"BUBGO" KOREAN TEMPLE DRUM SIZE 30" (Korean ritual drum) TYPE B

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- 30" Dia Cowhide both side , 30" x30", Total height with stand 43.8"
- Comes with stand and stick.
- Authentic - Made in Korea.
- Made of High quality Cowhide, royal foxglove tree.
- Finished "Dancheong" Korean traditional multicolored paintwork on wooden material.
- This product is a fine masterpiece of superb craftsmanship.
- Various size are avaliable, mail to us for more information.
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Traditional Korean Musical Instrument :: Geum Bu (Metal instrument)

Pyeonjong is a set of 16 small bells with the same

Teukjong is a large bell hung on the
frame and is played by striking it. This
instrument was made by the great
musician Park Yeon during the reign of
King Sejong as he arranged the royal
court music. It signaled the beginning
size hung on the frame and is played by striking it
with an ox hornmallet. This instrument was
imparted from the Chinese Sung Dynasty during the
Goryeo Dynasty period and was improved by the
great musician Park Yeon. The thicker the bells are,
the higher pitch sound they give.
of ceremonial music
Banghyang is made of two rows of
16palm-size metal plates like the
pyeongjong and is played by striking it
with an ox horm mallet. It is also
called cheolhyang, and the thicker the
metal is, the higher sound it emits.
Jing According to the size, jings are
referred to as jeong, geumjeong,
geum, geumna, and na. They are
played by striking it with a stick with
the cloth-wrapped end, thus giving off
a solemn, soft and long-echoing sound
Nabal is a wind instrument that gives
off a metallic and majestic sound. It is
made by molding metal into a long
pipe, which gets thinner towards the
blowhole and thicker toward the
trumpet flower-shaped end.
Yanggeum Compared to the fact that other string
instruments are made of silk threads, the yanggeum
is made of 56 metal strings that give off clear metal
sounds. This instrument is made by setting up two
bars on a lozenge-shape box and placing metal
strings between them. It is played by striking it with
a bamboo stick.
Kkwaenggwari also referred to as the sogeum and
kkwaengmaegi, is played by striking it with a
wooden stick with the handle made of string like
jing. It was used to produce music for royal court
ceremonies. Recently, the kkwaenggwari is played
mainly to create farmer`s music and court dance
music.
Jabara is also referred to as bara, bal, and jegeum.
Jabara consists of a pair of two cooker cover-shaped
thin and circular brass plates with holes punched on
the center to insert strings through them to make
handles. To play the instrument, the two plates are
held by the string and hit with each other.
 Ulla is a set of 10-tune dish-shaped
small copper gongs hung on the frame
and is played by striking it with a small
mallet. It gives off a clear sound
similar to that of a xylophonel and is
used to give off creative traditional
Korean notes.

Traditional Korean Musical Instrument :: Sa Bu(string instrument)

Geomungo To make the sounding

case, the front board made of
paulownia tree is attached to the back
Gayageum This 12-string gayageum is made of the
board made of chestnut tree. Sit
same materials as the geomungo. It is categorized
strings of twisted sklk threads are
into classic gayageum and folk music gayageum and
placed an the case to complete a
is played by the left hand pressing the strings and
geonumgo. It is played with a bamboo
the right hand plucking or plunking them.
stick and gives the broadest sound
among all traditional Korean
instruments.

Daejaeng As a 15-string instrument,

Geum also referred to as chilheyongeum, loosens its
daejaeng is similar to the gayageum in
strings and weakens the sound due to the absence
shape, but is more majestic in terms
of dove foot-shaped string-support ridges. Near the
of tone color.
corner of the black heart of the instrument, 13
It is played by the left hand pressing
shells are studded forming into a chinese character
strings and the right hand plucking or
hwi, which is held when plucking strings.
plunking them.
 Haegeum To play the haegeum, a bow
is inserted between the two strings
which are rubbed. This instrument
allows a rich expression that enable
diverse playing techniques. It is an
essential part of any ensemble.
Wolgeum The name wolgeum was given to this
instrument because its sounding case is circular like
the moon. It is also referred to as wanham. Its four
strings are placed on 13 bars, and the instrument
can be slung over the shoulder by tying a string at
the back

Hyangbipa is one of three string

instruments of the Silla Kingdom along
with the geomungo and gayageum. It
is also referred to as jikgyeongbipa.
This 5-string instrument is made of
the same material as geomugo, and is
played with a plectrum just like the
geomungo is played.
Dangbipa is an instrument with four strings placed
on its curved wood piece. Tang and Sung music was
played on dangbipa using a wooden stick, and folk
music using bare fingers or thimble-encased fingers.
The sounding case consists of gyeeomtree-made top
board and zelkova or mulberry-made bottom.

