Genres of Hanguk-Eumak

anguage

: The shaman's song is most important in a ritual as it directly refers to the deities. The shaman's song can be divided into four groups in accordance with their usage, as follows: ushering song to invite the deities to the ritual space; praying song to address the deities; entertainment song to please the deities; and sending to dispatch the deities to the original place. The accompanists are generally male musicians most of whom come from a shaman family. A typical shaman sings a song with the accompaniment of his/her spouse.; The musical instruments used in a shaman ritual consist of the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe), daegeum (large transverse flute), haegeum (two-stringed fiddle), janggo (hourglass-shaped drum), and jing (large gong). This instrumentation is called samhyeon yuggak (lit. "three strings and six winds"). Also, the jegeum (cymbals), taepyeongso (conical double-reed oboe), and bangul (bell rattle) are used in a ritual. In most cases, only the piri, among the melodic instruments, is used depending on the budget of the client.; In Jeonla province, the ajaeng (seven-stringed instrument) has replaced the haegeum recently. Different kinds of instrumentation are used on Jeju Island including the seolsoe (small bowl-shaped gong), daeyang (large gong), janggo, and buk (barrel drum).