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What is the "THROAT-SINGING" ?

[Japanese]

1. What exaxtly is "Throat-Singing"??

There are thousands of playing styles in ethnic music around the world. Throat-singing is one of the most striking technique among them. This is very important musical tradition in central region of Asia (around Mts Altai --- Mts Sayan).
Throat-singing produces two different sounds similtaneously. One part is a vocal sound like a 'bass pedal' made by throat. The other part is a very pure sound, usually for melody, produced by a specific component of the vocal sound selected by changing the shape of the oral cavity. That is, throat-singing enables one person to play polyphonic music without any instruments.

Please try to listen to a sample played by a member of the Throat-Singing Society.

References;
  • Koukin Journal No.7
    thro@sings.jp