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{{Short description|Seashell horn used in Korean traditional music}}
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The '''''nagak''''' ({{Korean|hangul=나각}}; also called '''''na''''', '''''sora''''', or '''''godong''''')<ref name="ref2" /> is a wind-instrument made from a large [[seashell]] and played as a [[French horn|horn]] in Korean traditional music. It produces only a single tone and is used primarily in the [[military]] procession music called ''[[daechwita]]''. The mouthpiece of the ''nagak'' is made by making a hole in the pointed end of the conch,<ref>{{Cite web|title=나각 - 문화콘텐츠닷컴|url=https://www.culturecontent.com/content/contentView.do?search_div_id=CP_THE008&cp_code=cp0225&index_id=cp02250015&content_id=cp022500150001&search_left_menu=2|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.culturecontent.com}}</ref> into which a mouthpiece is fitted.<ref name=ref2>{{cite web |url=http://www.kcaf.or.kr/ehome3/english/nagak.htm |title=Nagak |publisher=Art Council Korea |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120185558/http://www.kcaf.or.kr/ehome3/english/nagak.htm |archivedate=2008-01-20 }}</ref> This instrument is first recorded as being used in [[Goryeo]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=조 |first=운조 |title=나각 (螺角) |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0011296 |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=[[Encyclopedia of Korean Culture]] |publisher=[[Academy of Korean Studies]] |language=ko}}</ref>
As the instrument is from organic animals, it can vary in size. The shells were sometimes decorated with cloth or paint.<ref name=":0" />
==See also==
*[[Conch (musical instrument)]]
*[[Horagai]], a similar shell horn used in [[Japan]]
*[[Traditional music of Korea]]
*[[Shankha]]
*[[Traditional Korean musical instruments]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|ko}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080924193441/http://www.korea-museum.go.kr/sch/full.cgi?v_db=3&v_doc_no=00043219&v_ltype=1&LF=N 나각] at Korean National Heritage Online
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