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Programme of episode 58: Overtone singing in Tuva and surroundings
A broadcast about overtone singing on the occasion of the publishing of the Tuva recordings of Maxim Chapochnikov on soundreporters.bandcom.com. Overtone singing is the latest big music discovery. It is a vocal technique which allows people to produce more than one tone at once, and outside the Altai mountains it was unknown until the 1970s, when the first recordings were released internationally. It was done under the name of Jew’s harp songs, because that was seen as the origin and because of the association with shamanism. The authorities even tried to deny and forbid this kind of music because of the association with shamanism. The people attributed this music to sounds from nature, and used it for singing lullabies and telling stories. Also shamans, who were part of daily life, used it, but it was not used exclusively by them. Since the 1970s, overtone singing has spread all over the world; surely you can do a course in overtone singing nearby. In this episode of The Source of Sound you can hear some old recordings, examples of overtone singing from Mongolia, Bashkirostan and Gorno Altai by famous musicians from Tuva such as Huun-Huur-Tu, and the special recordings of Maxim Chapochnikov.
01 Sygyt 1’16
Oorzhak Khunashtar-Ool.
Tuva Files, tr. 24
rec: Maxim Chapochnikov, 1991 Kyzyl, Tuva
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02 Jew’s Harp Song 1’39
Bori
CD Mongolian Folk Music
Hungaraton HCD 18013-14, CD1 tr. 15
rec: Lajos Vargyas
03 Xoomei Karg Xomus 4’16
Dmitri Ochur – voice and khomus
CD Tuva. Collection of musical folklore.
Melodiya, 2014, CD 1, tr. 8
04 Opei 1’21
Oorzhak Khunashtar-Ool
Tuva files, tr 29
rec: Maxim Chapochnikov, 1991 Kyzyl, Tuva
soundreporter.bandcamp.com
05 Throat Singing Styles 6’36
(Sygyt, khöömei, kargyraa, Borbannadyr, Kanzyp, Ezengileer)
Kuular German Belek
CD It’s probably windy in Ovyur
Long Arms Records, CDLA9707, tr. 25
06 Uzlyau In Free Style 1’29
Mansur Uzanbayev
CD Ural traditional music of Bashkortostan
Pan Records 2018CD, tr. 10
07 Kai 11’45
Arzhan Kozerekov
rec: Maxim Chapochnikov, Gorno-Altai, 1996.
soon on: soundreporter.bandcamp.com
08 The Orphan’s Lament 6’41
Huun-Huur-Tu, traditional
Shanachie 64058, tr. 5
09 Orai Kezhee, Taan-Daa Seriin 3’08
Tyva Kyzy, traditional
CD Setkilimden Sergek Yr-Dyr
The Tuva Trader, tr. 10
10 Oidupaa 1’50
Oidupaa -vocals, bayan (button accordion).
(Later his style was called after him).
Unreleased, archive recording of the late 80s.
11 Alash Khemim – My river Alash 5’33
Andrei Opei – vocals, igil, traditional
Tuva Files, tr 21
Maxim Chapochnikov, 1991 Kyzyl, Tuva
soundreporter.bandcamp.com
12 Kadyr khoomei 2’03
Andrei Opei – vocals
Tuva Files, tr. 22
Maxim Chapochnikov, 1991 Kyzyl, Tuva
soundreporter.bandcamp.com,
13 Sygyt, kargyraa 4’32
Tumat Kara-Ool – vocals, toshpuluur, (2-string lute)
Tuva Files, tr. 7
Maxim Chapochnikov, 1991 Kyzyl, Tuva
soundreporter.bandcamp.com
14 Kargyraa 1’17
Ondar Valery – vocals
Tuva Files, tr. 5
Maxim Chapochnikov, 1991 Kyzyl, Tuva
soundreporter.bandcamp.com
15 Oleg’s Melody 3’36
Oleg Kuular – vocals, igil.
Tuva Files, tr 9
Maxim Chapochnikov, 1991 Kyzyl, Tuva
soundreporter.bandcamp.com
