An Orchestra of Korean Traditional Instruments

The musicians shown here are all college students. The instruments in the back row are all Gayageum : a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. The front row, from left to right, we see a Janggu (drum), Geomungo (plucked zither with both bridges and frets, made in Goguryeo before the 5th century AD) and an A-jaeng (string, plays the bass part in ensemble music). In the middle, she is playing a Haegeum (string)

Bass Ensemble Frets Plucked Recent String Strings Though Variants Zither

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