Tuvan Throat Singing | Alash | TEDxBaltimore
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2016
- Imagine a human bagpipe-a person who could sing a sustained low note while humming an eerie, whistle-like melody. For good measure, toss in a thrumming rhythm similar to that of a jaw harp, but produced vocally-by the same person, at the same time. Recorded at TEDxBaltimore January 2016.
Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing, a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. Masters of traditional Tuvan instruments as well as the art of throat singing, Alash are deeply committed to traditional Tuvan music and culture.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
Man...the older I get, the more I love other cultures. Look at those fellow humans doing their thing.
Isn't it awesome to be able to experience it if even on a tiny screen!?!?!? I love going to the different grocery stores around Dallas and trying the food and learning about new cultures. Its so much fun!!
@@s70driver2005 As a fellow cultural enthusiast and Dallasite, I like to do the same thing, brother!
@@nicolasgoldring7128 hellz yea!!! I even just walked out of King Spa and am heading over to Komart as i type this.
It's strange you should say that for its the exact opposite with me. I was very accepting and liberal when young and the older I get the more conservative I become. That said, I find this music extraordinary and strangely beautiful.
It is beautiful
They can make flute sounds and harmonize with themselves... HARMONIZE WITH THEMSELVES!
Mad, just mad :o
People don't understand how amazing that is
Obi-Wan Kenobi but do they have the high ground?
The human throat is a wonder
For month I've tried to do what they did and I found that you need to put pressure on the back and lower part of your throat. It's gonna sounds like groaning at first but with practice you can make the whistling sound with your throat. It work for me. And make sure you drink some warm water before practicing, that will make it easier. Also you need to shape your mouth like you want to whistle.
I was teaching in Russia in 1999-2000 and at that time a work permit was gold and we could travel anywhere freely. In Tuva, we went to tourist information which had been replaced with a Mary Kay Cosmetics office and they located a University teacher who could speak English. She brought us to her home for lunch and we expressed an interest in hearing throat singing and soap stone carvings. About an hour later, a man arrives and shows us some beautiful carvings and there, on the sofa, gives us a one man throat singing concert. It was astounding as you can imagine.
Wow...sounds amazing
Sooooooooo I wish I was in your class at the time because I desperately want to experience that.
@@mehakdeepsingh4438 I second that
Tuva is turk repuclic they are turk
@@thebrawlerking5623 half mongols, half turks
These guys visited my music history course a few years ago back in college! Videos just don’t do this music style justice. The way the room vibrates from their harmonics is literally unforgettable
Their 2nd song moved me. Tuvan throat singing is one of those gems of human existence that once you find, you feel more connected to the earth somehow. Like an ancient part of you understands, even if there is a language barrier.
47th Milsim Regiment I like this comment.
Couldn't have put it better myself
RachleRahRah amen
SWED, amirite?
47th Milsim Regiment ii
isn't it just mind blowing the sounds you can make from the human body?
absolutely ! Olena UUtai is the same
Yes, the beatbox guy was killin it
*farts*
@@jharrison6557 exactly
Don't forget the palm under the armpit...
they touch ancestral hidden parts of the human soul.
yeah, especially with that beatboxer spitting fire in that mic.
I Love hearing the different music styles'
Terry Dearing Try a group called Heilung, I think they have Nordic music or something. Very primal. This throat singing is very cool though. I don't understand how they do it.
jordian me are you Mongolian?
not quite in the same style tho that is more primal norse so maybe im wrong but feels utterly different
i looked this stuff up for the memes but ended up actually legitimately enjoying this. this is beautiful.
For the memes?! Lol
Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
What meme can you make out of this?
lmao i just wanted to look up videos about metal vocals and somehow ended up here
ZeekielGames Oh you sweet summer child...
I came here cuz I saw Sheldon do it on big bang
Can you feel the endless fields of Asia. I can, with this music.
Totally
Tuva isn't in Asia. But totally get what you mean.
Tuva is in Asia (Siberia being the Asian part of Russia)
FlopsMcshit Tuva is in Asia
FlopsMcshit Tuva is even considered the geographic center of Asia....
This culture must be protected at all costs
*Desire to raid the known world on horseback intensifies*
agreed xD
Anthony and unknown
Ready the horses!
Bring my fastest falcon!
We ride at dawn!
Anthony Try Scottish pipes and drums, like from Albannach, or Nordic music from Heilung, channel of same name. Extremely tribal. This sounded more like a lullaby.
Aren't they Turk ? I think you confused them with Mongolians
I feel like this is the doorway that leads to THAT part of UA-cam. Like this is some kind of beautiful siren that's gently guiding you on the path to videos that you never even imagined existed.
sammichmanjr imagine youtube in a 100 years. Its going to be a bottomless pit full of treasure and history . And its going to be awesome.
oh, bless you.I'm crying from happiness watching this video and reading comments like this. :D
So true and beautifully expressed.
Reverence and respect . So poignant and beautiful I'm spell bound .
Yes! ❤
One thing i will never get over, the impressive lungs that throat singers have.
circular breathing
@@GsQDoom you cant circular breathe while throat singing. Maybe while playing the flute but not while singing
I do throat singing, kargyraa style, in order to sing you don't need that much lung capacity cuz the air you need is very "subtle"
They sing from the dirghram breathing
@@GsQDoom nah, as a khoomeizhi, it’s impossible
Man, that second song is beautiful.
Seriously man...
John Doe why are you here John Doe
Finally found the name of it - Kosh-oi and Torgalyg
SO BEAUTIFUL. Literally crying. Not joking.
sublime
I feel the urge to do airbending in the second song
I share the same opinion, my friend.
