Tuvan throat singing

The Alash ensemble, a throat singing band from Tuva

Tuvan-Mongol throat singing, the main technique of which is known as khoomei (/xuˈm/ or /xˈm/; Tuvan: хөөмей, höömey; Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠭᠡᠮᠡᠢ, хөөмий, khöömii,[1] Russian: хоомей; Chinese: 呼麦, pinyin: hūmài), is a style of singing practiced by people in Tuva and Mongolia. It is noted for including overtone singing. In 2009, it was included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO. The term hömey or kömey means 'throat' and 'larynx' in various Turkic languages.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Mongolian etymology : Query result". starlingdb.org. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. ^ "Hoomey".
  3. ^ "Doğadan gelen ses: Türk gırtlak müziği". www.trthaber.com (in Turkish). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  4. ^ Malkoç, Tülün; Çeli̇k, Sibel (2020-09-15). "TUVA TÜRKLERİ'NDE HÖÖMEY SÖYLEME BİÇİMİ". Avrasya Uluslararası Araştırmalar Dergisi (in Turkish). 8 (23): 58–74. doi:10.33692/avrasyad.735271. hdl:11424/259944. ISSN 2147-2610.