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<DIV>Perhaps I've answered part of my own question; although, it doesn't replicate my experience. There is a diagram of that at <A href="http://www.todaysparent.com/craftsactivities/outdoors/article.jsp?content=20050602_161835_4804&page=1">http://www.todaysparent.com/craftsactivities/outdoors/article.jsp?content=20050602_161835_4804&page=1</A></DIV>
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<DIV>This link to National Public Radio shows a Mexican leaf player. <A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=895341">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=895341</A><BR><BR>The premiere of Tan Dun's concerto for cello, video and orchestra, starring YoYo Ma and the Boston Phil, also included a leaf player. <A href="http://www-tech.mit.edu/V123/N7/bso_-_tan_dun.7a.html">http://www-tech.mit.edu/V123/N7/bso_-_tan_dun.7a.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>"The next movement featured a man on the giant screen playing a leaf. How does one play a leaf, you might ask? By blowing it between your lips, of course. With pursed lips and steady hands manipulating the kazoo-like sonority of the leaf into different pitches, the man on the screen played his heart out onto cellulose and chlorophyll. Once again, the cello part mimicked the melody of the performer on the screen in an almost playful duet." </DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps that's more than anyone might want to know about the subject. </DIV>
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<DIV><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>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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