Sanjo is a form of instrumental solo music that is believed to have originated at the end of the 19th century, and is a traditional music with a distinctive form.
Currently, Kim Byeong-ho school Gayageum Sanjo is still actively performed, but the mel...
Sanjo is a form of instrumental solo music that is believed to have originated at the end of the 19th century, and is a traditional music with a distinctive form.
Currently, Kim Byeong-ho school Gayageum Sanjo is still actively performed, but the melody and sigimsae of sanjo shows slight differences according to each performer. Robert Garfias, an American music anthropologist, visited Korea in the 1960s and recently released data collected by the National Gugak Center. Among them were recordings of Gayageum Sanjo, played by Kim Byung-ho accompanied by Park Dong-jin in 1966, which included new pieces not found in the current Gayageum Sanjo of Kim Byeong-ho. From these music sources, Jinyangjo was compiled and compared with the melodies of Yang Yeon-seop, Lee Jae-sook, Kim Nam-sun and Sun Yeong-sook.
First of all, the skeletal line and melody of Gayageum Sanjo of the Kim Byeong-ho school, was examined and it was found that the number of rhythms in Ujo and Doljang are divided into eight sections, with the same number of beats in 1-31, but only Yang Yeon-seop is different from other scores. In the case of Pyungjo, all five musical scores are composed of 32 to 36 chapters and a single paragraph. They are constructed in the form of a flat line method, although show some minor differences in melody type. The biggest difference between the five scores is found in the Gyemyeonjo. The melody that appeared only in the Garfias collection is four chapters, while the melody that appeared only in Kim Nam-soon's sheet music is seven chapters. The Gyemyeonjo separated the g root note from the d. In the case of Seon Yeong-sook, it is often found that the sound of the passage was a half-tone higher than the root note to create a heightened atmosphere.
In the second chapter, the melodies of each piece of music are compared in sections. In Ujo, the melody is almost the same, but there is a difference in the elapsed sound. In the case of Pyungjo, there are differences in the location and tone of Nonghyeon, and when looking at the framework of the melody, the five scores are similarly inscribed. In the case of the Gyemyeonjo, melodies that appeared only in certain scores could be found.
In the third chapter, we look at the difference in the appearance of each sheet of music. In the case of Seon Yeong-sook, the sigimsae is doubled, indicating that the melody is more complicated than the other scores. However, we can see that although the scores share same melody flourishes, there are partial differences in the appearance of the sigimsae such as ornamental, Nonghyeon, and Chusung. Therefore, currently the Kim Byeong-ho school Gayageum Sanjo is preserved and perfomed with the same melody. The Garfias collection includes the pure creative melodies of master Kim Byeong-ho, which do not exist in the Kim Byeong-ho school Gayageum Sanjo currently played. Therefore, it is meaningful that the longest Jinyangjo can be played through the Garfias collection.