"Playing Traditional Korean Music on the Violin" by Soh-Hyun Altino | (2021년) 박소현의 "전통음악과 바이올린의 만남"

In this online presentation, Altino tells about her experience, as a western-trained musician, of learning to play the traditional Korean sanjo on the violin. The process of learning to "speak Korean" on the violin closely relates to that of learning a foreign language for the first time -- enormously challenging yet immensely rewarding (1:20). A brief introduction (9:30) of the Korean tone (성음), changdan (장단), p'ansori (판소리), and sanjo (산조)* precedes the explanation and demonstration of how to interpret the unique traditional idioms on the violin (19:00). The short version of the Kim Ilgu school of ajaeng sanjo performed on the violin (김일구류 아쟁산조 바이올린 버전) is found:    • 2020년 김일구류 아쟁산조 짧은산조 (바이올린: 박소...  . 양악인이 전통 음악의 언어를 배우는 과정은 생전 처음 듣는 외국말을 배우는 과정과 매우 흡사합니다. 무슨 말인지 통 알아 듣지 못하여 어렵고 답답하기 그지없습니다. 그러나 선조들이 물려준 훌륭한 음악을 한 마디씩 또박또박 익히다 보면 어느새 그 어떤 서양의 곡들을 공부할 때보다 배부르고 즐거울 수 있습니다. 이것이 바로 mother tongue인가 싶습니다. 양악인의 관점에서 우리의 민속음악을 소개합니다. For more information, please visit, https://www.sohhyunparkaltino.com. Glossary ajaeng: a bowed zither chajinmori: a type of changdan made up of a fast 12-beat pattern changdan: rhythmic pattern or cycle changgu: an hourglass-shaped drum haegŭm or haegeum: a two-string fiddle held upright on the lap p'ansori: a genre of dramatic vocal music based on narrative literature, sung by one singer sanjo: a genre of instrumental music played by a melodic instrument and a drum accompaniment *The sanjo video clip that did not play properly at 21:35 is found:    • Koart 국악 동영상 김일구류 아쟁산조    (beginning at 3'24") This talk was given on January 15, 2021 primarily for the students at the Pleasant Ridge Waldorf School in Viroqua, WI and was hosted by McIntosh Memorial Library in Viroqua and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for East Asian Studies.