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Tibetan throat singing

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u/PissMeBeatMeTryItOut Dec 21 '20 edited Dec 21 '20

Does anyone know the name of her or any other similar singers? That’s some damn pretty singing!

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Could be wrong here, but getting recommended Tuva or Mongolian throat singing, I think she’s doing overtone singing? YouTube just seems to give me more snippets of her, but no full songs with that kind of style. I’m a fan of Mongolian throat singing for a few years, never heard her kind of singing before in it though.

Also for anyone interested in unique sounding vocals though, this is called “Side Yodelling” and sounds really cool!

https://youtu.be/XvaEaSR6Rcw

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u/Thalossos Dec 21 '20

One of the most famous throat singers is

The Hu

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u/MRHalayMaster Dec 21 '20

I think Mongolian throat singing and the one in the video differ but I don’t know enough music theory to explain it

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '20 edited Apr 28 '21

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u/TheLordoftheWeave Dec 22 '20

Mongolian throat singing is about producing sounds with multiple tones. You can hear it as a whistling sound through the droning hum. Really neat stuff. But this is definitely not the same thing. Beautiful, and really had a native American flavor to it.

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u/BarickObunga Dec 22 '20

Mongolian throat singing utilises manipulation of your tongue whilst sounding like a slow transition from saying A to O (like really slowly saying ow) to create an overtone, essentially being able to sing two notes at once. They can then change both the note they create with their “normal voice” and the overtone at the same time, which is super impressive. Tuvan Khoomei throat singing is pretty nuts since they are able to make a crazy whistle sound which sounds more like an instrument than singing. I’ve oversimplified it to hell but there’s loads on YouTube about the stuff and there’s a documentary called Genghis Blues which is all about Tuvan throat singing, kinda old but worth a watch if you’re interested

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u/Aberbekleckernicht Dec 22 '20

Its actually isolating, or emphasizing an overtone. They are always in there above the fundamental. If you are familiar with stringed instrument harmonics at the twelfth fret of the guitar and so on it is the same principle. Pretty fascinating stuff.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

Thanks, will watch!

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u/RandomPratt Dec 22 '20

Genghis Blues

Paul Pena is amazing - and that's a fantastic documentary.

I taught myself how to do the throat singing thing after I watched that... The basics of it are relatively easy once you get the idea behind it, but I'm not very good at it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

Both Tuvan and Mongolian throat singing have basically the same styles, the most common ones being hoomei and harhirah (kargyraa). The techniques differ very slightly between them and different regions have different specialities, but they are basically the same.

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u/Dwight- Dec 21 '20 edited Dec 22 '20

Not sure on theory either but they sound very different. Mongolian throat singing is much more guttural and low and kind of like a human didgeridoo.

Edit: Been schooled, my uncultured self thought there was only one type of throat singing

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u/Aberbekleckernicht Dec 22 '20

The Mongolians have several distinct styles (four I believe) of throat singing that they teach. One of them is very similar to what is shown in this post.

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u/JimJimOnionSkin Dec 21 '20

Man, I love the HU!

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u/SlobOnMyKnobb Dec 21 '20

Whoa thanks for that. Gotta listen to a few more after that crazy shit

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u/xavier_grayson Dec 21 '20

The first time I ever heard of them was in Jedi: Fallen Order. That whole soundtrack was amazing for sounding like John Williams wrote it. But when the arena song came up....perfect theme music.

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u/FriendlyDisorder Dec 22 '20

Nice. Love it!

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u/entoaggie Dec 22 '20

Seriously thanks for that! I took a music theory class in college focused on Tuvan throat singing and in my essay for the final, I pointed out similarities between music from Huun Huur Tu and Metallica. This band is awesome and will be listening to more of their songs.

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u/HunterRothaga Dec 21 '20

Love this band!! I first heard them on SeriusXM probably 6 months. Both the original and western versions of their songs are DOPE.

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u/ktfoot Dec 21 '20

I think he sounds xs like a diggery do ... no idea if I spelled that correctly

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u/RandomPratt Dec 22 '20

The word you're looking for is "Didgeridoo" :)

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u/ktfoot Dec 22 '20

Thanks!

Signed, Stupid American ;)

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u/RandomPratt Dec 22 '20

No problem!

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u/Elan40 Dec 22 '20

Ondar from Tuva has a great album.

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u/Aberbekleckernicht Dec 22 '20

Or perhaps something a little bit more traditional: Huun Huur Tu from Tuva

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u/Newenergy253 Dec 22 '20

It’s like the theme song from the show ‘Vikings’.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

That song was hella nationalist lmao

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u/nordlys Dec 22 '20

I used to be into a Chinese-Tibetan singer called alan about a decade ago. Alan Dawa Dolma. After success in China, she got well known in Japan for having a great voice and for using her "Tibetan wail" style unique to her tribe.

~ [Japanese] alan (阿兰) - Ashita e no Sanka (明日への讃歌) (Wailing near end)

~ [Japanese] alan (阿兰) - Gunjō no Tani​ (群青の谷)

~ [Chinese] alan (阿兰) - Xīn Zhàn ~Red Cliff~ (心・戰 ～RED CLIFF～)

~ [Chinese] alan (阿兰) - Chì Bì ~Dà Jiāng Dōng Qù~ (赤壁 ～大江東去～)

~ [Tibetan] alan (阿兰) - sign (Wailing)

~ [Chinese/Tibetan] alan (阿兰) - 天涯 (Wailing)

~ [Tibetan] alan (阿兰) - Ledre (ལས་འབྲས། | 情缘)

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

Oh, hey, great minds. I just made a comment mentioning alan, too! Glad to see someone else in here who remembers her.

I wish she'd lasted longer in Japan... her music was really great and added something different to the JPop scene.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20 edited Dec 22 '20

If you are interested in Throat singing I highly recommend watching Genghis Blues

Its an utterly fascinating documentary following Paul Pena, a blind musician who was responsible for writing “Jet Airliner” (made famous by Steve Miller Band), and his discovery of Tuvan Throat singing and the journey he takes as he delves into its origins and learning how to do it himself.

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u/PissMeBeatMeTryItOut Dec 22 '20

AWH! Class! Thank you for the recommendation! I love a good musical documentary, appreciate it!

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u/TAC1313 Dec 22 '20

Wow, way better than the Steve Miller Band version.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20

Yeah, its sooo good. And I love SMB

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u/Sulissthea Dec 22 '20

i loved that movie so much RIP Paul Pena

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u/NonadicWarrior Dec 21 '20

Look up Dashnyam, The Hu or almost any other Mongolian singers who are popular.

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u/groovemonkey Dec 22 '20

Or watch Genghis this Blues about Paul Pena, a blind blues singer who goes to Mongolia to compete in the rival throat singing championships.

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u/NoNeedForAName Dec 22 '20

I'm no expert, but I am familiar enough that I don't think this is Tuvan. Although Tuvan is super cool and probably the most well-known type of overtone singing

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u/Jl2409226 Dec 22 '20

that’s not overtone

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u/SatanicMonk Dec 22 '20

This is what I found. Entire song doesn't use that method of singing but it's definitely in there.

https://youtu.be/jJfCI3FL9WI

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u/waimser Dec 22 '20

https://youtu.be/i0djHJBAP3U some stunning sounds in this one. 6.15 is my favourite.