[KS] leaf

[Keith Howard]

Kevin

There's plenty of tradition for the leaf. I wrote about this in my 
Korean Musical Instruments: A Practical Guide (1988) and also 
mentioned it in Bands, Songs and Shamanistic Rituals (1989/1990). 
Akhak kwebom 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, 'Taegum. T'ungso/ P'ulp'iri ui 
myongin. Myongin myongch'ang sonjip 8 (Jigu, JCDS-0472, 1994), and 
contemporary recordings, 'Myongin myongch'ang 4: podul p'iri myongin 
Pak Sanil (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 Han'guk koumban yon'guhoe journal that had some leaf 
recordings.

Keith

>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?
>
>cheers,
>
>kevin


-- 
Dr Keith Howard
Reader in Music, SOAS,
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