Junggeum
| Junggeum | |
| Hangul | 중금 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | junggeum |
| McCune–Reischauer | chunggŭm |
The junggeum (also spelled chunggum or chunggŭm) is a medium-sized bamboo transverse flute formerly used in traditional Korean music. Unlike the larger daegeum, it does not have a buzzing membrane (although it did have one in ancient times).[1] It was used in court, aristocratic, and folk music, but has largely died out, being rarely used today.
Other flutes in the same family include the daegeum and sogeum; the three together are known as samjuk (hangul: 삼죽; hanja: 三竹; literally "three bamboo"), as the three primary flutes of the Silla period.[2] Both of these are still used in traditional music, as well as in contemporary classical music, popular music, and film scores.
See also
- Sogeum
- Daegeum
- Music of Korea
- Traditional Korean musical instruments
- Dizi
- Bamboo musical instruments
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