Anyone do any throat singing?

[Mitch]

Throat singing, in the form most people reference, is done with the voice producing a single note, in drone, while the shape of the mouth and position of the tongue producing the variations on pitch, whereas in yodeling, as I understand it, the voice does the bulk of the work. The simplest way to get a sense of throat singing is to voice a single pitch and say a connected A-E-I-O-U (like eighths over a whole note) over and over. It's the changing position of the tongue that will produce different overtones. Throat singers from Tuva are perhaps the best known. For a sampling of some Tuvan throat singing, go to
[/url]www.huunhuurtu.com and scroll down, then click on the HHT ... in Tuva...

[Joe Baker]

Wow. That is COMPLETELY different!



Also very cool. I'd never heard of this before. Thanks for bringing it up!

[Mitch]

If you're an iTunes user, search "huun-huur-tu." Scroll down to "Kargyraa." Another fine example. Also listen to "Barlyk River." Both of those are solo excerpts. Much of the others are accompanied, from single instruments to full-on world beat dance mixes. If you dig around at the amazon site, you'll find three free downloads.

[Chuck Jackson]

Is this the same technique used to create the different timbres/sounds/pitches on a digeridoo? If it is, I guess maybe I have doing it for years. Interesting.

Chuck

[Doug@GT]

Is this the same technique used to create the different timbres/sounds/pitches on a digeridoo? If it is, I guess maybe I have doing it for years. Interesting.

Chuck

Similar things can be done on a harmonica, as well, if I'm understanding all of this correctly. It's really neat if you can do it well. Alas, I cannot do it well. It is fun to try, though.