
Pungryu music
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- It is a chamber music and is also called bangjungak (lit. "music for the indoor performance").

- The geomun-go is the leading instrument that the pungryu is also called jul ("string") pungryu. Other musical instruments include the gayageum, piri, daegeum, haegeum, and janggo. Two musical instruments, yanggeum (dulcimer) and danso (notch flute), are added in some cases. The most popular repertories of pungryu music are Yeongsan hoesang, Cheonnyeon manse, and Dodeuri.
Yeongsan hoesang, also called Junggwang jigok, is a suite composed of nine pieces of Sangryeongsan, Jungryeongsan, Seryeongsan, Garak deori, Sanghyeon dodeuri, Hahyeon dodeuri, Yeombul dodeuri, Taryeong, and Gunak.

- Yeongsan hoesang has two derivations; Pyeongjo hoesang (also called Yuchosin jigok or Chwitaepyeong jigok) modulated from the mother tune in pyeong mode and Kwanak yeongsan hoesang (also called Samhyeon yeongsan hoesang or Pyojeong manbang jigok) performed by wind instruments. Cheonnyeon manse is made up of three pieces of Gyemyeon garak dodeuri, Yangcheong dodeuri, and Ujo garak dodeuri. There are two kinds of Dodeuri; Mit dodeuri (also called Suyeonjang jigok) and Uit dodeuri (also called Songguyeo jigok).