame.
ValExperimenter 1 year ago
@ValExperimenter Hey thanks for the quick and informative reply. Much appreciated!
asiancowboy69 1 year ago
I wonder how many songs she can play? I know a lot of the kids are taught 1 or 2 very difficult pieces of music and that's all they play as the visitors only want to hear 1 or 2 songs and it's not like most of the visitors will ever see them again. Sad really.
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comoxj 1 year ago
sometimes i think prodiges are made by their parents working them so hard to practice etc....I know its not the case usually but this is just my opinion....
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The world will be always divided until de scars of World War II are treated well. We had the cold war. Because of this, we have two Koreas. And, most of all, we have a divided Middle East. When will we learn that beautiful, talent and new ideas, good or not, but new, comes from the contact and freedom of people around the world?
For the freedom of the people, for than they will play, they will teach. For the freedom of the Palestinians and Malvinas Islands. For the freedom of art and cultures!!
pvpoli 1 year ago
Best
jhmaha 1 year ago
This is very good playing! It sounds like the strings may need some extra tuning though.
MonParii 1 year ago
몇번들어도 다시 듣고싶게 되는데~~~~~~~~~~
너무멎져요
ryonmae 1 year ago
God!! she is good!! mad fingas!!!
mysics 1 year ago
all the people that are saying "this isn't traditional, and therefore it's bad..." even "traditional" music was once a new thing. this stuff is trippy, i could see it having a place in psychedelic music. not that north korea's producing that anytime soon.
warwick487 1 year ago 4
brilliant
joshuasound 1 year ago
funky funky...very soulful....like country blues, north african/middle eastern music. great to see the kayagum played. it needs to be heard more. what a soul ful music!
joshuasound 1 year ago 2
It's extra ordinary perform that only possess korean how great they are !
jwk7850 2 years ago 4
awesome
juankenon 2 years ago 3
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sounds kinda like k-pop
crackerjack113 2 years ago
북조선 동무들은 손놀림부터가 예사롭지 않구만
814vin 2 years ago
dont sound traditional she got good fingers and whatnot but the music doesnt traditional, korean music is meant to be very soulful, this is just plain crazy
animemstrmnd 2 years ago
the girl'sperformance is cool! but i think the drum is rather noisy,i would like the girl perform all alone la~
chanhym 2 years ago
makes me sad.
SotoGx89 2 years ago
This piece is really wierd....Doesn't sound very traditional at all. Shes nearly braking the string with vibrato. its a twangy sound not a ring like it should be.
xWarmonger95x 2 years ago
Ahh, the way this cute northern sister pulls the strings stirs my soul, totally feel the vibe in my blood. Thanks for this vid- I need to hear more from her!
2ndAveLine 2 years ago 3
Right on! So much power and connection. We hear this kind of music less and less.
ZaDiscs 2 years ago
I want the tab babe. Upload the tab for South Koreans sis.
Mensakorean 2 years ago
you can download a program called "transcribe!" . It would be really tedious but slow it down, loop a section and figure out the notes with the pitch analyzer.
I use it a lot for guitar so it should work for this, good luck!
juankenon 2 years ago
Thanks so much for sharing this captivating and surprisingly intense performance. So expressive in the way she pushes and pulls the notes into a mesmerizing paragraph. Would love to hear more from her, or at least know more about her. Thanks again!
guestworker 2 years ago 4
Damn! That is some heavy funk she's got going on! Hot!
almishti 2 years ago
WOW Pretty amazing. Beautiful and dynamic.
tohaveortobe 2 years ago
素晴らしい！疾走感・・・。
saran06hyonmi 2 years ago 3
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I like that instrument in pop music at link below, but the way this woman is playing it is awful.
watch?v=544_OQRUYSI&feature=related
stopglobalswarming 2 years ago
Amazing, two thumbs sky-high:)
jkkimo 2 years ago
That girl is so funky I can't stand it. Oh how I would love to jam with her. Anyone know a player near Sacramento Ca. hook me up. A bumpin' fusion 'bout to happen. Sick as it gets!
nativewoodsrog 2 years ago 2
i'd say any N. Korean child who was chosen to play this instrument starting from a young age could be a prodigy by the time they're 20 with the way they must have everything perfect in the performing aspect so N. Korea looks "good"
kyeongmirae 2 years ago 2
Most top athletes and musicians train from a very young age in every country in the world...even in 남한. It is called fostering talent. Give the artist, not the regime, some credit where it is due.
juankenon 2 years ago
i'd give the artist some credit if they had a choice. I never once said she wasn't good at what she's doing, just that she had no other option but to be good at it.
kyeongmirae 2 years ago
oh my god... genius :D
aensa1991 2 years ago
beautiful melody i loved it!!
gakultamang 2 years ago 3
north korea has its own jimi handrix!!!
henrikdrescher 2 years ago 72
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hahahahahah, jimi handrix, .... she's not left hand though, but she's great! I like the way she plays and I like her slippers.
becauseofk 1 year ago
@henrikdrescher Wait I must have missed the part where she played the instrument with her teeth or lit it on fire. But yeah as far as talent goes yeah wow.
