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unusual facts about Throat singing


Throat singing

Overtone singing, also known as overtone chanting, or harmonic singing


Arthur Miles

He is credited with independently creating a style of throat singing, similar to the Tuvan style called sygyt, as a supplement to the normal yodeling of Country Western music.


see also

Buck Fever

John Whooley – tenor, alto, baritone and soprano saxophones, flute, vocals, throat singing, percussion (congas, clave, guiro, shaker, tambourine, woodblock, cowbell), accordion, piano, cp-70, electric piano, clav

Inuit throat singing

The 2007 film, Wristcutters: A Love Story, features a "mute" character named Nanuk who practices this style of throat singing.

John Metcalf's 1990 opera Tornrak features throat singing by the Inuit characters.

Nathan Rogers

He has since added a stomp box to his shows to provide rhythm and regularly features Mongolian and Tuvan throat singing.

Tuvan throat singing

Genghis Blues, a documentary about an American musician's trip to Tuva to compete in a throat singing contest.

Tuvans

A documentary called Genghis Blues was made in 1999 about an American blues/jazz musician, Paul Pena, who taught himself overtone singing and traveled to Tuva to compete in a throat-singing competition.