Word: kwaenggari
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...troupe’s music comes from only four instruments: the kwaenggari (the lead instrument, small and loud), the janggo (hourglass-shaped, with ornamental sticks on either side), the buk (a big round drum that provides the bass beat) and the jing (a gong that, Ahn says, “rounds out the beats with a deeper, darker sound?...
Dance has no place in Han Ma-Eum’s repertoire, as the dance that accompanies Korean drums is usually traditional. Although the troupe practices weekly, each of its rehearsed compositions includes room for improvisation—mostly on the kwaenggari and the janggo—and so no two performances are alike...
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