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Mongolian Incredible Throat Singing 呼麦

Khoomei or Humai (in China) is the most incredible and distinctive vocal performance in Mongolia. Sometimes described as throat singing. It is said that through this method, harmony of up to 4 laye...  
 
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endlesswaltzhaha (12 hours ago) Show Hide
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In ancient times, ....i once roamed the plains of mongolia....Now i return.....drawn by my soul...to once again listen to the sounds of my people in a past time.
a520simba (3 days ago) Show Hide
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fantastic!
dumplingsistasty (5 days ago) Show Hide
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Amazing!!
jowildcat40 (6 days ago) Show Hide
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That is so bizarre how he can resonate two drastically different octaves at the same time. I can kinda do it, but that's just my UFO sound effect, nowhere near mastered to say the least.
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that is really very unique. thanks for introducing us to this art.
regards from Israel :-)
celticraider1 (6 days ago) Show Hide
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outstanding, jeez they're some race and culture!
orinemma (6 days ago) Show Hide
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@Brit89213 He's making both at the same time. Oretone singing. He uses throat, mouth and chest to create and manipulate harmonic tones. Good overtone singers can do three or four "sounds" at the same time. Muckin' famazing, eh?
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Both. Minus the instrument.
crispinchicken (1 week ago) Show Hide
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wow! this is amazing.....
scrag7 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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both of them... the low pitch with your vocal cords and the high pitch with the resonance in your nose... (sorry but i dont peak english very well)

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