Alash Demonstrate Throat-Singing Styles [Interview Video]

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In this video, Tuvan ensemble Alash demonstrate various traditional throat singing styles that they use in their music.
'Achai' is available August 25, 2017 on CD and Digital.
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Achai, the Tuvan word for father, describes a deep paternal participation in the upbringing and growth of a new generation. It is also a fitting title for Alash’s new album to honor Kongar-ool Ondar, who served not only as a musical father for the ensemble, but also for an entire generation of Tuvan musicians. As Ondar shared memory and tradition, so too does Alash with spirited performances and forward-thinking collaborations. In the group’s first studio album for Smithsonian Folkways, Achai beautifully illustrates the adaptability of Tuvan music-organically created and deeply rooted, yet still interconnected with the sound world of the 21st century. Featuring master beatboxer Shodekeh, alongside time-honored Tuvan throat-singing styles, the album demonstrates how members of Alash have dedicated their lives to performing, preserving, developing, and growing the Tuvan tradition. They are worthy bearers of the culture of their fathers and sons.
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@aovoi101 4 жыл бұрын

Throat singing is one of the coolest things in the world

@joseadrianorea7036 3 жыл бұрын

Afx, throat singning and a didgeridoo. Nice conbination

@brunocpimenta Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@PharaohEagleOwl Жыл бұрын

Especially when they sing overtones, so overwhelming!

@AramAzhari 5 жыл бұрын

2:09 Voice 1 4:14 Voice 2 6:18 Voice 3

@thebonkera1221 4 жыл бұрын

I can finally do Voice 3

@attilaogz9062 4 жыл бұрын

Khomei, Sıgıt, Kargyra

@Rowanb123 4 жыл бұрын

@@thebonkera1221 Me too

@kickasscorm 4 жыл бұрын

@@thebonkera1221 nice one! How did you learn?

@MinadoCoelho 4 жыл бұрын

@@kickasscorm if you're looking to learn it, I teach online lessons :)

@i.q369 5 жыл бұрын

And I thought I was badass when I got my metal screams .

@ras_krystafari3333 4 жыл бұрын

*Laughs in inward bass*

@ras_krystafari3333 4 жыл бұрын

Im discovering an inward bass overtone so in theory they can be combined, try it guy. There was an epic metal style btbx wildcard for 2020

@duckduckgo358 4 жыл бұрын

Inward as in inhale? I thought i was discovering somthing becauss I found out if u use the tongue shapes for the overtone whistles you can use these same tongue shaped while doing inhale vocals and get overtones to sound in it.

@MetalRiderPlasma 4 жыл бұрын

@@ras_krystafari3333 There is one musician that combines some throat singing with metal harsh vocals, called Florian Magnus Maier aka Morean. And the whistle is combined with shrierk or highs to get a very high piteched scream, by Dir en grey vocalist, or Youry raymond (unhuman)

@jjs8426 3 жыл бұрын

Throat singing and growling are primal cousins, black metal has both

@jesgarcia6054 5 жыл бұрын

A bunch of cool dudes right there

@guidomonto3742 4 жыл бұрын

lol lol it’s their culture, and they were raised learning how to do it.

@darthmath1071 3 жыл бұрын

@lol lol stfu

@i_love_crpg 3 жыл бұрын

@lol lol LMAO this dude is ruthless i love it

@beomgyuniverseofficial 3 жыл бұрын

@@guidomonto3742 Correct

@mandah0520 4 жыл бұрын

"it's like sculpting with music" oh i love that

@kys7615 3 жыл бұрын

This video explained more to me than the other 99% of the videos on throat singing

@kys7615 3 жыл бұрын

shit i just learned kargara in like ten minutes but i use my fingers to press on throat

@maximelamothe5181 Жыл бұрын

sygyt > 'Lu' sound tongue position. thats all i needed to get it, how the tongue should be placed is rarely said.

@maximelamothe5181 Жыл бұрын

just exhale by retaining it, then try vibrating parts of the back of your throat, 'hhouuu' sound for khoomei then amp the volume, it should tickle at first. start kargyraa vibration with a fake small cough at the very back pushing a bit up from the khoomei chords. sygyt you start khoomei and amp the abdo push a bit with a clean 'Lu' sound. hope it help some get started, those simple trick are not mine✌️✌️✌️✌️

@nataliaviligl 3 жыл бұрын

I can hear like a whistle in the middle while they sing. It is absolutely amazing, honestly.

