As societies become increasingly globalized and culturally diverse, countering the dominance of the Western-European canon requires not only introducing musical repertoire from diverse cultures but also utilizing their teaching methods and drawing meaningful classroom implications (Campbell, 2018; Kang, 2024).Korea’s most distinctive pedagogical features are gueum (vocalized syllables). Gueum functions as an oral notation system, encoding rhythmic lengths, melodic contours, instrumental techniques, timbre, pulse, phrasing, and expressive nuance for mnemonic purposes (So, 2002). This holistic information, embedded in vocalized syllables, is not only notated but also practiced in both formal and informal learning contexts (Kang & Yoo, 2016). The phrase in this title, “From Mouth to Mind,” highlights gueum’s psychological and physiological functions, which facilitate learners’ constructive cognitive processing. By vocalizing many musical elements, learners actively internalize musical information and activate prior knowledge and skills (Lee, 1997). The two presenters’ gueum adaptations for the modern education system demonstrate its strong potential as a classroom-based pedagogy in today’s globalized societies.This workshop will provide hands-on opportunities for attendees to experience the power of gueum by learning Korean instrumental and vocal repertoire through vocalization. The session will unfold in three parts:1. Instrumental Timbre Guessing Game with GueumAttendees will explore gueum’s resemblance to instrumental timbres through a guessing game. After performances on several Korean instruments (e.g., janggu, gayageum, piri, and geomungo), participants will match the vocalized syllables to each instrument. Its historical notation, known as yukbo (육보), will then be introduced to highlight the method’s cultural credibility.2. Playing a Korean Percussion Piece with GueumParticipants will engage with traditional Korean percussion music (samulnori) using the janggu (Korean hourglass drum). Focusing on two essential rhythmic patterns—insa-gut and byuldalgeori—attendees will first perform the rhythms vocally, then transfer them to instruments. Thirty janggus will be provided to maximize participation, along with fifteen bucket drums to model culturally informed alternatives for classroom application.3. Creating New Syllables and Adaptations with GueumAttendees will create their own vocalized syllables, drawing inspiration from the presenters’ examples, to teach Korean music to learners from diverse cultural backgrounds. Since certain Korean phonetic sounds may be challenging for non-Korean speakers, adaptations will be explored. Using their newly created syllables, attendees will compose and perform their own versions of samulnori that reflect their cultural and musical dispositions.Through collective efforts to uncover such culture-specific pedagogical approaches, this workshop seeks to advance music education by dismantling entrenched Western-centric practices and cultivating diverse perspectives on teaching and learning music around the world.