Editing Geomungo (section)

==Construction==
The ''geomungo'' is approximately 162&nbsp;cm long and 23&nbsp;cm wide (63.75 inches long, 9 inches wide), and has movable bridges called ''anjok'' (雁足 "goose feet") and 16 frets called ''gwae'' (棵; numbered 1 to 16 from left to right). It has a hollow body where the front plate of the instrument is made of [[paulownia]] wood and the back plate is made of hard [[chestnut]] wood. Its six strings, which are made of twisted [[silk]] passed through its back plate. The pick is made from bamboo sticks in the size of regular household pencil. Near the bridge is a leather-covered section called ''daemo'' to protect the surface from the striking of the ''suldae'' stick.

The six strings are named (from closest one to the player outward) ''munhyeon'' (文弦 "civil string"), ''yuhyeon'' (遊弦 "roaming string"), ''daehyeon'' (大弦 "big string"), ''gwaesangcheong'' (棵上清 "clarity upon the frets"), ''gwaehacheong'' (棵下清 "clarity below the frets"), and ''muhyeon'' (武弦 "martial string"),<ref name=":1" /> and are numbered 1 to 6 respectively in notation (or 文、方、大、上、中、下 in tablature form).{{Cn|date=April 2024}} Strings 2 to 4 go over fret 1 and are positioned over the frets whilst 1, 5, and 6 are supported by the ''anjok'' bridges. Strings 2 and 3 are used to play stopped notes and the rest are played open or as drones (even string 4 which is above the frets, though it is sometimes played stopped in some pieces). The thickness of the strings are not sequential: usually the thickest string is the ''daehyeon'', followed by the ''munhyeon'' and ''muhyeon''. The ''yuhyeo'' is usually the thinnest string followed by the ''gwaesangcheong'' and ''gwaehacheong'', though some have the ''gwaesangcheong'' as the thinnest followed by the ''yuhyeon''.

Modernized geomungo increases the strings to 11, which are made of nylon. As with the traditional version, three strings are over the frets and the others are all open. But the traditional version of the geomungo has 6 strings, with three over the frets.

Recently, the 6-string ''geomungo'' has been modified quite a lot, with the appearance of electronic geomungo (전자 거문고). The instrument has been played with a ''hwaldae'' bow (활대 거문고), similar to playing the ''[[ajaeng]]''),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djTsMkVDp_c|title='첼로 거문고?'...국악기는 변신 중|access-date=21 April 2021|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20210421110919/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djTsMkVDp_c |archive-date= April 21, 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref> and some versions have more strings.{{Cn|date=April 2024}} The Chinese wo konghou has 7 strings while the traditional geomungo only has 6 strings.{{Cn|date=April 2024}}

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