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Throat singing

LC control no.sh 98002560
Topical headingThroat singing
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Variant(s)Guttural singing
Höömii
Höömij
Khoomeĭ
Khöömiy
Overtone singing
See alsoVocal music
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Singing
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Scope noteHere are entered musical works using the vocal technique in which a singer produces more than one audible tone at the same time.
Found inWork cat.: 97-183276: Mezhdunarodnyĭ muzykovedcheskiĭ simpozium "Khoomeĭ." Melodii "Khoomei︠a︡," 1994.
New Grove: v. 4, p. 66.
OCLC, Apr. 23, 1998: OCLC 28235317 (throat-singing) OCLC 32603518 (throat singing, or khöömei)
Used at LC as sh for: Tuva [SR] : voices from the center of Asia, p1990.
Used at EPL as sh for: Grand Nord russe [SR] : les Tchouktches = Russian far north : the Chukchi, p1997.
Ensemble Tumbash. Ensemble Tumbash [SR] p2000: label v. 2 (Höömij = overtone singing, throat singing)
New Grove dict. of mus. WWW site, Apr. 10, 2007 (Overtone-singing [throat-singing, chant biphonique, chant diphonique, höömii]. A vocal style in which a single performer produces more than one clearly audible note simultaneously)
Not found inNew Harvard dict. music, 1986; Web. 3