The six-stringed zither is said to have been created by Prime Minister Wang San-ak of the Goguryeo Kingdom in the 4th century.; its prototype is found in the ancient murals of Goguryeo. It has six twisted silk strings, which are stretched over 16 fixed frets.
The instrument is plucked with a short bamboo rod, which is held in the right hand, and produces majestic deep sounds. The literati of the Joseon Dynasty Particularly revered the geomungo.
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- yoon jeong
- Seoul, South Korea
- YoonJeong Heo, geomungo (six-string zither) performer and composer, is active as a soloist who cuts across various genres, expanding the possibilities of geomungo and Korean music by grafting together different genres that include traditional music, impromptu music, and contemporary music. She has had impromptu performances with artists at the "Voice of Asia -Free Music Festival," concert tours in Germany, England, France, United States, China, Japan, Poland and other countries. She received the Ministry of Culture prize in 1986, the “Most Cultural Prize" in the field of Korean Traditional Music sponsored by the 1996 Year of Cultural Organization Committee and a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council, which is supporting her 2007-2008 residency in New York City. She is a art director of Bukchon Changwoo Theather.
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