TUVA

  1. overtone singing/throat-singing
    • The
    • Tuva term for this singing is Höömeï.
    • Most music sounds are complex, composed of a fundamental note and a
    • variety
    • of overtones (also known as harmonics or partials). The combination of

    • overtones
    • affects a sound’s timbre.
  2. Höömeï (overall style)
    • involves isolating
    • and accentuating sung overtones while simultaneously singing a droning
    • fundamental note; in effect, it involves singing more than one note at a time.
  3. Sygyt
    • clear, ringing
    • overtones, de-emphasizes fundamental drone of normal voice
  4. Höömeï
    • ·
    • normal voice most clearly audible, with
    • ringing overtones audible
  5. Kargyraa
    • emphasizes deep “subtone” or “undertone”
    • (octave below normal voice) w/ringing overtone
  6. Doshpuluur
    • - plucked lute,
    • similar to banjo (Tuva Instrument)
  7. Igil
    • Tuva
    • Instrument. two-stringed fiddle, normally decorated with horse-head carving
    • (often called “horsehead
    • fiddle”)
  8. Kongar-ol Ondar
    • Genghis Blues performer
    • Pual Pena= blues guy
  9. Alash
    famous song about nature and growing oats and grains
Author
brettfrett
ID
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Card Set
TUVA
Description
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