Buk (drum)

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Buk (drum)
Buk on table.jpg
Korean name
Hangul / 고
Hanja
Revised Romanization buk / go
McCune-Reischauer puk /go
A South Korean airman playing a buk
A South Korean airman playing a buk

A buk is a traditional Korean drum. It is barrel-shaped, with a round wooden body covered on both ends with animal skin. It is played with both an open hand and a wooden stick in the other hand. The buk is one of the four instruments used in samul nori, a modern performance version of pungmul.

A modern set of buk (usually four) is called modeum buk (모듬북).

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