Lucy Hamilton
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A timely old chestnut, good stuff.
From the same era another chestnut........ Circus Maximus "Wind"
I have been collecting for some time Traditional Korean Folk Music records, I have some from North Korea but I cannot find what I have on records on YouTube so I cannot post anything so I am posting some South Korean Folk Music because on YouTube I can find some that I have on record like Hwang Byungki.
Hwang Byungki who died in January 2018 was a virtuoso of a traditional Korean instrument the kayagûm a 12 string instrument very much like a zither, but not a zither. Hwang Byungki specialise in a type of Korean Folk Music called the Sanjo which is purely instrumental and very intricate and also very delicate and it was specifically developed for the kayagûm between 1890-1891 by Kim Chang-jo. Sanjo itself is in a Sub-Genre of Traditional Korean Folk Music, the Sub-Genre is called Minsogak but unlike pure Sanjo which is instrumental Minsogak also includes singing. With Hwang Byungki there is no singing.
Hwang Byungki "Kayagûm Masterpieces Vol. 4 - Spring Snow" released in 2001 on C&L Music.
The below contain five movements they are:
I. "Spring Snow: Calm Morning"
II. "Spring Snow: Peacefully"
III. "Spring Snow: Mysteriously"
IV. "Spring Snow: Humorously"
V. "Spring Snow: Excitedly"
Hwang Byungki - Wikipedia
Oosie, I used to have a Chinese version of this same instrument here (apparently I was in San Francisco with too much money in my pocket and wandered into a music store).
With your post as an introduction to what it's supposed to sound like here's Luna Lee with what it's not supposed to sound like but you get a good view .. multitracked...
and solo....
Incredible! Also I add that Luna Lee version of "Green Onions" in my opinion is superior to the Booker T and The MGs version.
Nina Simone "Blues For Mama" from the album "Nina Simone Sings The Blues" released in 1967 on RCA Victor Records.