throat singing
noun[U]
musicspecializeduk/ˈθrəʊt ˈsɪŋ.ɪŋ/us/ˈθroʊt ˈsɪŋ.ɪŋ/astyleofsingingwith agutturalquality(=producedat the back of thethroat). Differenttraditionalformsofthroatsingingarepractisedinvariousplacesacrosstheworld, forexampleinpartsofCentralAsia:
In Tuva on theborderwith Mongolia theoldtraditionofthroatsinginghas beenrevived.
aperformanceorgamein theInuitculturein which twopeople, usually women,standoppositeeach other making aseriesofdeepsoundswiththeirvoicesorbreath, toseewho cancarryon thelongest:
The two womenfacedeach othernearlynosetonoseandbegantheirthroatsinging.
- Throatsingingis not oftenformallytaught, butinsteadpassedon from onepersonto another.
- Thecollectionof sevendanceswas set to avarietyofethnicand folkloricmusic,includingMongolianthroatsinging- asortofdeep,gurglinghumming.
- Thisyearat thefestival, thesisterswilloffertheiruniqueversionofInuitthroatsinging.
- Theirformofthroatsingingsoundslike arapidsuccessionofbreathingorwhispering.
- Tanya Tagaq is anotablecontemporaryperformerofthroatsinging.
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