@sevval4487 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I heard it thanks to your comment!

@edwardbevington9351 6 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Those guys have amazing range. My phone was shaking lol So powerful it broke that guys arm 🙋

@apple_with_a_human_butt 6 жыл бұрын

they actually don't have too much of a special range in their vocal folds, it's in the overtones that they create most of the notes. listen closely and you can hear how they keep the same note all the time with their vocal folds. the overtones are created by manipulating the tongue. then there's the very very low style called kargyraa, but that's basicly like grunting with your vocal folds all the time. but as with all the other styles, kargyraa also uses overtones, still created by manipulating the tongue. i know these because i sing throat singing too. it's really fun and surprisingly easy once you get the hang of it, and the best thing about it is that you don't have to have a pretty voice to be able to do it! it get's hard when you wanna get several notes out at once and when you wanna add effects like a trill (borbangnadyr). :)

@pajtim9079 4 жыл бұрын

@@apple_with_a_human_butt I've always been into Mongolian throat singing and music in general. Once I learn throat singing, I will not stop hahah. I will annoy a lot of people. I won't care.

@becketthor6478 4 жыл бұрын

Range sounds pretty standard for epicanthal folds, idk what you are hearing

@ericb.7354 4 жыл бұрын

@@becketthor6478 shut the fuck up

@ajdc88 6 жыл бұрын

wild. as a kid, i used to try to do this. never knew it was a legit singing style.

@jackmarentette1302 4 жыл бұрын

🌙 Nope.

@guidomonto3742 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Marentette yeah it is

@yayayeye7659 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah in front of a fan..... I always do the same

@guidomonto3742 4 жыл бұрын

The like button is always blue it’s not as simple as that

@serhedbakuri4454 4 жыл бұрын

Since I think the beginning of this year, I also often try that

@superadlerboy 4 жыл бұрын

As a Turk from Turkey i can understand so many words. You guys are so great.

@brk932 4 жыл бұрын

I am not surprised. Oghuz Turks originate from the Altai region. You should be able to understand some Kazakh as well.

@ahmetkaraaslan8429 4 жыл бұрын

@@brk932 there is some sound changes, for example you say "asır asıp geldin bugüne" but we say "asır ashıp geldin bugüne", our every "sh" is "s" in Kazakh. Or in Orhun inscriptions we see old Turks said "Kök", "Köz", "Tag" or "Köl" but today we say "Gök", "Göz", "Dağ" and "Göl". Kazakhs preserved old sounds, for example you still say "Köl". A Oghuz Turks have to know such things, Thus we can read even poems of Magcan Cumabay

@kristiyankrasimirov9308 2 жыл бұрын

@@brk932 Българин ли си?

@RexGalilae 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of Turks, fuelled by a false sense of turkic nationalism, claim to understand all turkic languages whereas in reality, they struggle to even grasp full sentences in kazakh, let alone Tuvan. It's like an English person claiming to understand Swedish lmao

@RexGalilae 2 жыл бұрын

@@brk932 Oghuz Turks originated from Turkmenistan which is thousands of miles to the south west. They branched off of Altaic history ages ago

@RyuuRider 6 жыл бұрын

Some of these styles sounds like they'd only be possible on synthetic devices, but these folks are doing it with just their voices alone! It's really eye-opening and wonderful.

@sylvestermergatroid1334 6 жыл бұрын

The sound is absolutely sublime, extraordinary, stunning...are there even the right words to describe??? Wow.

@kickasscorm 4 жыл бұрын

I'm currently learning all 3 styles. I'm decent at the Kargyraa style. A long way to go. Brilliantly sung. I will follow these guys

@xLu1G1x 4 жыл бұрын

It's amazing, but I'm actually so impressed by sygyt, how it raises the overtone to prevail over the base tone, Is just beautiful.

@ianhorn7814 4 жыл бұрын

i kinda consider myself pretty well versed in khagyra, less so in sygyt and xoomei, but when he started with the glottal stops and bounces in sygyt, i was absolutely dumbfounded

@MinadoCoelho 4 жыл бұрын

it is done the same way you do to change notes. Changing the position of your tongue :)

@bearythemp5kpro541 4 жыл бұрын

6:35 when ur mom tells u pick a toy as a present

@tanjanestorov70 4 жыл бұрын

Ahahhhaahah

@lapislaboratory3704 3 жыл бұрын

Im glad this video exists. Previously, I saw the video "Throat Singing: Then and Now" with these three men. In that video, it definitely appeared as though each man specialized in one style of throat singing. Im happy to know this is not the case! All these men are so talented

@scottsilva2482 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! There was a brief Khagyra demonstration in the new "Dune" movie.

