[Korea.net News, Culture / Events, February 14 2008] Learn traditional Korean music online!

Starting Feb. 14, you can learn about Korean traditional music online.

The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts has opened a website (http://egugak.go.kr) to provide a chance for people to get to know traditional Korean music (called gugak) online free of charge.

On the website, visitors can learn about the history of gugak, how to play some of the popular traditional instruments such as gayageum, a 12-string traditional Korean zither and geomungo, a six-string zither. Also, visitors can listen to various gugak songs online.