Mar. 29,Juche 113 (2024) Friday  
Rodong Sinmun
Jangsaenap, National Musical Instrument

Culture 2023.3.14.



Whenever hearing the enchanting and fascinating sound of Jangsaenap, we picture the people who dance wearing caps with decorative tassels on the farm fields after bringing a rich harvest.

The soft and peculiar sound of the national woodwind makes everyone cheerful.

Jangsaenap is a distinctive woodwind-instrument which was newly made based on Saenap (Korean brass wind instrument) in the course of developing the national instruments under the wise leadership of our Party.

It, which is characteristic of our national instruments, has been developed while fully preserving the character of Saenap in its style and quality of sound.

In particular, Jangsaenap has wider musical range and softer tone than Saenap.

And it can produce various sounds including folk rolling virtuosity, staccato, vibrato, etc.

It has been widely used as a solo instrument and also effectively used for performing appealing music in orchestral music and ensemble.

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