Haegeum

Infobox Instrument
name=Haegeum
names=

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classification=
*Bowed string instrument
range=
related=
* Erhu
* Erxian Infobox Korean name
title=Korean name
hangul=해금
hanja=
rr=Haegeum
mr=Haegm
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color=#FFEC8BThe "haegeum" is a traditional Korean string instrument, resembling a fiddle. It has a rodlike neck, a hollow wooden soundbox, and two silk strings, and is held vertically on the knee of the performer and played with a bow.

The "haegeum" is related to similar Chinese instruments in the "huqin" family of instruments, such as the "erhu". Of these, it is most closely related to the ancient "xiqin", as well as the "erxian" used in "nanguan" and Cantonese music.

The "sohaegeum" (소해금) is a modernized fiddle with four strings, used only in North Korea. ^{[http://b2b.seoulrecords.co.kr/image_M/00005230002.jpgphoto]}

ee also

*Erhu
*Huqin
*Traditional Korean musical instruments
*Korean music

External links

* [http://music.cein.or.kr/j4.htm Haegum photo]
* [http://www.ktpaa.org/instruments.html Traditional Korean Instruments]