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The characteristics of Korean Traditional Music can be researched through aesthetical, philosophical, ideological, historical, cultural and social studies. The results of all these studies will help us a lot to understand the characteristics of the music. But the results of the studies have some metaphysical meanings of the music. Apart from the metaphysical meanings, what can be found as the Korean properties in the music? As a result of my study on them, I can conclude as follows. The Korean Traditional Music can be called the music of musical dots. It is based on the musical dots by percussion instruments like the bak, the janggu, the kkwaenggari, and drums. All most all the music is starred and finished by the musical dots of the bak or sometimes drums, and is performed to the accompaniment of percussion instruments. Especially the music of Samulnori is the representative one of dots by four percussion instruments. The melodies of all the Korean Traditional Music are based on the curve line of typical Korean style in the micro-tonal system. The Korean Traditional Music is mainly composed of so many kinds of triple time with triple rhythm in it. These three are confirmed Korean properties in the music itself. The hardness and softness in the musical elasticity, and the musical shades or gradations of the music are Korean properties which are found in the expression of the performance of the music. The performance in succession without limitation and discontinuation is Korean property which is found in the framework of the music. The functionality and the diversity are confirmed Korean property in its use. The versatility, the transformation, and the variety of the Korean Traditional Music are another Korean properties which are based on the spirit of respecting and creating new style of music.