ThePopeAndy 11 months ago
한 백번듣는거 같네. 진짜 가공할 연주력이다...우햐
kcafare 2 years ago 2
진짜 잘 하네... sista's got a l'il moonwalking going on, haha...
illhavetheusual 2 years ago 2
YES!
JRCrowley 2 years ago
this girl rocks my world! this was fricking awesome!
nickleus1977 2 years ago 2
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can we invade north korea already please? We already did it to iraq, so why not N. Korea too? Wat happened to America's sense of conquest? lol. Its so disgustingly political now.
atabist 2 years ago
invade N. Korea???? this is the very thing that the N. Koreans hold fast....that we are imperialists! I agree that the regime must be toppled but....there shouldnt be a "conquest".
fifeg 2 years ago 3
Yea, that would just make another big pointless mess.
I think the only hope, especially in the interest of preserving nice things like this, is for the Koreans to either talk it out proactively or fight it out amongst themselves.
Everyone else needs to just givem room to evolve as nations do, seeing as we ill understand the exact nature of the conflicts & our presence within it exacerbates it more than helping resolve it.
TaichouInkei 2 years ago
i'm so tired of this north/south thing; it's all the same ppl, still divided by the cold war; it's really sad; the world will never be right until korea is unified and palestine is restored to the palestinian ppl;
C7B27D7B4 2 years ago 76
your comment is appreaciated. i don't think the UN have ever tried to unite the two sides. The US should stop interveing Korea. her way to perform this instrument is amazing. i play a similar Chinese instrument but they preserve the real spirit of this types of music instrument.
u06zoxu6 2 years ago 2
seriously, you have moved me with your comment. I guess they are people left who care for peace and justice. I hope we can contribute and witness such a world soon.
missflowers 2 years ago
@C7B27D7B4 Daaaaaaamn RIGHT !
MAH1500 1 year ago
@C7B27D7B4 Reunification of Korea would be the best thing that could happen to the whole world!
jnovais2 1 year ago
@jnovais2 why are the south and the north split up though?
911toothache 1 year ago
@911toothache In a nutshell the north is a communist country ruled with an iron fist and the south is democratic.
asiancowboy69 1 year ago
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@C7B27D7B4 Reunification of Korea would be the best thing rhat could happen to the world
jnovais2 1 year ago
@C7B27D7B4 They are also divided by diffrent things.... unless you are a korean you will never know their pain and suffering....
wolfaction12 8 months ago
this's great. i think this modern-trad korean gayageum perfectly fits the characters of the northern people. while people in the south preserve authentic Korean traditions, the northerners do something progressive things. wish we could see more performances like this. drummer is so hot as well as the harp player.
ayanuhito 2 years ago 3
통일까지 조금만 기다려주세요.
168arkady 2 years ago 4
She is one of those North Korean citizens raised by the north korean goverment to show off their culture.
Just look up North korean prison camp. Goverment cannt even feed own people and kim jong il eats all the food in their countryqq
aznboi1398 2 years ago
she is cute too lol
Kaim82 2 years ago
is this video really from north korea??
OMG she's crazy amaziing...
ahh~
Jaszita 2 years ago 2
yep, there were a series of videos when they showcased a school of music, and you could see the blandness of their clothes but performed amazingly, also there are lots of kids who doesn't look to happy to be there
Kaim82 2 years ago
Amaaing how this piece sounds so different depending on who plays it. Fascinating^^
inawe77 2 years ago 3
O.O
maru0589 2 years ago
this is.. simply gorgeous..
Kindapple 2 years ago 4
Amazing korea !!
Pride of Asia
nice gayaguem.!
