Throat singing - vocal technique, usually applied to traditional and modern folklore of northern turkic people (of Tuva, Altai and Khakasiya), mongolian, Tibet monks and some other siberian folks. Common sorts of throat singing are:
Dzarin - Siberia-wide (tungus etc) tensed vocal
Khoomei - basic turkic tensed singing, which starts other two:
- kargyraa (syn: kai in Altai) - ultralow vocals
- sygyt - whistle-like sound
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