ABSTRACT

Sigimsae is the expressive technique provided to music in order to create the flexible flow of melodies in Korean traditional music and also its splendidness and sophistication. In particular, sigimsae expressed in folk songs plays crucial roles in highlighting musical features of a certain region. Therefore, the teaching of sigimsae distinctive in a certain region regarding teaching folk songs is the most nuclear part to understand folk songs. Thereupon, this study aims to analyze sigimsae according to the scale centering around the Gyeonggi folk songs contained in music textbooks in order to examine the major types of sigimsae for elementary Korean traditional music education and also investigate the contents system to teach Gyeonggi folk song sigimsae based on that. As the research result, the article selected as the chief types of teaching sigimsae of Gyeonggi folk songs for elementary Korean traditional music education ‘gulrineun sori (the expression made by rolling the sound that is one tone upper or lower softly)’, ‘ggeokeo naerineun sori (the expression created by making the sound that is higher than the original tone and then drawing it down rapidly)’, ‘ggeokeo olineun sori (the expression made by pulling a lower to upper tone promptly)’, ‘oreunaerineun sori (the expression made by either raising or lowering the tone in a fixed interval)’, ‘heureuneun sori (the expression made by lowering the tone as if it flows)’, ‘chaeneun sori (the expression made by raising the tone fast as if it is snatched)’, and ‘jalge ddeoneun sori (the expression made by subtle vibration)’ and then suggested the system of learning contents according to it. This study is significant in that it provides the concrete guideline to teach sigimsae of Gyeonggi folk songs regarding Korean traditional music education.

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