Gugak trivia

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• Which Korean traditional instrument is played with a bow set between its two strings?Gugak
• Which instrument is sounded by striking the strings with a suldae and gives a lower tone than the gayageum?Gugak
• Which Korean traditional bamboo wind instrument gets its distinctive buzz from a vibrating reed membrane?Gugak
• Which Korean traditional art has a single singer tell a story in song to the drum beat of a drummer?Gugak
• Which Korean traditional string instrument is sounded by plucking the strings with the fingers?Gugak
• Which form of Korean traditional music is played on the kkwaenggwari, jing, janggu, and buk?Gugak
• Which song, the folk song that stands for Korea more than any other, is inscribed as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity?Gugak
• Which Korean instrument has an hourglass-shaped body and is sounded by striking the skins at both ends?Gugak
• What do you call the person in pansori who beats the drum and throws in shouts of encouragement?Gugak
• Which of the following is not one of the five pansori works?Gugak
• The geomungo is a string instrument sounded by striking the strings with a short stick called a suldae.Gugak
• The haegeum is an instrument with six strings.Gugak
• Simcheongga is not among the five pansori works handed down today.Gugak
• Nongak was music played only at the royal court.Gugak
• Pansori is an art in which a single singer tells a story in song to the drum beat of a drummer.Gugak
• Samulnori is played on four instruments: the kkwaenggwari, jing, janggu, and buk.Gugak
• Arirang is the folk song that stands for Korea more than any other.Gugak
• The janggu is a wind instrument sounded by blowing into it.Gugak
• The gayageum is sounded by drawing a bow across its strings.Gugak
• In pansori, the person who beats the drum and throws in calls such as eolssu is called the gosu.Gugak