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The Alash ensemble, a throat singing band from Tuva. Tuvan-Mongol throat singing, the main technique of which is known as khoomei (/ x u ˈ m iː / or / x oʊ ˈ m eɪ /; Tuvan: хөөмей, höömey; Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠭᠡᠮᠡᠢ, хөөмий, khöömii, [1] Russian: хоомей; Chinese: 呼麦, pinyin: hūmài), is a style of singing practiced by people in Tuva and Mongolia.
Overtone singing, known as höömij (throat), [1] is a singing technique also found in the general Central Asian area. This type of singing is considered more as a type of instrument. [2] It involves different ways of breathing: producing two distinctively audible pitches at the same time, one being a whistle like sound and the other being a ...
"Singing Stories, in 2 Tones at Once" article, NY Times, January 18,1993. Huun Huur Tu's MySpace page; Washington Post Article "Tuvan Throat-Singers Perform Feats of Harmonic Acrobatic" January 15, 1996. Huun Huur Tu: National Geographic World Music bio "Throat Singers of Tuva Return to Eastman" January 11, 2006.
Batzorig Vaanchig (Mongolian: Батзориг Ваанчиг; born August 3, 1977) is a Mongolian musician. He first garnered attention for a video of him singing "Chinggis Khaanii Magtaal" (In Praise of Genghis Khan) on top of a mountain in Mongolia. He later sang more Mongolian folk songs using his throat singing skills.
Tsuur (Mongolian: ᠴᠤᠭᠤᠷ /цуур) - end blown flute without mouthpiece, mostly made from light wood, like bamboo, other materials: Buree class (Mongolian: "бүрээ") - clarinet style of blown instruments Ever Buree - (Mongolian: "эвэр бүрээ") - horn-shaped clarinet
Throat singing techniques may be classified under an ethnomusicological approach, which considers cultural aspects, their associations to rituals, religious practices, storytelling, labor songs, vocal games, and other contexts; or a musical approach, which considers their artistic use, the basic acoustical principles, and the physiological and mechanical procedures to learn, train and produce ...
Hujia (Chinese: 胡笳; Mongolian: 冒顿朝尔, or simply 朝尔) is a traditional Mongolian double reed instrument traditionally used to accompany khoomei (throat singing). The Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute was adapted from Hujia song in Han dynasty. The hujia originated from an ancient nomadic people.
The project blended traditional Tuvan folk music with post-modern rhythms and electronic effects. Kuvezin and Sokolovsky toured and played festivals, and eventually took the name "Yat-Kha", which refers to a type of small, Central Asian zither similar to the Mongolian yatga and the Chinese guzheng , which Kuvezin plays in addition to the guitar.