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Pansori12 items
Pansori (epic musical storytelling)
2008📋Chunhyangga (Song of Chunhyang)
📋Simcheongga (Song of Simcheong)
📋Heungboga (Song of Heungbo)
📋Sugungga (Song of the Underwater Palace)
📋Ssukdaemeori (prison lament from Chunhyangga)
📋Eosachultto (royal inspector arrival from Chunhyangga)
📋Beompijungnyu (sea voyage scene from Simcheongga)
📋Baktaryeong (gourd-sawing song from Heungboga)
📋Danga (short introductory lyric song)
📋Jingukmyeongsan (introductory danga song)
📋Gayageum Byeongchang (singing with self-accompanied gayageum)
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Sanjo & sinawi12 items
Sanjo (solo instrumental folk music)
📋Gayageum Sanjo (solo gayageum sanjo)
📋Geomungo Sanjo (solo geomungo sanjo)
📋Daegeum Sanjo (solo daegeum sanjo)
📋Piri Sanjo (solo piri sanjo)
📋Haegeum Sanjo (solo haegeum sanjo)
📋Ajaeng Sanjo (solo ajaeng sanjo)
📋Danso Sanjo (solo danso sanjo)
📋Taepyeongso Sanjo (solo taepyeongso sanjo)
📋Cheolhyeongeum Sanjo (solo steel-stringed zither sanjo)
📋Sanjo Hapju (sanjo ensemble)
📋Sinawi (improvisatory shamanic instrumental ensemble)
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Folk songs (minyo)16 items
Arirang (traditional Korean folk song)
2012📋Jeongseon Arirang (Gangwon regional folk song)
📋Jindo Arirang (Namdo regional folk song)
📋Miryang Arirang (Gyeongsang regional folk song)
📋Gangwondo Arirang (eastern regional folk song)
📋Ganggangsullae (circle dance and song)
2009📋Gyeonggi Minyo (central regional folk songs)
📋Namdo Minyo (southwestern regional folk songs)
📋Seodo Minyo (northwestern regional folk songs)
📋Doraji Taryeong (Bellflower Folk Song)
📋Changbu Taryeong (Gyeonggi folk song)
📋Noraetgarak (Gyeonggi stanzaic folk song)
📋Nilliriya (Gyeonggi lyrical folk song)
📋Susimga (Seodo lyrical folk song)
📋Yukjabaegi (Namdo slow folk song)
📋Odolttogi (Jeju regional folk song)
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Pungmul & nongak10 items
Nongak (community band music, dance and rituals)
2014📋Pangut (entertaining courtyard percussion performance)
📋Seoljanggu (solo hourglass drum dance and music)
📋Jinju Samcheonpo Nongak (Gyeongnam farmers band music)
📋Pyeongtaek Nongak (Gyeonggi farmers band music)
📋Iri Nongak (Honam udo farmers band music)
📋Gangneung Nongak (Yeongdong farmers band music)
📋Imsil Pilbong Nongak (Honam jwado farmers band music)
📋Gurye Jansu Nongak (southern farmers band music)
📋Namsadang Nori (itinerant troupe performance)
2009📋
Shamanic & Buddhist music10 items
Beompae (Korean Buddhist ritual chant)
📋Yeongsanjae (Buddhist Vulture Peak ritual)
2009📋Suryukjae (Buddhist water and land ritual)
📋Saengjeon Yesujae (Buddhist preemptive merit ritual)
📋Hoesimgok (popular Buddhist vernacular chant)
📋Hwacheong (vernacular Buddhist ritual song)
📋Jindo Ssitgimgut (Jindo shamanic cleansing ritual)
📋Donghaean Byeolsingut (East Coast village shamanic ritual)
📋Jeju Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut (Jeju wind-deity ritual)
2009📋Seohaean Baeyeonsingut (West Coast fishing ritual)
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💡 Everyday examples
- Repeating rhythmic cycles (jangdan) such as semachi, gutgeori and jajinmori can be heard with their beats and subdivisions under «Rhythmic cycles, modes & theory».
- Court and folk traditions inscribed on Korea's National Intangible Heritage list and UNESCO's lists show their inscription years and instruments with sources.
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