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Daegeum
Sogeum
Danso
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 Daegeum (large bamboo flute)
Daegeum is a large transverse Korean bamboo flute, dated back to 7th century Shilla dynasty. It is one of the Samjuk (three transverse bamboo flutes), which consists of daegeum (large one), joongeum (medium one), and sogeum (small one). Of the three, joongeum is not currently played any more.
Daegeum has one blowing hole, six finger holes, and an extra hole covered with a thin membrane called 'cheong' (located between the blowing hole and finger holes). Cheong is a white resonant membrane cut from a reed's inner film. There are also one or two more additional holes, called 'chilseong-gong', which lies in the end of the instrument. Chilseong-gong is used only to adjust pitches. There are two different types of daegeum: Jeong-ak daegeum (for classical/court music) and sanjo daegeum (for folk music).
 Legend of Daegeum
Fourteen hundred years ago during the Shilla dynasty, there was a little mountain on the East sea in Korea. That mountain had a strange bamboo, which was divided into two parts during the day time and put together into one bamboo at night. King Shinmoon, who was curious about the strange bamboo, made a flute out of the strange bamboo. After making sound with this bamboo flute, many miraculous things happened such as recovering from illness, passing the enemy, raining in a drought, and holding up the flood. Daegeum was also called as Man-Pa-Shik-Jeok, which means a bamboo that can hold down a big wave.
Some examples of Daegeum sound
- Cheongseong-Gok, Daegeum solo
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