Deoneum

Deoneum (hangul: 더늠) is a new, revised section of a pansori song, made by a master pansori singer.

Following years of training, master singers sometimes change or add new parts to a pansori song, inputting aspects of their own individuality. If this new version of the pansori becomes widespread in its own right, then it is called a deoneum.^[1]

The oldest one, called "Going out to Let a Swallow Go," is found in the song "Heungbuga," and was sung by Samdeuk Gwon in the Joseon Dynasty. It was the first known application in pansori of gwonmasung (a chant sung by palanquin bearers).

Other cases of deoneum are:

'Namwongol playboy' in "Chunhyangga" sung by Yeomgyedal, incorporating the first application of gyeonggi minyo(Korean traditional song orgininated from Seoul and Gyenggi area) in pansori. 'Song in Prison' in "Chunhyangga" sung by Heungrok-Song, which is the first time Jinyang rhythm (slow rhythm used in pansori) was applied in pansori.

1. ^ [ http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=543282]Korean traditon encyclopedia, 2010, 한국학중앙연구원