Editing Geomungo (section)

{{Short description|Chordophonic instrument from Korea}}
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{{Infobox Korean name
|img=Geomungo 거문고.jpg
|hangul=거문고; 현금
|hanja=(none); 玄琴 <!-- The South Korean 표준국어대사전 discourages this usage. -->
|rr=geomungo; hyeongeum
|mr=kŏmun'go; hyŏn'gŭm
}}

The '''''geomungo''''',{{Efn|{{Korean|hangul=거문고|mr=kŏmun'go}}; also spelled '''''komungo'''''.}} alternate name '''''hyeongeum''''',{{Efn|{{korean|hangul=현금|mr=hyŏn'gŭm|lit=black zither|labels=no}}; also spelled '''''hyongum'''''.}} is a traditional [[Korean culture|Korean]] plucked [[zither]] with both bridges and [[fret]]s. ''Geomungo'' is a representative [[String instrument|stringed instrument]] made in [[Goguryeo]] before the 5th century.<ref name=":1">{{Citation |last=조 |first=위민 |title=거문고 |work=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0001820 |access-date=2024-04-26 |publisher=[[Academy of Korean Studies]] |language=ko}}</ref> Scholars believe that the name refers to [[Goguryeo]] and translates to "Goguryeo zither" or that it refers to the [[colour]] and translates to "black crane zither" (''hyeonhakgeum'', [[wikt:현학금|현학금]] / [[wikt:玄鶴琴|玄鶴琴]]).

The geomungo's place in Korean culture is traditionally that of a scholars' instrument for self-cultivation, much like ancient Chinese had done with the [[guqin]] in [[China]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-30|title=Geomungo|url=https://magazineterra.com/korean-instrument-geomungo/|access-date=2019-09-28|website=[[TeRra Magazine]]|language=en-US}}</ref> However, the Koreans never adopted the guqin as a folk instrument but instead inherited the Confucian and literati guqin lore wholesale and applied it onto their own geomungo lore.