In this video, Tuvan ensemble Alash demonstrate various traditional throat singing styles that they use in their music.
'Achai' is available August 25, 2017 on CD and Digital.
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Achai, the Tuvan word for father, describes a deep paternal participation in the upbringing and growth of a new generation. It is also a fitting title for Alash’s new album to honor Kongar-ool Ondar, who served not only as a musical father for the ensemble, but also for an entire generation of Tuvan musicians. As Ondar shared memory and tradition, so too does Alash with spirited performances and forward-thinking collaborations. In the group’s first studio album for Smithsonian Folkways, Achai beautifully illustrates the adaptability of Tuvan music-organically created and deeply rooted, yet still interconnected with the sound world of the 21st century. Featuring master beatboxer Shodekeh, alongside time-honored Tuvan throat-singing styles, the album demonstrates how members of Alash have dedicated their lives to performing, preserving, developing, and growing the Tuvan tradition. They are worthy bearers of the culture of their fathers and sons.
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Throat singing is one of the coolest things in the world
Afx, throat singning and a didgeridoo. Nice conbination
Indeed
Especially when they sing overtones, so overwhelming!
And I thought I was badass when I got my metal screams .
*Laughs in inward bass*
Im discovering an inward bass overtone so in theory they can be combined, try it guy. There was an epic metal style btbx wildcard for 2020
Inward as in inhale? I thought i was discovering somthing becauss I found out if u use the tongue shapes for the overtone whistles you can use these same tongue shaped while doing inhale vocals and get overtones to sound in it.
@@ras_krystafari3333 There is one musician that combines some throat singing with metal harsh vocals, called Florian Magnus Maier aka Morean. And the whistle is combined with shrierk or highs to get a very high piteched scream, by Dir en grey vocalist, or Youry raymond (unhuman)
Throat singing and growling are primal cousins, black metal has both
2:09 Voice 1 4:14 Voice 2 6:18 Voice 3
I can finally do Voice 3
Khomei, Sıgıt, Kargyra
@@thebonkera1221 Me too
@@thebonkera1221 nice one! How did you learn?
@@kickasscorm if you're looking to learn it, I teach online lessons :)
A bunch of cool dudes right there
lol lol it’s their culture, and they were raised learning how to do it.
@lol lol stfu
@lol lol LMAO this dude is ruthless i love it
@@guidomonto3742 Correct
"it's like sculpting with music" oh i love that
This video explained more to me than the other 99% of the videos on throat singing
shit i just learned kargara in like ten minutes but i use my fingers to press on throat
sygyt > 'Lu' sound tongue position. thats all i needed to get it, how the tongue should be placed is rarely said.
just exhale by retaining it, then try vibrating parts of the back of your throat, 'hhouuu' sound for khoomei then amp the volume, it should tickle at first. start kargyraa vibration with a fake small cough at the very back pushing a bit up from the khoomei chords. sygyt you start khoomei and amp the abdo push a bit with a clean 'Lu' sound. hope it help some get started, those simple trick are not mine✌️✌️✌️✌️
6:35 when ur mom tells u pick a toy as a present
Ahahhhaahah
wild. as a kid, i used to try to do this. never knew it was a legit singing style.
🌙 Nope.
Jack Marentette yeah it is
Yeah in front of a fan..... I always do the same
The like button is always blue it’s not as simple as that
Since I think the beginning of this year, I also often try that
Good stuff. Those guys have amazing range. My phone was shaking lol So powerful it broke that guys arm 🙋
they actually don't have too much of a special range in their vocal folds, it's in the overtones that they create most of the notes. listen closely and you can hear how they keep the same note all the time with their vocal folds. the overtones are created by manipulating the tongue. then there's the very very low style called kargyraa, but that's basicly like grunting with your vocal folds all the time. but as with all the other styles, kargyraa also uses overtones, still created by manipulating the tongue. i know these because i sing throat singing too. it's really fun and surprisingly easy once you get the hang of it, and the best thing about it is that you don't have to have a pretty voice to be able to do it! it get's hard when you wanna get several notes out at once and when you wanna add effects like a trill (borbangnadyr). :)
@@apple_with_a_human_butt I've always been into Mongolian throat singing and music in general. Once I learn throat singing, I will not stop hahah. I will annoy a lot of people. I won't care.
Range sounds pretty standard for epicanthal folds, idk what you are hearing
@@becketthor6478 shut the fuck up
I can hear like a whistle in the middle while they sing. It is absolutely amazing, honestly.
Thanks! I heard it thanks to your comment!
As a Turk from Turkey i can understand so many words. You guys are so great.
I am not surprised. Oghuz Turks originate from the Altai region. You should be able to understand some Kazakh as well.
