The main musical instruments of Korean traditional music

There are more than 100 kinds of musical instruments used in traditional music, which can be divided into three types according to different playing methods: stringed instruments played with plucked strings, wind instruments played with the mouth and percussion instruments that make sound by percussion.

stringed instrument

Gayageum, Xuanqin, dulcimer (four-sided Xuanqin, called dulcimer because it was introduced from the west), Xiqin, Yazheng (seven-stringed Zheng, the bass instrument with the narrowest range among stringed instruments) and so on.

wind instrument

Big flute, small flute, flute, piccolo, Taiping flute, sheng spring, trumpet, spiral horn, hole flute, etc.

percussion instrument

Beat (also called clapper, similar to Allegro, but with 6 boards), chime, chime, waist drum, gong, drum, etc.