![]() The poet-musicians of Kazakhstan and the Uzbek region of Karakalpakstan, known as zhirau, employ throat singing in their epic poetry recitations, accompanied by the dombra. There are different Tibetan throat singing styles, such as Gyuke ( Standard Tibetan: རྒྱུད་སྐད་ Wylie: rgyud skad), which uses the lowest pitch of voice Dzoke ( མཛོ་སྐད་ mdzo skad) and Gyer ( གྱེར་ gyer). Various ceremonies and prayers call for throat singing in Tibetan Buddhism, often with more than one monk chanting at a time. Most often the chants hold to the lower pitches possible in throat singing. Tibetan Buddhist chanting is a subgenre of throat singing, mainly practiced by monks of Tibet, including Khokhonor ( Qinghai) province in the Tibetan plateau area, Tibetan monks of Nepal, Bhutan, India, and various locations in the Himalayan region. The Chukchi people of the Chukchi Peninsula in the extreme northeast of Russia also practice a form of throat singing. They also have their own style, a very high harmonics, emerging from kargyraa. Altai narrators ( kai-chi) perform in kargyraa, khöömei, and sygyt styles, which are similar to those in Tuva. In Altai, this is used mostly for epic poetry performance, to the instrumental accompaniment of a topshur. Tuva's neighbouring Russian regions, the Altai Republic to the west and Khakassia to the northwest, have developed forms of throat singing called kai ( Altay: кай, qay) or khai ( Khakas: хай, xay). The most peculiar melody, from Tuvan tradition, is " Artii Sayir", mostly performed in kargyraa style. The melodies are traditionally created by using the 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th and sometimes the 16th harmonics, which form the major pentatonic scale, so the 7th and 11th harmonics are carefully skipped. ![]() ![]()
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