28 Oct 09

Mongolian Music & Throat Singing

A traditional Mongolian throat singer demonstrates and talks about the marin whoor, a traditional Mongolian instrument equivalent to the cello, and Hoomii, the art of throat singing. (6:24 min)

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8 Comments

  1. #1 CS
    on Oct 29th, 2009 at 4:46 am

    Wow, that’s amazing. I wonder if a certain talent (like in more conventional type of singing) is required for throat singing or is it purely technical? Whatever it is, the sounds are beautiful.

  2. #2 shapeshift
    on Oct 29th, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Hmm, I never thought of it in those terms before. They kind of remind me of bird calls…

  3. #3 Redroom Studios
    on Oct 31st, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    I’ve hear some of this before… it is quite similar to Inuit throat singing, though the Inuit version most often seems to be done with two vocalists and without any instrumentation.

  4. #4 shapeshift
    on Oct 31st, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    Hmm, interesting… I have not heard the Inuit throat singing before…. will have to check it out.

  5. #5 Redroom Studios
    on Nov 1st, 2009 at 10:02 am

    David, this is more of a modern twist on the inuit throat singing, rather than the traditional style I had described… but I think you will find it interesting.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTtUolJa9E&feature=related

  6. #6 shapeshift
    on Nov 1st, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    Thanks for the link, Sean. It’s definitely a very different interpretation of throat singing but the piece is interesting about how Kronos Quartet works…

  7. #7 violin strings
    on Nov 7th, 2009 at 12:45 am

    Interesting! I have never heard of throat singing before! I think I can try this!

  8. #8 shapeshift
    on Nov 10th, 2009 at 11:44 am

    I would be very impressed… Looks impossible to me…

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