DPS Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 I'm planning to use the North Korean national anthem as part of a soundtrack on a short video. I found a copy on the web but it sounds exactly the same as the one used in S. Korea - but with different words. Does anyone with knowledge of North and South Korea know if both countries use the same tune?
Ven Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 I'm Korean... south. Can you put it up somewhere? I'll listen to it and at least tell you if it's south korean or not. But I'm 100% sure they don't use same anthem.
DPS Posted June 7, 2007 Author Posted June 7, 2007 I found the files here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegukka The words are different, but the tune sounds very similar in both.
Rhen Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 North & South Korea both use the same music, it's the lyrics that have been altered. If you've got a genuine copy of the DPRK song, it starts out with "Ach'imŭn pinnara i kangsan" or Let morning shine. You can find the national anthem here South Korea's national anthem ALSO is the same music, which you can listen to here, the words of which start out with "Donghae mulgwa Baekdusani mareugo daltorok" which mean "Until the East Sea's waters..." So, yes, the same music, but different lyrics.
Ven Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 Well, those are correct anthems for both countries but they're not same tunes. They seem the same to you guys? The Wikipedia actually says north Korea adopted new song in 1947.
Rhen Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 Heh, same place i found them as well. The music's the same, just a little slower in cadence.
Ven Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 Well I tried singing South Korean lyrics on North Korean music. Doesn't match. Anyways, good find.
phlerp Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 You've got to be tone deaf to think those tunes are the same :)
tflash Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 DPS, this really is spot on topic. Now I know why I always have these strobes on my radar on the RAF server: they are all singing the North Korean anthem whilst flying of course! When Lockon:BS will have fixed HOJ, they will sing a whole different anthem, believe me! :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
JEFX Posted June 7, 2007 Posted June 7, 2007 Well Well, For once here, my background and job may be of any help... No I dont fly airplanes, neither do I work with multimillion-dollar aircrafts... I am a musician (symphony orchestra conductor). And I can assure you all that it is NOT the same tune! Both share a similare structure (they are both in 4 beats and they both proceed in 8 bars patterns) and despite the fact that they are not in the same key and speed, their melodic structures are different. Granted, they are stylistically very similar (like if someone wanted to make different but not too much...). For sure, we are not talking about differences like Beethoven and MCHammer or Keith Jarrett and Schoenberg... Cheers... JEFX @tflash : I loved your bit about stobes in your radar... HAHA! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] In DCS I fly jets with thousands of pounds of thrust... In real life I fly a humble Cessna Hawx XP II with 210 HP :D
DPS Posted June 7, 2007 Author Posted June 7, 2007 Hmm. Might just have to play something oriental sounding on my bagpipes. DPS.
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