Hi to everyone. I am a new member to the group and beginning study of khoomei. I am from Arizona and look forward to this inner journey of the voice and...
... Welcome! where abouts in Arizona are you? i'm living in Chicago right now but will be moving down to northwestern NM within the next few months. grover ...
Hi, Thanks for the note. I live in Phoenix and have been here most of my life. I have traveled through New Mexico and think it is an amazing state. I love ...
... make sure you check out the "links" and "files" section as there is a lot of useful resources there. grover http://www.busker-kibbutznik.org p.s. i wonder...
I don't play didj. Well, let me rephrase that. I own one. I can get decent sound, decent rhythm. The one thing I can't do, after years of trying, is...
Yolngu style is much much harder to play than western or non-traditional styles of playing, because a lot of the tongue positions, etc. have to do with their...
... I'm not in any way familiar with didge-playing, but what you write here about this didge style reminds me very much of what it takes to sound Tyvan when...
The same is more or less true of Jew's harp playing. I don't think it's specifically tied to language, nor do I think khoomei is. I also think there's a real...
Hi all, I am trying to compile a list of all the appearances of khoomei in Western pop culture over the last ten years or so. For example, Kongar-Ol Ondar's ...
Hi Gerald, You might consider posting this also at http://khoomei.com/forum as there are lots of informed folks there as well. FWIW, I'm told that khoomei has...
... The technique no, but the characteristics of the playing/singing I think yes. The sounds of the language act like a musical scale acts on a melody....
Do you want khoomei by Tyvan artists in Western culture only? - Albert Kuvezin (and I think Aldyn-ool Sevek too) on Varttina's Vihma album (3 songs). - Unknown...
Hi Gerald, I don't know if this qualifies, but a few episodes in the Anime Series "Wolf's Rain" have some throat singing as a background score. Sorry I don't...
Here is my five cents. Yes, it´s five cents also here in Europe! - Arthur MIles, overtoning cowboy at thirties - Kongar-ool´s Back Tuva Future and Bela...
... My girlfriend is Turk. They have a weird vowel, the I (an i with no dot on top of it). It sounds "between" a french "i" and a french "e" (french "i" is...
Excellent, Cedric- It takes great insight to "breakdown" something very complex into terms that we can understand....in very few words....you've done that for...
when i've played jaw harp with other jaw harp enthusiasts not familiar with the Tuvan and Central Asian heritages and i start using khoomei like positions to...
Can you comment some more on these positions and such? Actually what would be really cool is a recording where you describe the position and then play it on...
Hi! I've already sent an e-mail but here's what I know if anyone else is interested: Found your post on the Khoomei yahoo group and on Khoomei.com forum Here's...
Hi, there is Khoomei sung by Kolja Simon on the CD "Chewed to Bits by Flying Rodents" by the German Band "blotch" - actually, I´m a member of blotch so this...
Hi folks, thought I would share the fact that after much searching I have tracked down a method-book which aims to teach the art of playing this great...
Hi all, I am Paris based english singer / musician and I enjoy reading this group and wish I had more time to contribute directly! Instead all I can offer is...
... the one i've seen is English and Mongolian, though Mongolian with Cyrillic characters. the main point for folks here is that it is in English grover ...
... i ordered off the internet, i'll see if i still have the URL somewhere. You could use some of the basic bowing and fingering technique on Igil, but since ...
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