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<DIV>I'm curious about what the process looks like. Any photos?</DIV>
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<DIV>As a child we were taught to pluck a sturdy, bu pliable "weed" (looking more like a mini bamboo leaf) and, holding it along the length and between two thumbs with bent first joint, we were able to blow on it and make a sound. Successful, it was "fuzzy" like a daegum with it's membrane. <BR><BR>Thanks. </DIV>
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<DIV>Lauren<BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Keith Howard <KH@SOAS.AC.UK><BR>Sent: Mar 16, 2006 1:14 AM <BR>To: Korean Studies Discussion List <KOREANSTUDIES@KOREAWEB.WS><BR>Subject: Re: [KS] leaf <BR><BR></DIV><ZZZHTML><ZZZHEAD>
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<DIV>Kevin</DIV>
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<DIV>There's plenty of tradition for the leaf. I wrote about this in my<I> Korean Musical Instruments: A Practical Guide</I> (1988) and also mentioned it in<I> Bands, Songs and Shamanistic Rituals</I> (1989/1990).<I> Akhak kwebom</I> shows the leaf and details how to make and play it as an instrument -- so that takes us back to the 15th century. There are two commercial recordings available featuring the leaf: taken from SPs produced between 1929-1950, '<I>Taegum. T'ungso/ P'ulp'iri ui myongin. Myongin myongch'ang sonjip</I> 8 (Jigu, JCDS-0472, 1994), and contemporary recordings, '<I>Myongin myongch'ang 4: podul p'iri myongin Pak Sanil</I> (Jigu, JCDS-0613, 1997). The folk music scholar Lee Bo-hyung also has a huge number of field recordings featuring the leaf, and I recall, but cannot find a reference for, an album he put out with his<I> Han'guk koumban yon'guhoe</I> journal that had some leaf recordings.</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">This is going to sound a bit odd, but i've recently seen some nice video of a Daegum player. He's a pretty fine player and plays some sanjo type passages on the Deagum and when he's done he plucks a leaf from a plant and plays Milyang Arirang on the leaf. I can't say that i have ever seen such a thing. I know that in some areas there are unusual instruments in some coastal places and islands like in Cheju-do, etc. But, is there any tradition of playing the leaf in Korea? Or is this just a goof?<BR><BR>cheers,<BR><BR>kevin</BLOCKQUOTE>
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