This study set out to compare Bonyeongsan tunes of Jeongeup Julpungryu and Sangyeongsan tunes of Gukakwon Julpungryu in tune structure and melody differences around Daegeum pieces. Bonyeongsan of Jeongeup Julpungryu consists of five chapters and 17 ga...
This study set out to compare Bonyeongsan tunes of Jeongeup Julpungryu and Sangyeongsan tunes of Gukakwon Julpungryu in tune structure and melody differences around Daegeum pieces. Bonyeongsan of Jeongeup Julpungryu consists of five chapters and 17 gaks in total including three gaks in Chapter 1, four in Chapter 2, four in Chapter 3, three in Chapter 4, and three in Chapter 5. Sangyeongsan of Gukakwon Julpungryu is comprised of four chapters and 17 gaks in total including three gaks in Chapter 1, four in Chapter 2, four in Chapter 3, and six in Chapter 4. Even though they had differences in the number of chapters with the former and latter having five and four chapters, respectively, they were the same in the number of gaks at 17. Each gak consists of four daegangs and 20 beats both in Bonyeongsan of Jeongeup Julpungryu and Sangyeongsan of Gukakwon Julpungryu. In the beats of Bonyeongsan of Jeongeup Julpungryu, each daegang is divided into 6·4·6·4 times. In those of Sangyeongsan of Gukakwon Julpungryu, each daegang is divided into 6·4·4·6 times.
While Bonyeongsan of Jeongeup Julpungryu uses E=Hwangjong as its basic note, Sangyeongsan of Gukakwon Julpungryu does E<sup>b</sup>=Hwangjong as its basic note, which means that the former is higher than the latter by a semitone. As for starting and cadence notes, both the pieces begin with Im and end in Hwang, which is a perfect 4th Wieum.
As for scale, Bonyeongsan of Jeongeup Julpungryu is in a re scale of Im(B)·Nam(C<sup>#</sup>)·Hwang(E)·Tae(F<sup>#</sup>)·Jung(A) based on its notes. Sangyeongsan of Gukakwon Julpungryu is in a re scale of Im(B<sup>b</sup>)·Mu(D<sup>b</sup>)·Hwang(E<sup>b</sup>)·Tae(F)·(A<sup>b</sup>) based on its notes. In Bonyeongsan, the difference can be seen in the fact that Namryeo appears instead of the trade that appeared in Sangyeongsan.
The study compared the two pieces in melodies based on structure notes and found that the two pieces had the same melodies 23 times(34.8%), similar ones 26 times(39.4%), and different ones 17 times(25.8%) in 66 of the entire 68 daegangs except for the Geomungo solo part. That is, the same or similar melodies accounted for 74%, which suggests that the two pieces shared melodies in similar flows overall. Despite their similar melodies, however, they have different feelings on scores. Bonyeongsan of Jeongeup Julpungryu has light feelings based on their more precise rhythms than Sangyeongsan of Gukakwon Julpungryu, which has splendid feelings based on abundant smaller melodies from the expanded rhythms of structure tones.
The Jeongeupjulup-pungryū Bonyeongsan and the Gugakwonjulūpungryūsangs an are structures in which the A and B melodies are repeated. It has a unified structure with repeated positions, and the A melody is repeated in the 1st and 2nd major rivers of the last angle of each chapter (unlike the main song, the Sangyeongsan is not composed of 5 chapters, so it is repeated in the 1st and 2nd rivers of the 4th chapter and 6 angles instead of the 5th chapter and 3 angles), and the B melody is repeated in the last angles of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th chapters. In other words, the end of each chapter shows a sense of unity in which the same rhythm is repeated.