Friday, March 3, 2017

Tuvan throat singing

Throat singing - a unique form of art, there are only the peoples of the Sayano-Altai region - Tuva, Altai, Mongolia, as well as living in the European part of the Russian Bashkir. The uniqueness of this art is that the artist extracts just two notes at the same time, thus forming a kind of two vocal solo.
Throat singing is not the result of a specific throat singing, musical and poetic thinking people. In Tuva, for example, this is due to the boundless love of nature. Thus, the measure of all things and the source of inspiration of the ancient artists Artists nature. The value and beauty of sound was measured by the ability to transmit "real-life" not only by imitation, but also an understanding of its nature.

Aesthetic perception Tuvan traditional onomatopoeia - hunting and shamanic apparently formed the basis of the special, pets, vocal and instrumental imitations of the voices of animals, wild animals and simulation environment without any industrial or magical function.


On the basis of the traditional onomatopoeia entertainment that was clearly evident characteristic of Tuva increased sensitivity auditory perception skillfully modeled voices of birds and animals, the cries of the crane, goose orphans bull roar, hare ritual emerged and spread in Tuva two votes throat singing, in which one artist clearly two musical voices heard.
According to most experts, Tuvan throat singing - Khoomei - is markedly different from that of art Altai, Buryatia and Mongolia, above all, a wide variety of styles. The main styles are considered to be 5 - kargyraa, Khoomei, sygyt, ezengileer, borbannadyr addition, there are several varieties - dumchuktar (nose singing) khorekteer (sing-feeding), Khovu kargyraazy (steppe kargyraa).

On the origin of different types of Tuvan throat singing preserved in the legends of the people and traditions. 
Kargyraa originated as an imitation of the voice of the camel when camel dies, camel rides, making sounds similar to kargyraa. The term has kargyraa onomatopoeic basis indicating rattle or sounds similar to wheezing. For example, in the modern Tuvan there onomatopoeic verb kargyraar (kargyra) having a value of:wheeze,seethe.

Tuvan throat singing - Тувинское горловое пение - Каргыраа ...

Style Khoomei acoustically coupled with a heavy, low, humming sound of an extremely low frequency. Usually very sound style Khoomei seems more important than the poetic text. In contrast to the singing of the Mongols, Tuvan Khoomei can be executed without text or with text genre of lullabies. For ancient Tuvan music is quite essential point.

Tuvan throat singing - Тувинское горловое пение - Хөөмей (Khoomei ...

The term sygyt means lamentation, weeping as a derivative of the word sygytchy - wailing and moaning.
Ezengileer style name comes from the word ezengi - stirrups, and, perhaps most accurately conveys the basic meaning and the nature of his music. When riding on a horse silver bridle, saddle, stuck to the seat in contact with stirrups, published some rhythmic sound. To play these sounds, the rider had to take a certain position in the saddle and ride amble. Style ezengileer appeared as an imitation of these sounds.

Tuvan throat singing - Тувинское горловое пение - Эзенгилээр ...

Borbannadyr style name is derived from the verb Tuvan "borbannat" - to roll something round. This style has a rhythmic form.

Tuvan Throat singing - Тувинское горловое пение - Борбаңнадыр ...

Tuvan style sygyt, in all likelihood, originated from the verb sygyr - whistle. There noun "sygyt" whistle.

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