Korean Traditional Music Group Ensemble SINAWI Performance

August 7, 2013 - Korean sinawi music originally accompanied propitiatory rites presided over by a female shaman, or mudang. The word sinawi is also synonymous with musical improvisation based on various rhythmic and melodic devices--the most important characteristic of this genre. This group of sinawi performed by five performers and varying instrumentation evokes the otherworldly sonic space of the shamanistic spirit realm. Dr. Ju-Yong Ha, a renowned ethnomusicologist, will provide historical context for the performances, shedding light on the tradition and its transition to the modern music world.
Ensemble SINAWI
SHIN Hyunsik (Ajaeng), HA Sera (Gayagŭm), LEE Bong-guen (Vocal), Kim Jinhyuck (Percussion), JEONG Songhee (Yanggŭm)
Guest performers
Cita Chay (Violin)
Chung-Eun Han (Daegeum)
Produced, Directed, and Edited by Peter Stuehmke.

[@cruztube69]

As he played the Ajaeng,.. I could hear my grandmother’s voice chanting during her trance ceremonies when she was a Mudang. It was 1974 when we visited her at her home in Tongduchun, I was 7 years old and it was a really strange experience!!

[@threeeyedgoddess7635]

a priceless treasure in the depth of youtubery

[@annahwang2704]

Sinawi is like the Korean equivalent to American free jazz, and it's just as amazing! Thank you for sharing.

[@2021kyoto]

What does Shamon music have to do with Jazz?Shamon Mudongs are healers.Shamon rituals go back to antiquity.They are thousands of years old.

[@KuraSourTakanHour]

@@2021kyoto I think he means only the style, of course. The playful dissonance in Sinawi music, and their soulful singing is like an asian jazziness, Jazz is also expressive and free with the melody in similar ways. It's quite interesting

[@2021kyoto]

😢​​​@@KuraSourTakanHour Sinawi is the name for the ancient Asian rituals.These Shamin songs go back as far as Chinese,and Korean civilizations existed!!!

[@msruag]

@@2021kyoto me when i can't read

[@sylviasylph]

Beautiful, Amazing Artistry. Thank you for keeping this music alive and resonating through us and through the Infinite Cosmos. Healing, Sacred Spaces and Tones ❤❤❤

[@myokisaetang5715]

It sounded like a sorrow and power full story. I cried in some parts it was like I could understand what the story was. It sounds so similar to pansori. Love it guys keep it up.

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

Thank you !

[@Lampchuanungang]

Korean culture 🧫 is rich epic and spiritual have a ancient beauty in artitiscal way.

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

Yes it is true!

[@2021kyoto]

This shamon music is over 4000 years old.A Shamon Mudong is a healer.They go into a trance,and communicate with spirits that these people feel can physically,as well as,mentally cure others illnesses.

[@clairemurdoch4536]

I am stunned by this music! It is the most spiritually beautiful, complex and emotionally stirring music I have ever heard! After listening to the first piece I just sat there speechless and so deeply moved. Thank you to the artists for this amazing performance.

[@martintheiss4038]

Yes Korea has a rich cultural history and the major airport outside of Soul does not forget the ancient traditions of the honored land.

[@musmeramirez7071]

I like it too much. Thank you

[@yuanbin9138]

Korean traditional songs is beautiful and much explicitly expressive~

[@germainfloch7724]

a link please

[@Sativa-kh7nw]

Speaks to my soul

[@thomasc390]

Thank you!

[@Peulea]

just amazing!

[@alanhill4957]

Wow! Thank you from the depths of my heart!

[@jimiwith2eyes]

SMILES!!!! thank you!!!! kia kaha (stay strong)

[@abrakadeep8810]

This goes in so deep ! THIS IS STRONG STUFF ! ! ! THANKS A THOUSAND FOR ADDING THIS HERE !

[@aristotleinbottle8012]

beautiful

[@RarrrZipPahDouhWah]

This is one of the most amazing music I've heard

[@ashurashur257]

This is amazing

[@pluto19leo]

Sublimely beautiful 😍 Thank you 🕯😊🤟

[@RomeshSenewiratne-Alagaratnam]

Great music brilliantly performed. Thanks.

[@ikelkhuur]

Wonderful! Good luck!

[@2021kyoto]

I can meditate to this music.

[@2021kyoto]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL ASIAN MUSIC. I CAN LISTEN TO THIS WHEN PREFORMING TANG SOO DO.

[@sra8183]

I love this so much! I graduated Korean Language and Literature long time ago and I didn't really like the traditional musics during my college days but these guys are amazing. Thank you so much for the sharing!

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

Thank you:)

[@manyhumbles]

oh i love this so much

[@gardikagigih5704]

Amazing!

