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How To Throat-Sing
STEP 6: Vocalization

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THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST STEP AS A THROAT-SINGER!

While maintaining the shape of the mouth as described in the previous steps, try to vocalize the sound "oooo" (the vowel in "cool"). If all's well, you'll hear a flute-like sound. The waveform of this sound is close to a sine curve which is produced at the resonant frequency of the chamber in your mouth. A voice consists of many kinds of pure sine-wave at different, but related frequencies. These are the harmonics of your voice. The aim of throat-singing is to emphasize chosen harmonics by tuning the resonance in your mouth. In this case, the sound should have a tone more than one octave higher than your "oooo".
You must be very careful not to miss the flute-like sound you made beyond the "oooo" voice. On your first attempt, the flute-like sound will be heard very weakly. Most people actually succeed in making this sound on their first attempt, but cannot discern if it appears or not!
Try to change the volume of the resonant chamber and the shape of your lips very carefuly to seek the proper resonance point. You will find several resonances at different musical pitches. You can play music using these sound.

DON'T WORRY IF YOU CAN'T DO IT!

There are some helpful hints in the next step.

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Special thanks to Dan. He translated all of these instructions.

Saga J Haruhiko thro@sings.jp