Akhak Gwebeom

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Page from the Akhak Gwebeom depicting a banghyang  (metallophone)
Page from the Akhak Gwebeom depicting a banghyang (metallophone)

The Akhak Gwebeom (Hangul: 악학궤범; Hanja: ; literally "musical canon") is a nine-volume treatise on music, written in Korea in the 15th century, in the Joseon Dynasty. It is written by hand in hanja, and depicts, in line drawings, most of the musical instruments in use at the time, with detailed descriptions and fingerings.

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  • Chang, Sa-hun (1976). Hanguk Eum Ak Sa (The History of Korean Music). Seoul, South Korea: Eum Sa.

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