Abstract

Baggatchaebi-sori and anchaebi-sori in beompae (Buddhist chant) have been
 considered as having extremely different musical characteristics. However, as a
 result of taking a look at the hotsori Bokcheongge as the baggatchaebi-sori
 and the getakseong Bokcheongge as the anchaebi-sori , substantially similar
 musical characteristics have been discovered. In addition, the distinguishable
 musical characteristics have been found out in them. Based on the analysis
 results, the commonality and distinction can be summarized as follows.
 In the hotsori Bokcheongge and the getakseong Bokcheongge, common
 characteristics are observed in the musical elements including tempo and
 meter, text setting, range, musical structure, kkeukneun-mok (decorative
 sound) between re'-do', yoseong (vibrating sound), the use of ‘main melody
 types' (Type A~C), cadence, and tori (melodic mode reflecting the locality).
 There is somewhat difference in the way of utilizing 'main melody types', but
 it can be said that it is common that both utilize the ‘main melody types’.
 Meanwhile, the distinguishable musical characteristics of the hotsori
 Bokcheongge and getakseong Bokcheongge is that the scale of the hotsori
 is composed of mi, sol, la, do', re', mi', fa' and sol' while that of the
 getakseong does not include fa'. This phenomenon is caused by partial
 transposition that occurred due to the expansion of the vocal range. Since the
 decorative sound (kkeukneun-mok) between re'-do' becomes sol'-fa' when it is
 changed to a perfect 4th above, fa' appears as a constituent sound in the
 hotsori Bokcheongge. On the other hand, in the getakseong Bokcheongge,
 the vocal range is expanded, but it does not lead to transposition and thus fa'
 does not appear. The text setting in several ways of making lyrics is the same
 in both, but two verses of the getakseong are characterized by syllabic setting (one note per syllable). In addition, the jachulineun-sori (singing technique
 with gradually lowering the melody) is used in hotsori while it is omitted in
 the getakseong .

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