@KarenSDR 3 жыл бұрын

We love Alash! My husband jokes that he's listened to that first song so often that he "knows all the words." (He doesn't really, but it's vary familiar.) We were so fortunate to hear Alash in concert with they sang at a local venue called Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins, and immediately bought a bunch of their CDs

@tomusuki 5 жыл бұрын

bruh the sygyt one was amazing

@Bikman 3 жыл бұрын

just for a moment, let us forget what have we learned about music, and open our hearts to the world we live in for thousands of years.

@petedavid9946 3 жыл бұрын

Holy cow!! I am amazed at the sounds they are able to make. I have no idea if they ever form any words during their singing but it doesn’t matter to me. I have to admit that not only is cool but I honestly like what I hear!!

@rebelguy9487 6 жыл бұрын

I've posted this in other Tuvan Throat Singing videos......but I'd be scared out of my mind if I heard an army of Mongols coming towards me making that noise!!

@hplovecraftmacncheese 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. You'd be getting ready for battle, then these guys would come at you like they're going to align your chakras and instill a sense of peace with nature. Very scary.

@myprophet1 4 жыл бұрын

Have a listen-The Hu Band: The Wolf Totem

@davidschwimmer7940 3 жыл бұрын

I think an army making any noise should scare you out of your mind

@ELIS4URUS 3 жыл бұрын

Oof these guys are Tuvan which is in Russia...

@ethanlocke3604 2 жыл бұрын

@@ELIS4URUS yeah but throat singing is traced back to first appearing and is probably the most common in mongolia

@beomgyuniverseofficial 3 жыл бұрын

I loved it when the video started. They were singing like Chinese. It reminded me of my friends and teachers at my old school. I transferred to La Salle in the Philippines. My old school was Trinity Christian School (also located in the Philippines and no, I am not a foreigner. I’m Filipino.). I’m so proud of these guys. All the time, I curse and swear in the comments but I add a *. But these guys made me remind me of everything above that I didn’t curse and swear. Thank you Alash.

@naemus3672 3 жыл бұрын

2:09 The shaver when the barber shaves the side of my head

@j_respect5948 4 жыл бұрын

What makes people laugh is because their skills are unbelievable and incredible

@marci3203 3 жыл бұрын

the last guy is just adorable i totally love him

@PaigeLovelace 5 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this all day I love tuvan throat singing

@MaskedRiderChris Жыл бұрын

I've loved throat singing since the early 90's and I don't think I'll ever grow tired of listening to it. It's otherworldly in the best way and I love turning people on to it, and watching their jaws drop as they find out what all the human voice can get up to! The HU have gone a long ways toward bringing it to a more mainstream audience, and that only can be a good thing, IMO.

@chelseam3617 4 жыл бұрын

These guys have been performing for years now. I’ve seen a previous video of theirs from when they were kids. Still as talented as ever 🙏

@MachoMandem 4 жыл бұрын

What a great analysis by the manager and Kudos to the artists!

@angelinvocon 3 жыл бұрын

Hearing this reminds me of the sounds that a deep.meditative mantra produces. In the right toom the sound travels around the room. Bet these guys know about that ....oh and deep medtation....theta......level of creatiion....and prayer. Love you all.....

@charro028 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like this vibrates my soul.

@j-a.s 4 жыл бұрын

I love this art of singing. Beautiful.

@MaestroLives 4 жыл бұрын

I love these guys!

@nicolekasper6132 3 жыл бұрын

Best group that I have ever seen ♥

@animaamor9095 3 жыл бұрын

So powerful. Absolutely gorgeous

@nicolasflamm Жыл бұрын

This form of singing is just incredible.

@ardijan706 6 жыл бұрын

Hoping to see the Alash Ensemble someday soon!

@Freiya2011 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Highly interesting. These singers seem to be very nice persons. No arrogance at all.

