Definition of Hanguk-Eumak

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: Hanguk-eumak can be divided into two categories; one is the traditional music, called gugak (`national music'), transmitted for centuries, and the other is newly-composed music, called changjak gugak (`newly-composed national music') which has been developed by the influence of Western music although it is performed by traditional musical instruments.; One of the representative Korean musical genres, samul nori (percussion quartet) is not a traditional musical genre but was created for the stage music in 1978. In this sense, samul nori can be included in the newly-made music.