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Katadjak’, or throat-singing, is a form of vocal-verbal art common to many (but not all) Inuit (Eskimo) cultures. Banned by Christian priests for almost a hundred years despite its apparently secular nature, it is most commonly practiced by women – generally by two women facing off against each other in a form of friendly competition.
Inuit throat-singing is done in the following way: two women face each other; they may be standing or crouching down; one is leading, while the other responds; the leader produces a short rhythmic motif that she repeats with a short silent gap in-between, while the other is rhythmically filling in the gaps. The game is such that both singers try to show their vocal abilities in competition, by exchanging these vocal motives. The first to run out of breath or be unable to maintain the pace of the other singer will start to laugh or simply stop and will thus lose the game. It generally lasts between one and three minutes. The winner is the singer who beats the largest number of people.
Originally, the lips of the two women were almost touching, each one using the other's mouth cavity as a resonator . Today, most singers stand straight, facing one another and holding each other's arms. Sometimes they will do some kind of dance movements while singing (e.g., balancing from right to left). The sounds used include voiced sounds as well as unvoiced ones, both through inhalation or exhalation. Because of this, singers develop a breathing technique, somewhat comparable to circular breathing used by some players of wind instruments. In this way, they can go on for hours.
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j_chot
I like the tuvan and siberian throat singing stuff alot.
look up "gengis blues" -documentary about paul pena and his journey to mongolia.
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atum
yeah we've all seen the simpsons' movie too
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mynameismud
??? I haven't seen the Simpsons movie. is there throat singing in it?
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j_chot
?!?!?!?! simpson's movie?!~?!?!
I saw geingus blues on IFC....
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flies
be advised: doing throat singing w/out a teacher can permanently damage your vocal chords.
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atum
in the simpson's movie "Homer" has to do it with an alaskan Inuit-like woman to have an emphany about his life. in the film the woman gave him some sort of potion to drink first. are drugs a part of these singing rituals. if they are i certainly missed out on that.
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everamzah
i throat sing all the time without an "instructor," and my vocal cords are fine *cough cough*
a manager came into my area the other day, "everything okay? we heard an awful belching..."
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SeanShea
I loved Genghis Blues. An amazing movie.
I actually found the Paul Pena instructional course on how to Throat Sing.
I still haven't gone through it though.
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MonkeyPlus1
weird, sounds like seals humping
Recent blogs: MBM pictures
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mynameismud
i thought it sounded like that all-vocal Bjork album
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mixedtape
j_chot said: "I like the tuvan and siberian throat singing stuff alot.
look up "gengis blues" -documentary about paul pena and his journey to mongolia."
I love these guys. Huun-Huur-Tu. Got one of their cds somewhere.
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subset
I thought Bjork did use some Inuit throat-singers on her album?
btw, not to get too PC here, but Eskimo is kind of a derogatory term. I don't think it's super-nasty, but it's like calling someone an 'injun'.
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