국립국악원 악기연구소 활성화를 위한 발전방안: 악기연구, 음향연구, 창작, 교육 등을 중심으로

Abstract

National Gugak Center launched a project to improve musical instruments in 1965 and the improvement of Gugak instruments was continued until 1989. Since then, efforts had been made to study the sound of instruments, to develop a program for measuring the pitch and to investigate features of sound and radiation patterns till 2005. As National Gugak Center established a special orchestra for creative music in 2004, people suggested the necessity of creating a professional institute to systematically study musical instruments. As a result, the korean musical instrument research office was built in National Gugak Center in 2006. It already has been a decade since the National Gugak Center was launched to prepare the basis for new development in the studying of musical instruments. It is a state-funded research center and from such an aspect, it can be said that the center has inherited the historicity of Akgidogam created during the era of Great King Sejong when the independent culture of Korean people was blooming and Akgijoseongcheong was established during the second half of the Joseon era. This paper proposes development plans to activate the korean musical instrument research office focusing on a study of musical instruments and the gugak sound, creation and education, in order to diagnose results of projects that the center had pursued and their limitations and to find ways to develop the center. The details are as follows. The center, first of all, should strengthen its functionsin order to enhance its development. For this purpose, it is urgent for the center to expand its administrative organization and to increase the number of professional researchers. The most important part of National Gugak Center's social roles is to make a contribution to education. For this, gugak instruments for education and related teaching materials should be developed. In addition, practical strategies for mid-term development plans should be formed specifically and organically. It is time to deeply think about how the center will cope with the creative inheritance of gugak and the establishment of future strategies which have always been emphasized regarding the vision and goals of National Gugak Center. Additionally, it is necessary for the center to think about its roles to promote the globalization of gugak.