It is gayaguem . korean music instrument
I want united korea
JeryongWoo 2 years ago 6
Gee...I hope to get a lesson from her when this devided countries are re-unified as one although I am a 12-string Gayageum player... 또래인 것 같은데, 언젠가 꼭 같이 공연할 수 있는 날도 왔으면 좋겠군요...
rlarkfahl 3 years ago
How many strings is she playing?
fightingjigglecow 2 years ago
25 strings I guess... 25 strings one is the most popular 'improved' gayageum. But it seems 21 strings... Maybe it is another improved instrument version.
rlarkfahl 2 years ago
얼쑤! 좋~다
Champagnefive 3 years ago 2
holy shit.....
that's awesome....
DALSU 3 years ago
fuckin greatable wicked sound that i never listen befo.....
hentaigene 3 years ago
In the terms of the Communism and dictatorship, I HATE NorthKorea. But in the terms of keeping and developing Korean tradition, I might say they are better than South.
h255172 3 years ago 4
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kid82uk 3 years ago
Yeah.. I agree with 'h255172'
kid82uk 3 years ago
agreed, and i'm korean, but i hate the direction Korea is going, i mean its okay to go modern but korea is literally competely erasing its history, its sorta sad to see because even Korean kids these days are not proud to be korean and i hate seeing that
Kpopbest 3 years ago
it's true in some ways... but, in fact, south korea has better preserved the traditions of the entire peninsula... and the children aren't forced to learn the music, as in the north.... but that doesn't mean it's disappearing - many people do learn these things privately at academies, and others as their university major... it just isn't put on a gigantic public display - in the way communist states are recognized as doing... btw NKorea doesn't use 100% authentic korean instruments either.
robotom 3 years ago
ahh, okay, thank you
Kpopbest 3 years ago
i only see that in united states. korean-americans tend to hate korea and want to be white because they are discriminated there. its sad because they dont know much of korea
cookiesNrainbows 3 years ago
yes, thats true, all of it, i just didn't know the group of people. of coarse, there are those korean-americans who miss their country after knowing more about it. I am referring to myself =P. although, im not exactly Korean-American because, 1)i was born in korea, 2) i was raised by my grandparents, who are both korean, 3)i know, idk, i guess a lot about korea's history and etc. and to clear up any confusing, i am pure korean on contrary to the "Korean-American"
Kpopbest 3 years ago
I, along with the rest of the world, have very little knowledge of what is actually going on in North Korea, but on this point I am certain: if this conservatory wanted to keep the Korean tradition, it would be using the traditional 12-string gayageum (like most South Korean players use), not this 20+ string guzheng-like instrument.
sleepyjl 3 years ago
Many South Koreans use the "modern" 20+ string gayageum.
I don't really like the trend much either.
koreasilver 3 years ago
they're commies, so it's THEIR version of "tradition" haha... the playing style is traditional, at least.... just the instrument is modern... it would be nice to see what she could do on a 12 string.... the 12 string's silk strings are more subtle and sensitive.... the steel-cored nylon of these modern instruments lack subtlety and replace it with power and forcefulness..
robotom 2 years ago
i only half agree with you, sleepyj. just because they are using a 20+-string kayageum doesn't mean that it's not traditional Korean music. you have to remember the history of the instruments in each country. the guzheng (which, by the way, is the ORIGINAL instrument that the Koreans, Mongolians, Vietnamese, and Japanese all modeled their own zithers off) originally had 5 strings and was virtualy handheld. then it had 12 strings (Korea), 13 (Japan), later 16 (Vietnam), and now 21 is the norm
vlnvlaclogbaerhpno 2 years ago 2
THROWING DOWN! Awesome.
yournullfame 3 years ago
*This girl has a gift!
eetmaishit 3 years ago
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eetmaishit 3 years ago
Damn..... I'm a string instrument player myself(guitar, bass, Upright bass) with Korean descent, and I've seen other Koreans play this type of instrument and have seen the difficulties of playing this instrument. This is purley fantastic! Truly, his girl has a gift!
eetmaishit 3 years ago
North Koreans have an amazing viruostic style with the kayagum and also with their renditions to enrich the tonality also benefits them in so many ways! the first time I saw a High School kid, he played like her, and im like WOW! Koreans sure got the strings down, now onto that Piri!
josephferrerosa34 3 years ago
wow! lol they would be rich in the US
ANATZEL 3 years ago
oh pshhh thats nothing for me..... once i start learning and then itll be like 36 years from the time i start learning lol
jungminiimee 3 years ago
lol
Metamorrphor 3 years ago
now i know they wear pink slippers in north korea
92831 3 years ago
bravo! please post more ! *****
rotatingwah 3 years ago 2
amazing!
