시대별 흐름을 통해 본 한국 대중음악 발라드 드럼 필의 변천사 = The Changes of Korean Popular Music Ballad Drum Fill According to the Current of Times

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The objective of this study was to classify Korean popular music ballads according to the current of times, and then examine ballad drum fills based on the current of times, thus finding out the present status and future directivity of drum fills. For this, this study analyzed the flow of popular music according to the history of Korean popular music, classified the times based on main events occurred and the style of music popularized at that times, and then analyzed songs which presented important features of the times focusing on drum fills. Study findings are as follows: The genre of ballad was introduced in Korean popular music in the 1980s, and from that time on ballad drum fills have been gradually sub-divided/applied/complicated according to the current of times, thus currently resulting in the appearance of simple ballad drum fills which are reverting back to the style of the past, together with the phenomenon of reduction of actual performance according to the change of record industry and the development of MIDI. Based on study findings, drummers must understand the flow of ballad drum fills according to the change of times, and then attempt to establish drum home recording environment and produce appropriate drum fill samples.