Gukak, Korean classical music
The term gugak translates into “national music” and comprises roughly of two bigger genres, folk music and court music.
Most of them associate “Korea” with the Hallyu Wave (KDramas, KPop), cosmetics and politics – 
and don’t even think about the traditional music of Korea which has a variety of genres.
That’s why I played around with the thought of making a brief beginner’s guide for people who plan on visiting Korea… 
and here it is!

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