Application of Korean Tune to the Creation of a Piano Tune of Folk Song Theme

It is one of the important methods to maintain the national coloring of our music to use diversely and effectively the Korean time in the creation of the piano tune of folk song theme.

First, among the piano tunes of folk song theme there are many works where the fundamental time and national melody are combined while maintaining the real character of Korean time.

For example, the piano solo Yangsando (a Korean folk song)clearly shows the emotional tone of Yangsando time and ensures the depictive unification in its musical flow by composing an accompaniment based on the fundamental time mood of Yangsando and permeating it into the whole work as the folk song Yangsando is its theme.

Second, among the piano tunes of folk song theme there are works where the fundamental time and the secondary times are combined together harmoniously.

Since it has its secondary times the Korean time has an advantage that it can emphasize better the emotional characters and features of the fundamental time in diverse aspects.

It helps effectively activate the depictive development by the diverse changes in rhythm and lead the musical depiction without boredom by combining rightly such secondary times with our national melody when creating piano tunes of folk song theme.

Third, among the piano tunes of folk song theme there are also works where the depictive contrast and unification are ensured by the change of the times according to the melody unfolding manner.

In general, in the musical flow the times usually change in the intermediate part since the depictive development by the rhythm of the fundamental time is performed at a certain climax.

Fourth, among the piano tunes of folk song theme there are many works where the Korean time and the foreign rhythm or other modern rhythms are combined together.