singer49@a... <mailto: singer49@a... <mailto: >Hi, > >I find this interesting and would like to learn more about the tuvan throat singing. Anyone have more technique ideas, exercises or information? > Hi Carol,
The best reference for overtone singing is by Rollin Rachele called the Overtone Singing Study Guide, published by Cryptic Voices. It comes with a CD of M. Rachele and friends demonstrating some of the most amazing sounds you could imagine ;-)
Here are some links that you might find interesting: http://www.sciam.com/1999/0999issue/0999levin.html is the Scientific American article on Tuvan throat singing, http://peyote.com/jonstef/khoomi.htm is the page on throat singing from the Divine Soma Experiment site.
We (the Vancouver Chamber Choir) performed a piece a year ago (Past Life Melodies by Sarah Hopkin) that finished with a section for six overtone soloists. It's a remarkable piece of music, not difficult at all and extremely effective. I first experienced overtone singing at a performance of Stockhausen's Stimmung in 1971 and was fascinated. My next encounter was with Tuvan throat singing at the World Choral Symposium in 1993. I played around for a while on my own, trying to figure it all out. At the NATS convention in Toronto in 1998, there was a session on it that renewed my interest, and from there I discovered the Rachel book.
Let me know if I can be of any more help.
Cheers Craig, Burnaby BC
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