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:

    “Although she feeds me bread of bitterness,
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    Stealing my breath of life, I will confess
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    “And upside down in air were towers
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