@@brk932 there is some sound changes, for example you say "asır asıp geldin bugüne" but we say "asır ashıp geldin bugüne", our every "sh" is "s" in Kazakh. Or in Orhun inscriptions we see old Turks said "Kök", "Köz", "Tag" or "Köl" but today we say "Gök", "Göz", "Dağ" and "Göl". Kazakhs preserved old sounds, for example you still say "Köl". A Oghuz Turks have to know such things, Thus we can read even poems of Magcan Cumabay
@@brk932 Българин ли си?
A lot of Turks, fuelled by a false sense of turkic nationalism, claim to understand all turkic languages whereas in reality, they struggle to even grasp full sentences in kazakh, let alone Tuvan. It's like an English person claiming to understand Swedish lmao
@@brk932 Oghuz Turks originated from Turkmenistan which is thousands of miles to the south west. They branched off of Altaic history ages ago
i kinda consider myself pretty well versed in khagyra, less so in sygyt and xoomei, but when he started with the glottal stops and bounces in sygyt, i was absolutely dumbfounded
it is done the same way you do to change notes. Changing the position of your tongue :)
Some of these styles sounds like they'd only be possible on synthetic devices, but these folks are doing it with just their voices alone! It's really eye-opening and wonderful.
Wow! There was a brief Khagyra demonstration in the new "Dune" movie.
Nobody: My stomach after 2 hours without eating: 6:19
Me fasting: REY MYSTERIO
The sound is absolutely sublime, extraordinary, stunning...are there even the right words to describe??? Wow.
bruh the sygyt one was amazing
It's amazing, but I'm actually so impressed by sygyt, how it raises the overtone to prevail over the base tone, Is just beautiful.
I'm currently learning all 3 styles. I'm decent at the Kargyraa style. A long way to go. Brilliantly sung. I will follow these guys
I've posted this in other Tuvan Throat Singing videos......but I'd be scared out of my mind if I heard an army of Mongols coming towards me making that noise!!
Yeah. You'd be getting ready for battle, then these guys would come at you like they're going to align your chakras and instill a sense of peace with nature. Very scary.
Have a listen-The Hu Band: The Wolf Totem
I think an army making any noise should scare you out of your mind
Oof these guys are Tuvan which is in Russia...
@@quint0z693 yeah but throat singing is traced back to first appearing and is probably the most common in mongolia
I loved it when the video started. They were singing like Chinese. It reminded me of my friends and teachers at my old school. I transferred to La Salle in the Philippines. My old school was Trinity Christian School (also located in the Philippines and no, I am not a foreigner. I’m Filipino.). I’m so proud of these guys. All the time, I curse and swear in the comments but I add a *. But these guys made me remind me of everything above that I didn’t curse and swear. Thank you Alash.
2:09 The shaver when the barber shaves the side of my head
Im glad this video exists. Previously, I saw the video "Throat Singing: Then and Now" with these three men. In that video, it definitely appeared as though each man specialized in one style of throat singing. Im happy to know this is not the case! All these men are so talented
We love Alash! My husband jokes that he's listened to that first song so often that he "knows all the words." (He doesn't really, but it's vary familiar.) We were so fortunate to hear Alash in concert with they sang at a local venue called Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins, and immediately bought a bunch of their CDs
just for a moment, let us forget what have we learned about music, and open our hearts to the world we live in for thousands of years.
the last guy is just adorable i totally love him
What makes people laugh is because their skills are unbelievable and incredible
I love this so much!
Love this thank you so much!!!🙏♥️
This is incredible!
Beautiful and amazing!
Thanks for the explanation! We saw you last night in Baraboo, WI. Wonderful!
Absolutely stunning
thank you for this video! cool guys
Unbelievable. That’s so fantastic
I love these guys!
Thank you for this
this is so inspiring
Outstanding!
this is such a cool video dude. really well done.
6:20 to 7:40 I can feel my phone vibrating from the kagyraa technique
that was amazing
Totally stunning.
This is both amazing and beautiful in my opinion.
So powerful. Absolutely gorgeous
Simplemente HERMOSO
What a great analysis by the manager and Kudos to the artists!
I love this art of singing. Beautiful.
Best group that I have ever seen ♥
I could listen to this all day I love tuvan throat singing
Hoping to see the Alash Ensemble someday soon!
This form of singing is just incredible.
I feel like this vibrates my soul.
Hearing this reminds me of the sounds that a deep.meditative mantra produces. In the right toom the sound travels around the room. Bet these guys know about that ....oh and deep medtation....theta......level of creatiion....and prayer. Love you all.....
Thank you.
Holy cow!! I am amazed at the sounds they are able to make. I have no idea if they ever form any words during their singing but it doesn’t matter to me. I have to admit that not only is cool but I honestly like what I hear!!
These guys have been performing for years now. I’ve seen a previous video of theirs from when they were kids. Still as talented as ever 🙏
Thank you. Highly interesting. These singers seem to be very nice persons. No arrogance at all.