@JustArtsCreations Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@onecolossalrubikscube2554 4 жыл бұрын

6:20 to 7:40 I can feel my phone vibrating from the kagyraa technique

@namesareoverratedlol2229 4 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable. That’s so fantastic

@richardsanchez9190 4 жыл бұрын

I could have sworn some native Americans have a version of the last type of singing

@davidsonnemann8023 3 жыл бұрын

That's correct. Altai is the answer my friend.

@zumra3515 3 жыл бұрын

That's because native americans migrated from Asia where turkic people lived to America in times when the platform of America and Russia used to be connected. Also turkic and indigenous culture and even their appearence are very similar: f. e. the connection to nature, the shamans, nomadism and so on

@quandovcestivernoyoutube 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ALifeinMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@pattymelt6577 3 жыл бұрын

At 5:23 he says "whew!" Me too, only I was just listening! These guys make me out of breath!

@stewpub 2 жыл бұрын

They say "shu" at the end of a song, short for shu-de, which means “giddyup” or “let's go” in Tuvan. I'm not sure why. :-)

@lerugolf 2 жыл бұрын

Totally stunning.

@4fun1957 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the explanation! We saw you last night in Baraboo, WI. Wonderful!

@Kami-hx5hz 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody: My stomach after 2 hours without eating: 6:19

@wandereromur 3 жыл бұрын

Me fasting: REY MYSTERIO

@kiv5471 4 жыл бұрын

6:54 that sounds amazing wew

@hplovecraftmacncheese 5 жыл бұрын

It seems like there is a spiritual component that can't be overlooked in order to create the right mood. I imagine they're feeling at one with the cosmos or channeling some divine power.

@DiazShitAndStuff 5 жыл бұрын

Of course one can feel it oneself simply by listening on a recorded video. Its incredible. One feels the energy thru goosebumps in ones body. Imagine being there in person and feeling the vibrations in your body. Imagine singing this and making all the water in your body vibrate in tune to this.. They are 100% channeling divine power.

@DiazShitAndStuff 4 жыл бұрын

@@loutro5260 Put your hand in your chest and chant 'Aaaaaauuuuuummmmmmm' If you cant feel any vibration them im sorry you are probably morbidly obese LOL! :D

@lilyhempt515 Жыл бұрын

Love this thank you so much!!!🙏♥️

@dionnahfreyer8164 3 жыл бұрын

I love this so much!

@DiazShitAndStuff 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning

@robertpirsig5011 5 жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@dekotahrunninghorse9372 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and amazing!

@nandafer456 6 жыл бұрын

Simplemente HERMOSO

@mhkuntug 6 жыл бұрын

this is so inspiring

@eljayexplorer 3 жыл бұрын

This is both amazing and beautiful in my opinion.

@JoshuaBoldt 2 жыл бұрын

that was amazing

@periodt6862 4 жыл бұрын

6:18 i somehow..can hear two sounds coming from him

@kneticnrg 4 жыл бұрын

Yes you can hear the overtones with all three, not just the third one. Try giving it another listen.

@myprophet1 4 жыл бұрын

Poly, meaning many. Phonic, meaning sound.

@overtonefinds6385 3 жыл бұрын

@@myprophet1 One person using harmonics to create different lines is not exactly polyphonic, since one person has just one main sound (the voice). I would say di-phonic like in spanish, french, italian latin languages, where "di-" means "to split". Polyphonic fits better a choir with more people

@t1mema 3 жыл бұрын

@@overtonefinds6385 polyphonic overtone singing is aptly named because in music 'polyphonic' just means an instrument that can play two or more notes at the same time, including the voice (unless it is referring to melody, in which case it means there are two or more melodies).

@t1mema 3 жыл бұрын

@@overtonefinds6385 a person using their voice to sing two notes is polyphonic, just as a piano or guitar is polyphonic.

@dmytrobravchuk2064 Жыл бұрын

thank you for this video! cool guys

@emmerfly 4 жыл бұрын

When I finally get the overtones while singing, my cat goes absolutely mad!

@BroccoliBrigardist 4 жыл бұрын

Be careful, else it will become a tiger

@mhkuntug 6 жыл бұрын

that's why I wanted to move to Tuva

@zukoHD 3 жыл бұрын

this is such a cool video dude. really well done.

