Yang kum

Yang kum dulcimer of Korea, with 14 wire strings, very pop. today. According to tradition, it was introduced from India ca. 1725. It is played with one bamboo stick while the instr. is held by the player's free hand. It corresponds to the yang ch'in of China (66). Eckardt, Andreas, O.S.B. Koreanische Musik. Tokyo, 1930.