Aak

Aak
Hangul
아악
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAak
McCune–ReischauerAak

Aak Korean pronunciation: [a.ak] is a genre of Korean court music. It is an imported form of the Chinese court music yayue,[1] and means "elegant music". Aak was performed almost exclusively in state sacrificial rites, and in the present day it is performed in certain Confucian ceremonies.

  1. ^ Keith Howard. "Korean Music" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2005.

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