Geonhu is similar to the western harp,

and it is categorized into
wagonghu(13-strings), sugonghu(21-
strings),daegonghu(23-strings) and
sogonghu(13-strings), according to the
frame shape

Traditional Korean Musical Instrument :: Hyuk Bu (Membrane instrument)

Galgo is played by striking it using two drumaticks in

Janggo As a rhythm-functional
both hands and is also referred to as yangjanggo.
percussion instrument, janggo is also
Galgo's sides are covered with leather, and are
referred to as janggu and seyogo. It is
struck using both hands. The instrument is fitted
categorized into classic janggo and
with a sound adjusting funnel different from that of
folk music janggo.
janggo.
Yonggo is played using two drumsticks
in both hands by slinging it around the
waist and shoulders by strings tied to
the rings hooked on both sides
painted with dragons.
Jingo Arranged into heongaak or
music played before the god-
worshipping gate, jingo is played to
signal the start and end of music. An
ensemble starts as the chuck
instrument is struck three times and
the jingo is struck once. This is
repeated. As the jingo and noego are
struck three times, the eo is plucked
to end the music.
Geongo is one of the instruments
used to signal the start of music.
Before starting an ensemble, the
sakgo and eunggo are struck once,
and then the geongo is struck once.
This process is repeated three times.
Sakgo is a long barrel-shaped drum
suspended from a wooden frame with
the center's surface painted with a
white sun shape. In the royal morning
gathering or feast held for state
visitors, sakgo was placed in the west
and was used to signal the ceremony,
Jeolgo was played for royal court ceremonial music
and memorial service music. Lrganized into
deungaak or music played on stone stairs in the
palace, this drum is used mainly to signal the start
and end of music.
Jwago It is a drum played while sitting on the floor.
It is played to create wind instrument music or
orchestral music, together with janggu. Jwago is not
played to create geomungo-centered small-scale
orchestral music, since it can carry high musical
volume.
Gyobanggo was used in wind instrument ensemble
and royal court dancing. Today it is used in drum
dancing and folk dancing. To create music for royal
court ceremonies, the gyobanggo was struck as four
men carried it on long poles.
Sogo is a small drum used for farmers'music either
with or without a handle. Also referred to as
maegubuk, it is often used in creating farmers'
music and folk dance music.
together with geongo and eunggo.

Eunggo Arranged together with

geongo and sakgo, eunggo signals the
start and end of the music. It is similar
to sakgo, but it is different becarse it
has a red-painted moon shape on the
frame and is positioned in the east.
Noego consists of six conical-shape small drums
hung on the frame, and the drum bodies are painted
black. It was used in god-worshipping ceremonial
services.

Yeonggo has a yellow body with eight

Nogo consists of two long drums that have both
sides. It was used in ceremonies
sides coverd with leather and fixed overlapping each
worshipping the earth god. The
other. The drum body is painted red. Nogo was
eightsides of the drum match the fact
struck during ceremonies worshipping gods. This
that in music for welcoming gods. The
was usually after jingo like noego and yeonggo.
same music is played eight times.

Yeongdo consists of four small yellow

drums pierced with a pole. It was used
in ceremonies vorshipping the earth
god. Before the Music started,
yeongdo is shaken three times
allowing the leather strings attached
to both sides of drum bodies to strick
the drums and create sound.
Noedo consists of three small drums stacked
crossing each other. It was used in god-worshipping
ceremonial services. Before the music starts, noedo
is shaken three times to allow the leather strings
attached to both sides of drum bodies to strike the
drums and create sound.