[@sanramondublin]

I deeply appreciate this music and thank all of you for the great work. I come from Persian background. I wanted to hear original Korean tunes and tempo with modern technology and arrangement, while it is keeping its originality. And this as it. I did hear the Silk road affect and imprint. I detected everything from Greece to Persia to China and finally to Korea, while the identity is Korean. thanks again. Greetings from north California , February 2020. Best wishes. If ''I '' liked it , then it must be great, lol.

[@strongdwarvenale]

this is a very nice concert

[@haviskam]

Like many other commentors here, I was about to change the video at first, but I got captivated by the sheer joy and rhythm of the ancient east. It;s amazing. It makes me feel the 1000s of years of human evolution in body and soul.

[@martintheiss4038]

Yes Korea has a surprising culture when it comes to history and ancient traditions.

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

Thank you :) more videos in our channel!

[@AntonioGuamil]

Food for the soul.

[@user-hl6dc4rp4y]

수준높은 한국음악. 정말 좋아요.

[@veritascognitio5183]

The guy looks like he's going to break the Ajaeng. Lol. This is amazing.

[@joodlyryu1]

소름이 추왁- 아름다운 한국의 얼입니다

[@manung6193]

Je vais utilisé cette musique pour mon exposé sur la Corée du Sud, Thank you !

[@leeyooyoung11]

아쟁하시는분정말 잘하시네여.,

[@aratra5758]

I Love it❤

[@umedavk2011]

A very new experience for me. It took me a long while before I began to appreciate it because the sounds, tones, arrangement were quite different to anything I've heard before. I would understand if some people got into some sort of trance whilst listening to it. A most interesting musical experience for me. Thank you.

[@sanramondublin]

And also listen to Persian music, Mr. Homayun Shajarian( ''Irane man'' album, it is one hour 9 minutes) and Ms. Sepideh Raissadat. Greetings from north California.

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

Thank you:)

[@serafimgascoigne3524]

Music of the soul

[@MsFuqyu]

i

[@BlessedForever888]

REALLY enjoyed this musical and cultural adventure. Thank you for keeping the traditions alive, talented considerate people.

[@TheKoreaSociety]

Our pleasure!

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

Thank you:)

[@joseevocalist]

this is so close to the North American jazz idiom. Although Sinawi takes its roots in Korean traditional music, it is definitely today's music.

[@judithdavid8396]

Wow!!!!!!! 👏🏻

[@jiminsblessedpants530]

I cried

[@kaizzen7942]

I keep going back to 1:05:00. This song just...hits me differently

[@brownmullins]

Serious skills. Thank you so much for sharing such a sacred event. Can someone tell me the title of the first piece; traditional, spiritual song?

[@XXXYopeDXXX]

cadenza for soul

[@RM-kk5xk]

The melody has its own language i think I understand that ☺️☺️☺️

[@kasperravnhoj5752]

Absolut perfektion !!

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

Thank you!

[@disguisery]

This is some heavy stuff.

[@shinebright5447]

reminds me of mongol traditional tones/music

[@aratra5758]

😍😍

[@martinhealy2902]

I'm really enjoying this. Thanks for sharing! Is the piano meant to be so quiet, or is there something wrong with the recording?

[@amybailon659]

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on some traditional Korean sheet music? I need the music score for an assignment

[@UsAsiansEatRice]

@25:50 song of cold rain

[@user-gh9cw4qj7s]

33:43 여기서부터의 아쟁독주는 정말.... 그저 들을수있다는 사실에 감사할따름

[@user-dl7yt1oe9y]

아쟁연주가 대단함.

[@ACRealmz]

This is like the Korean equivalent to Mongolia’s Khusugtun.

[@rena4857]

i chose korean music for my assignment but i'm australian

[@lucasmehmel2810]

I was unaware the piano was a traditional Korean instrument.

[@ayumi1124811248]

I would love to contact those musicains ! I would love to record music with them for a movie. Anyone can help me to contact them?

[@bekmashrapov1858]

ayumi1124811248 reach out the korea society

[@luklukey2579]

I like it but some of the parts in Lake somebody’s crying

[@krikri5254]

49:55

[@graceworley5017]

What is the bowed instrument? Is it the same as the plucked one in the front? (The plucked one is a gayaguem, I think).

[@EnsembleSINAWI]

that is called 'Ajaeng' (big one on the right - Dae Ajaeng / smaller one on the left - So Ajaeng)

[@graceworley5017]

SongHee Jeong Thank you!

[@arajoaina]

Sounds like traditional heavy metal!

[@thuydung380]

Nice one!! I just don't understand why they add the Piano to this group, she played out of tune all the time..

