Daegeum
The daegeum is a transverse bamboo flutes with six finger holes and an additional hole covered by a membrane. This membrane produces a buzzing and gives the daegeum a nasal, buzzing timbre. The flute is used in court and vernacular music and has its origin in the Unified Silla (668-918), with its invention linked to a story with King Sinmun (r. 681-692).
Description: Cylindrical bamboo tube stopped at blowing end; elliptical blow hole, six fingerholes, vent hole, and hole covered with a reed membrane; clear nylon string wound between holes, and a rectangular plate protecting membrane hole.
Description: Cylindrical bamboo tube stopped at blowing end; elliptical blow hole, six fingerholes, vent hole, and hole covered with a reed membrane; clear nylon string wound between holes, and a rectangular plate protecting membrane hole.
Artwork Details
- Title: Daegeum
- Date: 1990
- Geography: Korea
- Culture: Korean
- Medium: Bamboo, nylon, metal
- Dimensions: L. 84.5 x Diam. 4.5 cm (33 1/4 x 1 3/4in.)
- Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
- Credit Line: Gift of Jong-Jin Hong, 2008
- Object Number: 2008.360
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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