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[essayel]

I've been looking for and listening to vids of Tuvan throat singing - yeah, wierd, but it's for something I'm writing, naturally - and I found this. Isn't it nice to see an ancient art brought more or less up to date?

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[yakalskovich]

Wow! That is really impressive! It's very obvious where the throat singing comes in, and that the whole thing wouldn't work without it.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

He's a clever kid, isn't he? The Tuvan bit is so obvious once you know about it and the circular breathing makes the beat box bit seamless. Best ever!

[aunty_marion]

One of the UK filkers we had around a few years ago (he's moved to the US now - our loss, their gain!) had been to Mongolia, and learnt Mongolian overtone throat-singing, called Khoomiy. He tried to teach us all how to do it, but I can't manage it...

[essayel.livejournal.com]

There's this pesky circular breathing thing, no idea how it works. I think it's fascinating and have a theory that it apes the sound of bagpipes - with the drone below and the melody above - and is a sensible thing to do for a nomadic society that doesn't want to cart too much stuff around. Why have bagpipes when you can make the sound yourself?

[metallumai.livejournal.com]

Oh, you definitely need this to go with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7GGkKpBR-g

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Oh he's brilliant!! I wonder who he's aping? Thanks

[fuchsoid.livejournal.com]

Have you come across Yat-Kha? They have a splendid version of "Black Magic Woman".

[essayel.livejournal.com]

This one? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6DP1aFeHbs) I love it. I realy like wierd covers. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers' cover of We Will Rock You (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3b573x7iPw) is fantastic.