Nodo consists of two drums pierced

with a pole crossing each other with
the drum body painted red. It was
used in ceremonies for worshipping
gods, and was also shaken three times
to signal the start of the music.
Do is a drum hung on a long pole. The historical
music book 'Akhakgwebeom' says that the picture of
this drum was handed down but this drum was not
actually used.
Traditional Korean Musical Instrument :: Seok Bu (Stone Instrument)
Teukgyeong consists of a single
chime and is played by striking it with
an ox horn mallet, and is used to
signal the end of music. When a
performance ends, the jeolgo is struck
three times, the eo is plucked three
times, and the teukgyeong is struck
once during the first and last instances
the jeolgo is struck.
Traditional Korean Musical Instrument :: Juk Bu (Bamboo Instrument)
Piri is a wood instrument made of
bamboo pipe and a thin-cut bamboo
piece through which air is blown. It is
categorized into hyangpiri, dangpiri
and sepiri.
Junggeum is one of the three Silla
Kingdom's flutes. Like the daegeum,
this has one blowhole, six finger holes,
and several holes referred to as
chilseonggong at the end but has no
cheonggong holes and is relatively
small compared to the daegeum.
Pyeongyeong consists of 16 chimes and is played by
stricking them with an ox horn mallet. The thicker
the chimes are, the higher the sound is. This was
imported from China, but since the material stone
pumice was discovered in Korea, it was also
manufactured in the country by the great musician
Park Yeon.
Daeguem is one of the three Silla Kingdom bamboo
flutes together with the junggeum and sogeum. It is
played by blowing. It is categorized as classical
daegeum and folk music daegeum. The instrument
gives off a clear and beautiful sound, and history
records of the Three Kingdoms imparted a legend
that says sea waves were calmed down by the
sound of the darguem.
Tungso is originally called tongso from its Chinese
characters, and is played by blowing wind into the
half-moon-shaped blowhole like danso.
 Dangjeok is a wind instrument that
gives offa clear and bright sound, and
Danso is a wind instrument played as it is held
has one and a half octave short range
vertically, and is easy and simple to play. It gives off
according to the music book
a clear and a beautiful sound, thus allowing many
akhakgwebeom. But it was
people to enjoy playing it. It goes well even with
remodelled into a folk danjeok to
saenghwang, yanggeum and haegeum.
enhance its pitch and range to
resemble those of daegeum.

Sogeum is the smallest of the three

Yak is similar to jeok in shape, and since the player
Silla Kingdom's flutes. It is similar to
uses three holes to make 12 tunes, the playing
daegum, but it is short and gives off
technique is difficult. Yak is used as a kind of dancing
one octave high pitch sound. This
tool in royal court memorial service music and
instrument also has more decorations
sacrificial rites.
compared to the daegeum.

Jeok has one finger hole in the back,

five on the front, and two empty holes
at the end in the back. At the center
of the last joint at the bottom of the
bamboo pipe, it used to have a cross
hole like ji, but the hole is not carved
today.
So This instrument is similar to the wings of the
Chinese phoenix in shape, and is called bongso or
Chinese phoenix, 16 bamboo pipes are inserted into
the wood frame, and the end of the pipes is stopped
with wax.

Traditional Korean Musical Instrument :: To Bu (Soil Instrument)

 Hun is a wind instrument made of clay
or clay mixed with baekmyeonhwa,
and gives off a low and gentle sound.
It comes in scale weight, egg, globe
and other shapes.
Bu Shaped like a clay brazier, bu is a percussion
instrument, and is used as a rhythm instrument the
middle of a slow royal court music.

Traditional Korean Musical Instrument :: Mok Bu (Wooden Instrument)

Bak is a percussion instrument

consistion of 6 pierced wood pieces.
With only one side bound, it unfolds
and folds fast like fan ribs and as the
player holds the other side, he strikes
it to create sound. It is mainly used
when music starts and ends.
Chuk is a percussion instrument made by punching a
hole in a wooden case with a narrow bottom, and
inserting a club into it. Upon three strikes of the
club, an ensemble starts. It is painted blue and
organized to be placed in the east.

Taepyeongso Also referred to as

soenap, hojeok or nallari,
Eo is an instrument with 27 saw-toothed ridges
taepyeongso gives off a strong and
placed on wooden tiger. When the music ends, the
high sound, making it suitable for use
player strikes the head of the tiger with a bamboo
in the military. To day it is used on a
stick three times, and plucks the teeth on its back
large scale for military music, royal
one time. This action is repeated three times.
court ceremonial dances, shamanistic
music, and farmers' music.