For my research based project as mentioned in my earlier cultural post, I decided to do it on Korean String instruments. I first researched on the type of music that was traditionally played. That is court music, religious music, and lay people music. Then decided to look at instruments. I decided to focus on stringed instruments because I was first drawn to the Gayageum by listening to a similar instrument from the Japanese culture, the Koto. I then looked into Korean instruments and found that it was too broad of a topic with too much information. I knew I had to cut it down to a particular type. I chose stringed instruments particularly because I play a stringed instrument. I spent more time watching videos on how the instruments were made and the technicality of it. I also spent a lot of time on listening to the type of songs that are played on the stringed instruments (plucked, bowed and struck). However, I could not share as much as I wanted with the class because I did not know how to show all the videos I watched on instrument making and music videos in a more interactive way for such a short time. Thus, I decided on just going through short clips of the types of instruments and briefly explain their shape and what they are made of.
Link - Stringed Instruments
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