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Tuvan Throat Singing

Also known as Khoomei · Хоомей

Tuvan Throat Singing: photograph by AjarnRichard
Photo: AjarnRichard, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Hold a drone with one finger while sliding a second finger to shape overtones and trace a melody above it, scored on stability and melody match.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Mongolia, Russia.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Steppe and Arctic.

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