Aak | |
Hangul | 아악 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Aak |
McCune–Reischauer | Aak |
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.