Korean Popular Music

               Korean culture spans 2 countries every found on a earth projecting from the northeast corner of china. from 668 to 1910, choson existed as one kingdom, although these days, it's divided into d.p.r.k. and republic of korea that share a standard language and culture.

            Korean culture incorporates a long history quite distinct from those of its additional recognized neighbors china and japan. in korea, quite its immediate neighbors, rhythm plays a crucial role in nearly each music vogue. in fact, one in every of korea's nice musical contributions to jap asia was the chongganbo notation system, that used a grid to denote precise performance indications and rhythms.

              As a additional international cultural outlook emerged in choson over the last fifty years, attention shifted aloof from ancient musical forms and toward a additional western-oriented sound. an extended history of formal court and aristocratical music traditions have for the most part fallen aloof from the general public interest. combination this perplexity is that a lot of korean folks designs area unit tied to ceremonies that aren't any longer relevant or practiced. despite this, the eighties and nineties witnessed a growing interest in korean popular music genre, primarily in asian country, and also the government has done its half to encourage and increase awareness in popular music genre. additionally, migrant communities in places just like the u. s. have helped to stay attenuation traditions alive.