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    This lesson focuses on the traditional Korean dance and song "Ganggangsullae", which is typically performed by women under the full moon. The objectives are to learn about the Namdo folk song mode, understand call-and-response musical form, sing and dance to "Ganggangsullae". Students will draw the melodic pattern, create new lyrics set to the melody, and perform the song by chanting wishes and singing the refrain while holding hands in a circular dance.

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    This lesson focuses on the traditional Korean dance and song "Ganggangsullae", which is typically performed by women under the full moon. The objectives are to learn about the Namdo folk song mode, understand call-and-response musical form, sing and dance to "Ganggangsullae". Students will draw the melodic pattern, create new lyrics set to the melody, and perform the song by chanting wishes and singing the refrain while holding hands in a circular dance.

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    This lesson focuses on the traditional Korean dance and song "Ganggangsullae", which is typically performed by women under the full moon. The objectives are to learn about the Namdo folk song mode, understand call-and-response musical form, sing and dance to "Ganggangsullae". Students will draw the melodic pattern, create new lyrics set to the melody, and perform the song by chanting wishes and singing the refrain while holding hands in a circular dance.

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    Ganggangsullae:

    Korean Dance Music of the Full Moon


    Kim Seo Huang
    Seoul National University

    Summary:
    In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of the mode of Namdo Korean folksongs,
    as well as the call-and-response musical form. To illustrate these features, this lesson focuses on
    the 5,000 year-old Korean dance known as Ganggangsullae (Kang-Kang-Soo-Woo-Nae).
    This dance is typically performed by women under the full moon, and it incorporates singing,
    dancing, and playing. Within the cultural unit are various activities such as drawing, exercising
    melodic skills, singing the song form, writing lyrics, and dancing in a circle.

    Objectives:
    Learn the Namdo folk song mode
    Demonstrate an understanding of Namdo mode by depicting it in illustration and
    movement
    Sing Ganggangsullae (Kang-Kang-Soo-Woo-Nae) in call-and-response form
    Create lyrics for contrasting and changing song sections
    Dance and sing Ganggangsullae in a group
    Materials:
    Arirang: Korean Song and Dance Ensemble, Track 204; by Kuktan Arirang.
    http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2505
    Lesson Segments:
    1. An earful of Korean traditional music (Page 2)
    2. Namdo (Southwestern Korea) folk song mode (Page 3)
    3. Singing and dancing a Korean call-and-response form (Page 5)

    Lesson 1: An earful of Korean traditional music


    1. Lead a discussion of how this music confirms or contrasts with the students
    preconceived notions of Korean music.
    A. Play a recording of Arirang (Track 101). Ask students to identify what they
    hear. Responses might include a highly trained womens voice in Western
    operatic style, a wind instrument that sounds like a mouth organ, etc.
    B. Play a recording of Taryung (Track 102). Ask students to identify what they
    hear. Responses might include drums, percussively-played zithers, wind
    instruments, and a Western-styled choir of men and women singers.
    C. Play a recording of Farmers Song (Track 202). Ask students to identify what
    they hear. Responses should include drums, percussively-played zithers, wind
    instruments (e.g. oboe), and a Western-styled choir of men and women singers.

    Lesson 2: Namdo (Southwestern Korea) folk song mode


    1. Play a recording of Kang-Kang-Soo-Wol-Nae, also known as Ganggangsullae, in a
    more traditional Korean style than the recordings in the previous lesson. Ask students to
    listen and find repeating (response) sections.
    http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2505
    2. Discuss how musical interest arises when there are repeating (response) and contrasting
    (call) sections. This will help students recognize that the refrain, Kang-Kang-Soo-WolNae or Ganggangsullae is melodic, while the contrasting sections are in a recitative or
    narrative style.
    3. Listen to the refrain in Ganggangsullae several times and ask students draw the line of
    tremelo, depicting both straight and falling pitches. This visual depiction will help
    students to perceive the characteristic of the Namdo folksongs mode by visualizing it
    through kinesthetic gesture. See a drawing sample of Ganggagsullae response below.

    4. Show the notation (below) and demonstrate the singing technique of each pitch in the
    Namdo folksongs mode. These articulations, elaborations, and techniques are critical to
    the proper portrayal of the music.

    5. Once the students have learned to sing the four-pitch melodic phrase properly (featuring
    the name of the dance, Ganggangsullae) invite students to create new lyrics to the
    melodic response, such as Have a good day, How are you now?, Happy birthday,
    Will you go there? etc.
    Evaluation: Students should be able to (1) sing the refrain melody of the Namdo folksong mode
    with the unique articulation of the pitches, and (2) carry those pitches of the Namdo mode into
    the creation of new lyrics.

    Lesson 3: Sing and dancing a Korean call-and-response form


    1. Show students an internet video clip of Ganggangsullae performed in Namdo folksong
    mode (the same as used in Lesson 2) to ensure that they hear the exchanging song style of
    solo (call) and group (response). Ask students to identify who is singing Ganggangsullae
    (Answer: a group, in response to a solo singer).
    2. Ask students to compare the solo (call) and group (response) in the following manner:
    Refrain

    Solo

    Singer(s)

    Group

    Leader-Soloist (individual)

    Style

    Melodic, with elaborated


    pitch
    Repeated melodic and lyric
    phrases

    Spoken, with no sustained


    pitches
    Variable rhythms connected to
    speech, changing lyrics

    Form

    3. Describe the performance and song. Traditionally, this dance is performed only by
    women at night without any instruments, especially during a full moon. Young and old
    women go outside, hold each other's hands, make a circle, and step clockwise. The lead
    singer initiates a call and the group sings the refrain or response, Ganggangsullae. The
    song tempo becomes progressively faster as the song and dance carry on, with the lead
    soloist expressing personal hardships, relationships, and desires. The role of lead soloist
    can change, so that the expressions of various women can be heard and supported by the
    sung response.
    4. Review the purpose and source of the music and dance. They are thought to have
    originated 5,000 years ago, when the Koreans believed that the Sun, Moon, and Earth
    controlled the universe. It is speculated that people may have danced under the brightest
    full moon(s) of the year in order to wish and pray for a good harvest, a bountiful life, and
    other dreams and desires.
    5. Have students create lyrics related to a communal or personal wish, to be performed one
    after another, each followed by a sung response. The lyrics can be spoken or, even better,
    chanted in a rhythmic (but unpitched) manner. The standard rhythm can be agreed-upon,
    such as / / // / or // // // / . It can also vary, slightly.
    6. Have students join hands and move clockwise in an even step while the soloist chants
    his/her wishes and the groups sings their response.

    Evaluation:
    Students should be able to: (1) identify the singing style of Ganggangsullae; (2) Create a song in
    a similar style; and (3) perform the sung and spoken parts of the song while stepping together in
    a circular dance.

    Ganggangsollae Song in Namdo Folksong Mode

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