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How to express poetry in song

How to express poetry in song (performer interview), Sijo performance

In this video, you will listen to a vocalist explain how poetry is expressed as a song in the genre of ‘Sijo’, and enjoy the ‘Sijo’.

Check out the performance video and interviews with the performers, and review what you learned in this week.

How was the lesson today? Did you get enough insight into Korean music? Finally, let’s take time to summarize what we have learned today and answer the following questions.

We want to hear from you:

  • How to develop a song from poem?
  • Let’s think about the musical structure and the poetic structure.

Join us next time for more exciting insights into Korean Traditional music. See you next time! 

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