Throat Singing

Throat singing may refer to:

  • Overtone singing, also known as overtone chanting, or harmonic singing
    • Tuvan throat singing, a form of overtone singing
  • duet styles:
    • Inuit throat singing, a kind of duet as an entertaining contest
    • Rekuhkara, formerly practiced by the Ainu of Hokkaidō
  • The term may also indicate the application of a harsh voice or some other constriction

Famous quotes containing the words throat and/or singing:

    “I declare Billy. I like you so much personally I wish I could vote for you. But bein’ a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, I just as leave cut my throat as to vote for a Democrat.”
    —Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)

    “Meanwhile, the men, with vestiges of pomp,
    Race memories of king and caravan,
    High-priests, an ostrich, and a juju-man,
    Go singing through the footpaths of the swamp.”
    —Jean Toomer (1894–1967)