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dangjeok

The dangjeok is a small end blown bamboo flute used in traditional Korean music. Slightly smaller than its close instrument relative, the junggeum, the dangjeok is of Chinese origin. Its name, derived from the Chinese Tang dynasty, dangjeok translates to "Tang end blown bamboo flute." The dangjeok is an aerophone which gives off a clear and bright sound, and has a limited one and a half octave range according to the ancient Korean music treatise, the akhakgwebeom.

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The dangjeok is a small end blown bamboo flute used in traditional Korean music. Slightly smaller than its close instrument relative, the junggeum, the dangjeok is of Chinese origin. Its name, derived from the Chinese Tang dynasty, dangjeok translates to "Tang end blown bamboo flute." The dangjeok is an aerophone which gives off a clear and bright sound, and has a limited one and a half octave range according to the ancient Korean music treatise, the akhakgwebeom.

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