The melodies of our traditional music were always mysteries. Apparently they are similar to the melodies by Western equal temperament, but they contain something different. Over the analysis of the traditional music tunes of traditional music melodies...
The melodies of our traditional music were always mysteries. Apparently they are similar to the melodies by Western equal temperament, but they contain something different. Over the analysis of the traditional music tunes of traditional music melodies it was found that the pitches are not significantly deviated from the equal temperament. The cause why we feel pitches go up or down a little was investigated. It is due to the structure of overtones of Korean traditional music instruments. For example, Korean traditional instruments generate partial tones and the stronger upper harmonics than the fundamental does. Unlike Western natural overtones, it was discovered that the mysterious sounding comes from the combination of a number of partial tones and the strong upper overtones.