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| Revised Romanization | gayageum |
| McCune–Reischauer | kayagŭm |
The gayageum or kayagum (Korean: 가야금; Hanja: 伽倻琴) is a traditional Korean musical instrument. It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument.[1] It is based on the Chinese guzheng and is similar to the Japanese koto, Mongolian yatga, Vietnamese đàn tranh, Sundanese kacapi and Kazakh jetigen.
- ^ Jan. 11, 2007,Korean Instruments Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine Seoul Metropolitan Government