Thursday, 7 July 2016

Learning everyday -- throat singing

I thought that throat singing was only made by Inuit women.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnGM0BlA95I for an example.  It is quite rhythmic and it makes me feel a bit trance like.  It is diffenrent than the music we are used to.  It is impressive what they can do with only their voices and throats!   There is a monotone element but with some variation that add on to the singing.

Seems to be more common than I thought.  There seems to be more to it.  I discovered than there are other place than northern Canada that have throat singing.  Men seems to be at it too.  I wish I could be able to do it.  Here are a few videos on some men doing throat singning.  There even seems to have some more modern touch to it too.

Tuvan throat singing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8hrhBZJ98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTCJ5hedcVA in duo

Mongolian throat singing, with some techno element:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW7uvYz9yjA
Another one in the same vein but in a rap style:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuVLjAhsw-w

So, I learned something new today.  In addition, throat singing seems to fit with other genre of music, as long as the blend is well made.  I find it is a nice discovery, wish have discovered it sooner.

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