Three Rare Styles of Overtone Singing (Throat Singing)

Alex Glenfield demonstrates three rare overtone singing styles from Tuva, including "khat kargyraa" (wind), "ezengileer" (stirrup), and "khoor kargyraa" (grave).

The demonstration of ezengileer on "Seven Styles of Overtone Singing" is a less pure example of the traditional style than the one heard here. But as we all know, tradition is notoriously impure. Tradition is as about as pure as the air we breathe.

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Music

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• Overtone Singing
• Tuvan Throat Singing
• Harmonic Singing
• Alexander Glenfield
• Alex Glenfield

[Ardemane]

Oh, thanks for your vids, are really appreciated!

Also, many people here would just LOVE some tutorials from you! (I mean -love-)

[Glenfuch]

@Ardemane Check out the blog OVERTONE SINGING: THE MUSIC OF SOUND. That's the closest thing I have to a tutorial. 

[afareni]

Beautiful... I want to learn badly, can I learn simply by imitating videos on youtube with practice?

[Glenfuch]

@afareni Please see the blog OVERTONE SINGING: THE MUSIC OF SOUND. View all posts, and watch for more to come. All tips I have to offer, or ever will have to offer, shall be found there. Be well.

[jazzercizor]

May I ask where you learned these techniques? Did you have a mentor? I really wouldn't mind moving to Mongolia, but I'm wondering if there's a more convenient way.

[Glenfuch]

@jazzercizor I don't mean to sound mystical or aloof, but simply "lift" what you want to hear. Experiment, make reasonable and playful adjustments to your sound, record yourself and listen, and do it every day. Probably, however, there are some physiological aptitudes that might make one person more able to amplify the harmonics than another. At the dentist a while back, x-rays revealed that my sinuses sit very low and almost to the roots of my teeth and hard palette. But who knows!?

[mariobro0193]

theres a bug on your shirt!!!!

[iskim86]

cemetery throat singing

[metaldorksforever666]

@TheIVVPLabs It shouldn't at all.

[opandaquevoa]

Awsome! Do you practice shamanism? I guess i know the answer :) wish you well

[TwentyHydros]

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[BirdOfParadise777]

OK. It is kinda creepy that you are doing this in a cemetary. That doesn't make me want to try this very bad! ;/

[Japanorama]

imagine going to put some flowers down for your gran or grandad and hearing this behind the tree... I would be like ........... O.O

[mrmoss6881]

I am not "mystical" if you know what I mean, but I have had vivid dreams where I am singing like this fluently. Then I try (awake) and can't. Just had to tell someone who knows what Tuva is.And I admire you for talent and perseverance.