Song: 1. Tes Golyn Magtaal, 2. Toroi Bandi Was Mongolla´s, 3. Mongol
Comment: This singing style is super unique and I love it. The first time I heard it, it sounded very odd and unfamiliar but it was somehow super addicting and now I keep looking for new songs... I did some research on the singing style and apparently it’s called “khoomii”, or throat singing/overtone singing. Overtone singing involves producing two notes/pitches at the same time, and I have no clue how that works?? Anyway, I hope you will enjoy this type of music as much as I do.
[Vendredi Musique 2019 #28 - Zellena] Un petit tour en Mongolie avec The Hu, ça vous dit ?
Crédits : Hardin Bourke Entertainment
Bonjour à toutes et tous !
Aujourd’hui, je vous retrouve pour une nouvelle session metal. A l’origine, j’étais censée vous parler d’un certain groupe allemand (et j’espère que notre grande déesse ne m’en voudra pas trop de changer mes plans, promis, je le garde sous le coude pour une prochaine fois) maaais finalement… il y a ce groupe totalement ahurissantqui…
I'm practicing my Khargyraa, but I don't think I got the range yet to really do this style of throat singing. Some crazy Tuvan motherfuckers can do really magical things with their voices.
My seminar teacher has a really wide music taste, or at least that's how it seems with the kinds of songs he plays during seminar and class, And because my iSearch is about music and finding all different kinds of music and opening my mind more to the world, I though "Hey, why not ask your seminar teacher?"
I actually thought of asking him a long time ago, but I don't like talking to my teachers (its sad. i need to learn how to do this. cuz ill be needing this in college. orz). So I only just spoke with him on Monday. I told him about my project and about wanting to find music from other countries and he was like "Oh! You should look up Mongolian throat singing if you have the time to." And so, I was like "Sweet. Mongolian music." I've always loved more tribal-like music, more ethnic/down-to-earth/ancient-like/you-know-what-I-mean music. And when I think of Mongolia, I think of their music like that. I know it's not true because I have heard Mongolian music before on a national Chinese New Year program on Chinese TV (i know, im so asian). From what I remember, it is kind of like that old, tribal-like music stuff but it's also really pretty and nice.
Anyway. I got around to searching up Mongolian throat singing on YouTube and holy crap is that stuff amazing. I don't even know how to explain it. You really need to listen to it to see what I mean by amazing.
Isn't it just...mindblowing? I was literally just staring at my screen, blown away and speechless. o_o It was so, so, so amazing. I just. I don't even know how these people can conjure up sound like that from their bodies. (My seminar teacher thinks so too.) Like, how? Howww?
It's just absolutely amazing stuff to listen to. o_o I'm still amazed and just a;sdkljf-ing every time I listen to a new song. It's just too good. I mean. How does this happen? How do you even make your throat sing like that? Won't it damage your throat?
I mean, wow. This guy goes over some of the logistics, like the instruments and stuff. But, I seriously still don't know how these sounds come out of a person.
I've also never heard actual spoken Mongolian. It's actually a really smooth and flowing and pretty language. To me, it sounds a little Korean and a little Middle Eastern and something completely new. Wow. I wanna learn Mongolian now. .-.
I searched up "Mongolian throat singing" on Google to see if I could find a source that explained how these sounds were created. I found the website of the Mongolian artist in the first video I put in this post. Apparantly, he's pretty famous for his singing. I also found this magazine post turned online-friendly. So the kind of singing done is called "khoomii" ("khoomei" or "khoomi", among other similar spellings). Khoomii is special to Mongolia.
Basically, khoomii plus overtone singing creates two notes at once. Throat singing itself was invented to try and imitate sounds in nature. Within khoomii, there are different subgroups with different techniques used in each subgroup. Each technique produces a different tonal effect and a different sound in nature. To produce any kind of tone is very difficult. You need to use your lungs, diaphragm, epiglottis, soft palate, larynx, oral cavity, throat and stomach.
These videos I found on YouTube show the different kinds of tones and nature sounds throat singing can make.
First, the different techniques to khoomei. Just the general techniques; nothing too specific.
The video can't be embedded so here it is.
This guy apparently learned how to throat sing by himself, which is crazy because he actually is pretty good. (A skilled khoomii singer can perform without moving his lips. This guy isn't at that point, but for someone who self-taught himself he's really good.) His videos show the different styles of throat singing and the kinds of nature sounds it can produce.
**His khoomii does get a little repetitive after a while. ._. Especially the second video.
So this video wouldn't embed itself either.
Oh man. Hearing all this Khoomii makes me wanna learn it. ._. But, alas, I'm usually a really lazy person so there's no way I'm gonna end up throat singing (unless I get really bored one day and decide to try).
I could tell you more about khoomii, but I feel like it would just be really boring because I'd just be paraphrasing websites. ._.
So there you have it; Mongolian throat singing (or khoomii) in a nutshell...kinda.
Hopefully, this was as eye opening to you as it was to me. Because, man, khoomii is just amazing.
