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Gayageum 가야금

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The gayageum or kayagum (Korean: 가야금; Hanja: 伽倻琴) is a traditional Korean musical instrument. It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. It is based on the Chinese guzheng and is similar to the Japanese koto, Mongolian yatga, Vietnamese đàn tranh, Sundanese kacapi and Kazakh jetigen.

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Gayageum (가야금) — verified Korean cultural heritage / traditional art.

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• Type: traditional Korean musical instrument
• Classification: plucked zither
• Strings: 12
• Korean: 가야금
• Hanja: 伽倻琴

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