@mandah0520 4 жыл бұрын

I imagine the first person who throat sang was bored and on a mountain. Just started making noises and made one s/he liked. Yes, there are female throat singers! They are amazing

@gionnifer 5 жыл бұрын

4:19 is my mum saying "hurry, hurry!" when she calls me in my room because it's time to have dinner

@antoniareus7796 2 жыл бұрын

I ❤ TUWA

@santhoshwagle9857 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@TheTardisNamedSexy 4 жыл бұрын

Mm! Them whistle tones! 😙👌

@oreb7 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@thebush6077 Жыл бұрын

The second one is wild like I never thought that was even possible

@grubblin 4 жыл бұрын

Radiation sounds

@Giesela0815 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@voltcorp 4 жыл бұрын

love the pixinguinha shirt

@hwpo7834 3 жыл бұрын

Throat singing so powerful Chinggis Khan back from the grave

@ayoo0244 3 жыл бұрын

2:47 I will make this as my alarm

@user-wt2dh9kt7s Жыл бұрын

Это феноменально!!!осваиваейте и исцеляйтесь братья и сёстры всего Мира!!!!! Люблю Вас всех!!!плохих и хороших!!!духи предков простят всех!!!творите добро!!!будьте счастливы всегда и везде!!!

@nicolassmith4371 6 жыл бұрын

Alash will come in Switzerland one time ? Huge fan here :)

@avzarathustra6164 3 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@78625amginE 4 жыл бұрын

I think the interpreter broke his arm trying to “throat sing”. I almost did the same thing

@aleksandrswiato4003 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@XinAnsard 3 жыл бұрын

Niiice my brothers 👏

@johnmcintyre4682 4 жыл бұрын

can kinda do all 3, to a degree. but I have tried 3, an my gag reflex was like "lol no".

@saoirsestark3903 4 жыл бұрын

Are they the little boys in other vids?

@woody3555 4 жыл бұрын

Gen D.G. Yes they are

@myprophet1 4 жыл бұрын

They were so cute! And their teacher so obviously proud.

@krar2004yy 3 жыл бұрын

@@woody3555 i thought the two childs was a girls 😂😂

@timurk9631 3 жыл бұрын

@@myprophet1 their teacher is a famous throat singer called Kongar ool ondar

@Jo-ke2sq 3 жыл бұрын

no they are not the 3rd voice is kongar ool ondars father and the other 2 are just friends or students

@peaceLove777Love 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@dutchpearson2022 5 жыл бұрын

I can do the last one with no problem. But the first two i have not got the whisle down. Would love to meet some one to learn from them. Beautiful

@ShabazzTBL 5 жыл бұрын

I've been learning it also. Have you made any progress? I have and one thing I was messing up is that I was closing my throat way too much and also most places I've seen giving tutorials on Sygyt never mention the fact that the air should be rerouted through the nose. So obviously is should still come out your mouth but you should be able to fill the air going out your nose too. It's hard to focus on tongue position and pushing air out through the nose but it's getting easier. Hopefully this helps.

@yerlibilgin 4 жыл бұрын

İnsanın orta asyaya göç edesi geliyor

@motorbike650 3 жыл бұрын

This sound is fantastic..can many people do this?

@seanwesthafer4028 Жыл бұрын

Your breath is very impressive

@user-dm9hj6kx1z 5 жыл бұрын

Когда слушаеш их в наушниках звук как у сверзвукового самолёта.

@iliketurtles3415 4 жыл бұрын

Was that Mongolian or Russian cuz they both use cirillic letters

@user-tk2jy8xr8b 4 жыл бұрын

@@iliketurtles3415 яussiaи

@iliketurtles3415 4 жыл бұрын

Денис yea ik I just realized Tuva is in Serbia which is in Russia not Mongolia

@user-tk2jy8xr8b 4 жыл бұрын

@@iliketurtles3415 did you mean Siberia? Serbia is a country in south-east Europe. Also Tuva borders Mongolia

@DerHerrMitR 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas Dolby's clone, brilliant explanation!

@icarus0032 Ай бұрын

🙌

@marselmusic 4 жыл бұрын

2:09 🐝 4:14 🐥 6:18😎

@alamaim1563591263131 4 жыл бұрын

Cala boca...

@krar2004yy 3 жыл бұрын

0:04

@adrielanelkazethro 3 жыл бұрын

That song is called "karachal"

@bladesamah 4 ай бұрын

realistically, they are whistling.. they make one note with the throat and they are using tongue placement to create a pocket which causes the whistle.. sounds awesome none the less

@9ogz 5 күн бұрын

You don't know anything. But you have been talkin...

@user-sm2rm7tv3t 3 жыл бұрын

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