Haegeum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Haegeum | |
|---|---|
| Hangul: |
해금
|
| Hanja: | |
| Revised Romanization: | Haegeum |
| McCune-Reischauer: | Haegŭm |
The haegeum is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a fiddle. It has a rodlike body supporting two silk strings and is held vertically on the knee of the performer and played with a bow.
The haegeum is related to similar Chinese instruments in the huqin family of instruments, such as the erhu. Of these, it is most closely related to the ancient xiqin, as well as the erxian used in nanguan and Cantonese music.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
 |
This Korea-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article relating to string instruments is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
