안영하세요! Hi! Let's start our 40-day virtual music tour around the world in South Korea, home of the Ureuk World Music House which is being restored from an abandoned traditional house in the rice paddies of Chungju, into a global community arts center, for people from around the world to gather and enjoy music from around the world.
Today's MUSICIAN is the great ancient master UREUK!!!
Today's MUSICIAN is the great ancient master UREUK!!!
Ureuk is considered one of the 3 founding fathers of Korean music. He lived in Chungju about 1500 years ago, during the Silla Dynasty. He played the instrument kayageum (or gayageum), and composed music which was the model for centuries to come.
The most common kayageum now has 12 strings, though there are 'orchestral versions' with up to 21 strings. The strings are plucked and flicked with the right hand, and the left hand adjusts the pitch and vibrato pushing on the other side of the raised bridges. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayageum
To HEAR the kayageum, listen to one of the foremost masters of the instrument today, Byoung-Gi Hwang There's also a video gone viral on Youtube of a young woman playing on her kayageum to Jimi Hendrix music?!
Chungju City's Traditional Orchestra is named after Ureuk. Their website is in Korean, but it's fun to click around: http://www.ureuk.or.kr/ There are some youtube clips such as this brief one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5APcFhUsD_k These are the musicians who will make frequent appearances at the Ureuk World Music House!
In the US, there is a Symphony named after Ureuk and a Chamber Orchestra in Teaneck, NJ.
Enjoy today's journey, see you tomorrow for Day 2 of our 40-day tour!
Oh, and if you haven't seen the video interview with former Ureuk Orchestra director playing daegeum in the future Ureuk World Music House, it is a MUST SEE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyw4lBlJKXs
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