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The singer starts out with a low drone and then manipulates the vocal tract to amplify
Tuvan throat singing was developed among herdsmen of Central Asia, they had a very
close relationship with nature so much of the music is used to mimic and interact with
Tuvan throat singing is practiced by people in inner Mongolia, Tuva, and Siberia
fundamental
Throat singing here is called Umngqokolo [Um-no-ko-low] which is derived from the
The sound of Xhosian throat singing is based on the bow instruments of the region
Xhosian throat singing is exclusively practiced by women and sometimes young males
Generally, Xhosian singing is performed as a group with one overtone singer leading
Diviners believe that they can even speak to their ancestors using the overtones
The undertones tend to help women’s voices sound much lower than they actually are
There’s a similar type of throat singing on the among the Ainu on the island of
Hokkaido in Japan called Rekkukara but it has completely disappeared with the last
Women play these games to entertain children during a long winter nights and while
the leader creates a short rhythmic motif with a short silent gap in between while the
both singers are trying to show off their different vocal abilities with their motifs
the first Woman to run out of breath, laugh, stops, or is unable to maintain pitch loses