Tuva Throat Singing

Tuvan throat singing is wonderrful and will give you lovely little nodes if you decide to be a master of it. Still great thoughg! WOO

Fassbinder wrote: Interesting...   More like yodel, in my opinion, though THAT throat singing is present, here and there.   Still, the purist and the Tuvan patriot in me says: "it's not exactly that..."

No, it's not exactly that, but for a few moments he actualy does sing high-pitched overtones over the main timbre...which is still a pure science fiction for me!

Throat singing could be found in progressive rock too!

Check this video.

I read about the throat singing phenomenon in Italy and Finland, if I'm not mistaken (don't remember, however, in which regions). I also heard the samples of North American (Canadian, I think) natives' throat singing. 

Any steppe... or prairie near you? In order to be as close as possible to the "roots"...

I wish you great pleasure with their music (and singing).

Amazing!

Fassbinder wrote: Well, IVNORD, first of all, thanks. Then, I don't know any of these languages. But I hear the difference between Kuvezin's pronunciation and that of other Tuvans (both of Huun-Huur-Tu and outside it), whereas the similarity of every Tuvan's (except Kuvezin, who is (or rumoured to be) a Khakass) pronunciation is apparent. And no, I'm not from that region. BTW, what region are you from? The following citate is from the official Huun-Huur-Tu site www.huunhuurtu.com: "Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuvan: xün xürtü) literally means "sun propeller." The vertical separation of light rays that often occurs just after sunrise or just before sunset. For the members of Huun-Huur-Tu, the refraction of light that produces these rays seems analogous to the "refraction" of sound that produces articulated harmonics in Tuvan throat-singing. " As for recommendations, I would recommend all first four studio albums of them: 60 Horses in my Herd, The Orphan's Lament, If I'd been Born an Eagle, Where Young Grass Grows. The first two are, maybe, a little bit more representative.   And, please, pay attention that their music is not only throat singing (though it is superb) with traditional accompanement, but, unlike other artists of the genre, is a real music, Tuvan folk music masterfully played ensemble.

    Fassbinder,

I am watching them on You Tube. The singing is incredible. But again, I’m not really into ethnic music. I’m not particularly thrilled about their conventional singing accompanied by traditional folk instruments. Out of all their albums you’ve recommended, is there any containing mostly throat singing?

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Fassbinder wrote: Personally, I highly recommend Huun-Huur-Tu as they seem to be the most authentic group and, simultaneously, the most artistic one.

Fassbinder,

You seem to have a lot of expertise in the matter (without asking if you know either Tuvan or Khakassian – how do you distinguish between the accents? Are you from that region?) After watching the Yat-Kha’s video clips, I should agree with you that throat singing In a Gadda da Vida sounds a little strange. I guess I’ll start with your choice of Huun-Huur-Tu (does it mean something in Tuvan?) What album of theirs would you recommend for an amateur like myself? Please take into consideration that I don’t expect from them melodiousness and sophistication of Rakhmaninov; I am interested in their stretching the limits of human capabilities. With that in mind, what would your recommendation be? TIA

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