most folk song may be sung with juche singing(주체창법)- very clarified, mingled with western bel canto singing-. i think the core of korean traditional music still reside in south, they developed very inspiring renovation though,
i think we must consider the renovation of traditional instruments in north after 60s. most instruments payed here are renovated, some are never seen traditinal korean music at all. yes, renovation of tradition is very important. it could give us refreshed feeling of traditinal instrument like this piece, but might result out desastrous seen. traditional court music , pansori, religious music, various folk song technique are disappeared in north.
I'm right there with you too. It is unfortunate that I only know as much of Kayagum from what I've seen on videos but definitely the northern Kayagum rocks. The one thing I do know is that it depends on what region you study, practice and learn Kayagum from. Your style will be governed to a certain extent on perhaps what you play and even which tunning you use to play. Very interesting. I could be wrong though but I believe styles differ within South Korea also.
actually the two koreas' gayageum cannot be fairly compared because instruments in two countries are very different...especially the left hand technique (of vibration, ornamentation etc...)..and number of strings, made of strings are different as well. also, north korean music is heavily influenced by Russian Polka rhythms and mostly in fast 2/4 (although this folk melody is in 3/4, which is the case of most traditional korean songs and music still being played in the south).
while north korean gayageum and music in general would focus on fast virtuoso style technique (mostly fast right hand), south korean gayageum players mainly focus on slow yet subtle ornamentation (mostly the left hand technique). because south korean techniques are much more subtle and difficult to hear, it could come as much less "skilled" than the fast north korean gayageum. check out towards the end of the video if you want to see south korean virtuoso style (which exists)
Beautiful...
00iMee00 10 months ago
A wonderful performance. 좋은 연주 고맙습니다.
daum777 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing! I'm really going to have to try and make it to N. Korea someday soon to see some live performances. hehe
asiancowboy69 1 year ago
@asiancowboy69 good luck getting to north korea.
werra123 5 months ago
most folk song may be sung with juche singing(주체창법)- very clarified, mingled with western bel canto singing-. i think the core of korean traditional music still reside in south, they developed very inspiring renovation though,
icylakepaxphile 1 year ago
i think we must consider the renovation of traditional instruments in north after 60s. most instruments payed here are renovated, some are never seen traditinal korean music at all. yes, renovation of tradition is very important. it could give us refreshed feeling of traditinal instrument like this piece, but might result out desastrous seen. traditional court music , pansori, religious music, various folk song technique are disappeared in north.
icylakepaxphile 1 year ago
this music is really beautiful to me!!
roxyharp 1 year ago
얼마나 아름다운가? 얼굴에 가득찬 자부심, 너무 아름답구나.
7913jin 1 year ago
정말 좋다! 정일이놈만 아니면 정말 가고싶은곳이 아닌가싶구나.
어려운 살림살이에 그래도 민족의 예악을 발전시키는 북녁땅 동포들을 보노라면 정말 뭐라 말할수가 없구나, 하지만 정일이와 그족속들을 생각하면 그냥 속이 뒤벼지니 어찌할꼬............!!
7913jin 1 year ago
i checked down all the vids and the "north korean gayageum" is the better one, OR north korean people are better with the gayageum. of course 5/5 *
emazing !!!!!
kaszub08 3 years ago
I'm right there with you too. It is unfortunate that I only know as much of Kayagum from what I've seen on videos but definitely the northern Kayagum rocks. The one thing I do know is that it depends on what region you study, practice and learn Kayagum from. Your style will be governed to a certain extent on perhaps what you play and even which tunning you use to play. Very interesting. I could be wrong though but I believe styles differ within South Korea also.
lpmar176 2 years ago
actually the two koreas' gayageum cannot be fairly compared because instruments in two countries are very different...especially the left hand technique (of vibration, ornamentation etc...)..and number of strings, made of strings are different as well. also, north korean music is heavily influenced by Russian Polka rhythms and mostly in fast 2/4 (although this folk melody is in 3/4, which is the case of most traditional korean songs and music still being played in the south).
mandugook 2 years ago
while north korean gayageum and music in general would focus on fast virtuoso style technique (mostly fast right hand), south korean gayageum players mainly focus on slow yet subtle ornamentation (mostly the left hand technique). because south korean techniques are much more subtle and difficult to hear, it could come as much less "skilled" than the fast north korean gayageum. check out towards the end of the video if you want to see south korean virtuoso style (which exists)
mandugook 2 years ago
i wish i could play like that...
:3
minji1004 3 years ago
beautyful
DivyaDutta4ever 3 years ago
no offence to your spelling but it's spelled beautiful
minji1004 3 years ago
it's interesting because this song is a traditional folk song used to be sung in the modern day southeastern part (kyungsangdo) of South Korea...
mandugook 3 years ago
Thanks for the clarification.
lpmar176 3 years ago
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lpmar176 3 years ago 3
This deffinitely makes me want to get a kayagum now :3
21FingerGod 3 years ago 2
You're right, I can see why...
lpmar176 3 years ago 2
This is so nice! I love the melody.
yukinachang 3 years ago 3