Too sad that there is no chance to get into contact with this great artist.
hegoodha 3 years ago 3
shit......i can play this kayagum 21 or 25?
im good but not even close to her
kutekor5 3 years ago 2
jang-gu beats also very nice. i wish n.koreans played their regional traditinal music more. i'd love them.
paramsaram 3 years ago
it's too bad that you can only find the north's traditional songs preserved in the south... like seodo minyo and haeju arirang
robotom 3 years ago
yeah, their appearances are very nice though, but their music is rather like.. they play communistic art very well, but can't play traditional stuff so well.
paramsaram 3 years ago
I'm sure they would excel at the traditional stuff very well if they were given the chance - this video is proof of that. the lives of north korean people are so poor that they have more than enough 한 to play grat music. The problem is that the westernized/communistic music they do play doesn't expose 한 very well
robotom 3 years ago
She's probably one of the wealthier North Koreans who feels a lot less han than the rest of the populace. Not all traditional Korean performances are supposed to express han. There are more to Korean culture than just han, you know. -_- And I bet they preserved a lot of songs... a major part of North Korean nationalism is celebration of traditional Korean culture.
miknawoos 3 years ago
I've known people who went to Pyeongyang - the city of chosen elites, and they all said that you could see the lines of hard life on their faces... And every piece of music that comes out of NK shows a departure from traditional instruments and traditional style - what they did was reinvent a new national identity, like so many communist countries do... Maybe han isn't used as much in korean popular art these days, but in almost every aspect of the traditional culture, it's there
robotom 3 years ago
So are you saying that every traditional Korean musical piece must show han to be truly Korean? Among the traditional songs of Korea, there are many happy songs, aggressive songs, and meditative songs. Yes, han is a major part of the Korean identity, but there is a happier and more flamboyant side to it as well. Han does not necessarily come from living a hard life, but from a firm conviction that you were wronged.
miknawoos 3 years ago
Provided that North Korean propaganda is effective, these people, for the most part, are unaware of any injustice done by their government. They remember their past, but would like to press forward to a more pleasant future. North Korea is just as traditional as South Korea. South Koreans adopt new customs and music and keep their traditions separate. North Koreans incorporate them into traditional Korean culture.
miknawoos 3 years ago
even if a song's lyrics and tone is happy - the singer has han, and it makes a difference. When the singer doesn't have han, the song feels boring and dead... like many pop songs... I don't think han can be confined to just a simple definition - hard life, being wronged, grief, sadness, loneliness, etc... I'd say the traditional korean music that doesn't express much han is large court ensembles... definitely the modern creations like the fan dance or taepyeongmu don't have any
robotom 3 years ago
What exactly is your definition of han? And the fan dances and taepyeongmu are OLD... and what of nong-ak, Buddhist dances, sword dances, etc.?
miknawoos 3 years ago
Taepyeongmu was made at the beginning of the 20th century, and Buchaechum (the fan dance) was made in the 20th century also. The fact that they are modern is clearly evident in that the dance style and costume doesn't match the strict rules of korean art forms - they are doing a folk-style dance in court-style hanbok - not to mention that all court dances are done with the hands covered by long sleeves. Not all dances are meant to show han - but all the great ARTISTS have han, and u can see it
robotom 3 years ago
thank you for sharing the feeling, my sincere friend"
i hope the situation will change little by little, and they'll have more chances to play traditional songs in the best way. north has its special beats and techniques, just as the south has, and so if they could play.. korean trad. music would be given more and more variations and richness, i'm sure. i wanna listen to their true beats and han from their true hearts ㅜoㅜ
paramsaram 3 years ago
this is okryugeum. it is north korea's and same beginning with gayageum(south korea). i'm sorry, i don't good at english ..T_T
jeongsiyeon 3 years ago
sounds like elastic band, band.
nivsha 3 years ago
That's really awesome!
SamTadNewman 3 years ago
whoa crazy... not what you expect when you click on a gayageum video, heh. innovation is cool.
sarahjoy33 3 years ago
When I first heard this, I was like "WTF IS THIS RANDOM SHIT" And I'm Korean...
But I realized that it was because of western music influence in me. After listening to this song a few times, my view totally changed. This is such a great music.
grapeace1 3 years ago 2
This chick is Led Zeppelin on gayageum. She would shred a guitar and peoples' faces would melt. Thumbs me up!
kisado 3 years ago 2
Highly agree with ya, as I stated on a comment I made elsewhere recently, she really smokes this piece very smoothly. And you're definitely right, she would definitely be the Led Zepelin of Kayagum. It's not just how she does but the passion she infuses into the instrument with this piece. Super cool...
lpmar176 3 years ago