Jing

Korean

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Jing is a gong hung from a frame that is used in court and vernacular music. It is struck with a cloth-covered mallet to create softer tones. Depending on the force of the strike, gentle, prolonged sounds or loud, crashing ones may be sounded.

Description: Flat brass disc with rim bent at slight inward angle, with heavy, orange-red suspension cord inserted through two holes pierced in rim; tip and part of rim darkened with design of concentric circles scraped into top; with beater of twisted straw

Jing, Brass?, cord, Korean

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