Product Description
This "Korean Simple Suite" No.1 For String Quartet is consist of 5 movements. 1.Prologue-Greeting 2.Oriental Flute 3.Cheerfulness 4.Sorrow 5.Finale-Festival. All piece's main theme is generally based on Oriental pentatonic tone(Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La).
1st movement is just for a Greeting. And for 2nd movement, there is especially natural harmonics is used for special tone effect, to express oriental flute sound. and for 3rd movement, adapted Korean Traditional rhythm, for example, such as "Kutkuri" "Jajinmori". 4th movement is major key, but it has a deep sorrow. For Finale, Rondo form is used, and Korean Traditional Children's song is adapted as main Theme.
Attached Music file is recorded with Violin and Piano, its just for a referrence. You tube link - played as string orchestra.
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