[@zwerty007]

i liked the piano playing in the bass but you're right, it did sound a little out of tune, cos it can't be freely tuned like all the other instruments

[@TheBUBBLY102]

my guy goes made around 5:10

[@2021kyoto]

What is the large plucked instrument the Korean woman is playing called? It looks like a Japanese (Nihon, Nippon) Koto. . The Japanese call their country Nippon or Nihon. Land of the Rising Sun. The Koreans also have a small plucked instrument which is similar in sound.

[@2021kyoto]

The narrator called the large strummed instrument a Gayagem . How does it differ from a Koto?

[@thirsty_club]

Michael Silverman it's little diffrent,goto use kind of finger pick and goto's sound is bigger than gayageum Gayageum's sound is more warm

[@thirsty_club]

Michael Silverman these two instruments influenced by chinese instrument 'Guzheng'

[@2021kyoto]

김정엽 Thank You so much for the information,if you have more facts about the differences between Japanese(Nippon or Nihon) culture, and Korean please let me know . I also read that Hangul is very easy to learn compared to the Hiragana, Katakana, and Kangi(characters adopted from the Chinese) of the Japanese language. What are your thoughts?

[@fatherlouiswilliamssugaada5023]

@@2021kyoto cmiiw, the larger kayageum with more strings that resemble koto is called pungryu kayageum (the original form of it), while the slender one is sanjo kayageum, innovation from 19c

[@Californiansurfer]

Tigerbelly. Bobby Lee

[@shaliu3890]

一股蒙古味儿

[@user-if2lz6qg5r]

이유가 외 필요 합니까. 그냥 존네요 .ㅡ

[@newhabitget4951]

도무지 같은 한국인이 들어도 무슨 말인지를 모르겠다 이러니 외국인들에게 어필을?ㅠ 외국어 댓글 몇 달린걸 보고 착각하지 말길...그들은 그저 예의상 달아주는 것.

[@newhabitget4951]

@@HeungKang718 내가 왜? ㅋㅋ

[@solarsailer6129]

이탈리아어로 성악해도 그냥 다 쳐들음ㅇ

[@newhabitget4951]

@@solarsailer6129 ㅇㅋ 그럼 본인은 그냥 쳐들으면 되는거임

[@solarsailer6129]

@@newhabitget4951 어차피 못알아듣는건 이탈리아인 이외의 외국인이 성악 듣는 거나 한국어 노래 듣는 거나 다를 거 없는데 외국인한테 어필하는데 니가 한국어 잘 못쳐알아듣는 게 왜 어필성이 부족하다는 거ㅋㅋ? 차라리 노래가사가 뭉그러져 들리니 한국인한테 어필하기 힘들다고 말했으면 논리적 하자라도 없는데 외국인에게 어필 엌ㅋㅋㅋ 호소력을 논하기 이전에 한국어 듣기실력이 부족하거나 고막이 찢어진 거나 둘 중 하나를 먼저 논해야 되는 거 아니냨ㅋㅋㅋ 아니면 논리결핍을 볼 때 대뇌피질에 주름이 잡혀있는가라던지 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@slowdrop]

This video needs de-interlacing.

[@2021kyoto]

Why does this Korean musical group use a piano,and have a guest violinist?They are not traditional KOREAN instruments.

[@thirsty_club]

Michael Silverman this is kinda fusion band

[@2021kyoto]

김정엽 Shamon music, in my opinion, should be played with the most traditional instruments of their native country.

[@thirsty_club]

i agree with ur opinion but it's hard to comercialize 'real' traditional music thus people usually use frendly sound to make popular traditional music

[@2021kyoto]

김정엽 Money should not always be a guiding factor. Musicians can play traditional instruments for the love of their country, and for the tremendous musical talents they have.

[@sanramondublin]

Michael, hear my opinion: I believe the musician should be free to use any ''INSTRUMENT'' or build and invent her own; as long as her music has an identity and of course, people like it. Civilizations add to each other. I see the Pipa Instruments that is being played in China is no more in use in Central Asia, where it came from. Guitar, Spanish, Taar , Persian and Seetaar Indian have same root. ( Taar in Persian means String of Hair). Greetings from north California.

[@danielwolfe3000]

I do not like the modern instruments mixed with the traditional Korean instruments.

[@PP-wp2bx]

근데 복장이 웬 중국풍에다 음악 자체도 별로 한국전통 음악 같지도 않고 걍 여러가지 혼합 짬뽕 해놓은것 같음. 젊은 애들이 한국의 전통을 이렇게 망쳐놓다니 ㅉㅉ

[@2021kyoto]

I can meditate to this music.