Mm! Them whistle tones! 😙👌
I've loved throat singing since the early 90's and I don't think I'll ever grow tired of listening to it. It's otherworldly in the best way and I love turning people on to it, and watching their jaws drop as they find out what all the human voice can get up to! The HU have gone a long ways toward bringing it to a more mainstream audience, and that only can be a good thing, IMO.
that's why I wanted to move to Tuva
4:19 is my mum saying "hurry, hurry!" when she calls me in my room because it's time to have dinner
I ❤ TUWA
Awesome
I could have sworn some native Americans have a version of the last type of singing
That's correct. Altai is the answer my friend.
That's because native americans migrated from Asia where turkic people lived to America in times when the platform of America and Russia used to be connected. Also turkic and indigenous culture and even their appearence are very similar: f. e. the connection to nature, the shamans, nomadism and so on
Niiice my brothers 👏
At 5:23 he says "whew!" Me too, only I was just listening! These guys make me out of breath!
They say "shu" at the end of a song, short for shu-de, which means “giddyup” or “let's go” in Tuvan. I'm not sure why. :-)
Radiation sounds
6:54 that sounds amazing wew
Wow!
6:18 i somehow..can hear two sounds coming from him
Yes you can hear the overtones with all three, not just the third one. Try giving it another listen.
Poly, meaning many. Phonic, meaning sound.
@@myprophet1 One person using harmonics to create different lines is not exactly polyphonic, since one person has just one main sound (the voice). I would say di-phonic like in spanish, french, italian latin languages, where "di-" means "to split". Polyphonic fits better a choir with more people
@@overtonefinds6385 polyphonic overtone singing is aptly named because in music 'polyphonic' just means an instrument that can play two or more notes at the same time, including the voice (unless it is referring to melody, in which case it means there are two or more melodies).
@@overtonefinds6385 a person using their voice to sing two notes is polyphonic, just as a piano or guitar is polyphonic.
Alash will come in Switzerland one time ? Huge fan here :)
When I finally get the overtones while singing, my cat goes absolutely mad!
Be careful, else it will become a tiger
love the pixinguinha shirt
The second one is wild like I never thought that was even possible
It seems like there is a spiritual component that can't be overlooked in order to create the right mood. I imagine they're feeling at one with the cosmos or channeling some divine power.
Of course one can feel it oneself simply by listening on a recorded video. Its incredible. One feels the energy thru goosebumps in ones body. Imagine being there in person and feeling the vibrations in your body. Imagine singing this and making all the water in your body vibrate in tune to this.. They are 100% channeling divine power.
@@DiazShitAndStuff I doubt they were loud enough for the vibrations to be felt
@@loutro5260 Put your hand in your chest and chant 'Aaaaaauuuuuummmmmmm' If you cant feel any vibration them im sorry you are probably morbidly obese LOL! :D
@@DiazShitAndStuff are you going to grope them while they're performing?
Thanks Thomas Dolby's clone, brilliant explanation!
Thanks
I imagine the first person who throat sang was bored and on a mountain. Just started making noises and made one s/he liked. Yes, there are female throat singers! They are amazing
Nice.
I can do the last one with no problem. But the first two i have not got the whisle down. Would love to meet some one to learn from them. Beautiful
I've been learning it also. Have you made any progress? I have and one thing I was messing up is that I was closing my throat way too much and also most places I've seen giving tutorials on Sygyt never mention the fact that the air should be rerouted through the nose. So obviously is should still come out your mouth but you should be able to fill the air going out your nose too. It's hard to focus on tongue position and pushing air out through the nose but it's getting easier. Hopefully this helps.
This sound is fantastic..can many people do this?
Your breath is very impressive
Wow
realistically, they are whistling.. they make one note with the throat and they are using tongue placement to create a pocket which causes the whistle.. sounds awesome none the less
2:47 I will make this as my alarm
can kinda do all 3, to a degree. but I have tried 3, an my gag reflex was like "lol no".
Rock n roll in not a modern style of music but very old
Throat singing so powerful Chinggis Khan back from the grave
Are they the little boys in other vids?
Gen D.G. Yes they are
They were so cute! And their teacher so obviously proud.
@@woody3555 i thought the two childs was a girls 😂😂
@@myprophet1 their teacher is a famous throat singer called Kongar ool ondar
no they are not the 3rd voice is kongar ool ondars father and the other 2 are just friends or students
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Когда слушаеш их в наушниках звук как у сверзвукового самолёта.
Was that Mongolian or Russian cuz they both use cirillic letters
@@iliketurtles3415 яussiaи
Денис yea ik I just realized Tuva is in Serbia which is in Russia not Mongolia
@@iliketurtles3415 did you mean Siberia? Serbia is a country in south-east Europe. Also Tuva borders Mongolia
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Sounds like dial up internet. I love it!
Omg, i am so surprised i can do voice 2!😂
I now finally know what Dr. Emmett Brown did in his younger years... interpreter...
6:18 my uncles singing normally 0:06 my uncles singing when drunk
I think the interpreter broke his arm trying to “throat sing”. I almost did the same thing
Lol
0:04
That song is called "karachal"