Long ago...
the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
Only the Avatar who could master all four elements could stop them
Alex Ruiz but when he was most needed... He vanished
i like how the beatboxer at the end didn't try to dominate or overpower the throast singers. he blended and improved the sound. it was amazing
You can instantly tell by the way he watches them before coming in, that he is tuning himself into their sound in order to add his own in a musically mature way, as you said, rather than try take the spotlight as one could easily expect. This is an aspect of playing music freely with others (jamming) I have struggled with ever since 8 years of learning classical Guitar. Things are getting better but it's hard to break old habbits: getting used to jamming/improvising on your own vs playing all the intricate and beautiful pieces ingrained in my memory or breaking out of the comfort of having a sheet of music in front of me.
***** the struggle is called ego and pride. It's really a huge hindrance to Good music
I would personally say he did add a bit too much, but then again, he did the impossible, improved Perfection
He sucked.
@@hajjibarbara2900 Really! WTF was he doing up there?
I am speechless. This sounds so earthy
Our Tuvans . We are proud of you !! A thousand years ago , our ancestors also sang throat singing . Very ancient art of our native Tuva .
I am Mongolian. I am proud of Tuvans
@@suldable I started learning throat singing last week and love it, Mongolia, and Tuva. Would love to visit Tuva and Mongolia one day soon, do you or @Sainho Sandu have any advice on where to go/who to see? I don't speak the language yet
@@suldable Sorry Tuvans are Turkic not Mongolic.
@@arslanbatur9925 битгий хуц урианхай буюу тагнын тува бол түрэгжсэн монгол
@@suldable Tuvans are Turkic people who closer to Yeniseians than Mongols.
Just so everyone knows as well these guys have like two albums on iTunes
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WOW!! Now I'll be able to sleep tonight!!
I thank my good sir, A'THANKS SIIR! searched for them on Spotify and I have now created a new playlist
I just bought two albums on iTu... aw! fk i hate iTunes! Oh well. Sold
Alash. Literally in the video title and description.
I didn't realise the human voice could achieve the sounds that they are able to make. It is truly beautiful and touches the soul.
These men came to my university today! Amazing!
On horseback
And I will see them in a show set up at the Kranzberg Center for the Arts on March 14th! Can't wait!
You, are a lucky lad
Luckyfuck
They came to my old MS out of nowhere
I’m the only survivor
Алаш болуу, Тывавысты Тыва дылывысты Каргыраа, Сыгыдынар биле ам даа чараштап, алдаржыдып чоруурунар дээш черге чедир могейип Чугле бурунгаар орукту кузедим ЭР ХЭЙЛЕР👍
As a Canadian I travelled in the former Russian Mongolian Republic and I loved the Nadaam Festival in Ulan Batar, the Gobi Desert, the Steppes, the northern forests and lakes near the Russian border. I loved your music, your nomadic traditions, your food and I wished you that would become a country proud of your traditions and looking forward to your future.
Mongolia and Tuva are different places though. Mongolia was never "former Russian", it is an independent state. And the Republic of Tuva is a part of the Russian Federation
The fact that I share the same ancestry as Tuvan Turks gives me goosbumps. Beautiful tradition and art.
In the old days we headbang to this kind of tune! \m/
I can understand song as turkish person very well. So emotional. Turklere, turana selam olsun.
This music has so much depth in character
I love how the beat boxing really compliments the throat singing by add that slight sense of rush and hurry👌
I'm supposed to be doing an essay for Biology, why am I here
You're in the right place, trust me, I've been there. No ragrets
Civilization WHAT THE HELL? I have to do the exact same thing and I have a few hours before i have to mail it to the prof.
Alex Json Not even a letter?
Civilization Science!
Vintage Cheese Actually doing another essay for the same class now, its due in 4 hours digitally, but here I am watching UA-cam
This is amazing. My mind, as a student of music, a singer (sometimes), a dancer, a piano player...my mind can't comprehend how they make all those sounds at once.
It is so incredible, and so beautiful...
Yep, the harmonic overtone is something to taka a trip to mongolia
Beats modern pop music for sure. Especially the second piece!
HamSandwich : pretty much everything beats up modern pop i think^^
My 1% Genghis Khan ancestry be like
Moro pl this isn’t Mongolian this it Tuvan
@@1782adnan can you explain the difference between Mongolian & tuvan other than place names & man made borders?
It seems like to me they all originate from the same nomadic people.
moto G4 the Tuvan republic is close to Russia and the people who lived there where Turkish Arabian and Mongolian people who moved there
That’s about all I know google “history of the Tuvan republic” to learn more because even I don’t know the full history and I’m Tuvan myself
@@1782adnan aha so a bit of this, a bit of that but sounds like probably mostly of Mongolian origin.
Like most humans today, we all have multiple ethnic genomes in our DNA makeup.
Does it matter? No not really. What we all have in common is that we are all "human beings".
moto G4 exactly who cares about what your origin roots are we should respect our fellow humans
I thought that buzzing sound at 1:44 was supposed to be from some sort of flute, turns out it's purely vocal, just amazing
I actually love the beatbox/throat singing mix at the end. I need an album of that.
They should see if they can mix in an operatic singer too, just to have as many extreme cases of human vocalization in one place at one time.
the hole colab worked. it fit as if it not a mix but how it is to be..
They have an album called Ashai featuring two songs with Shodekeh, the beatboxer. One of them is the song you heard and the other one is called The Flute. Some if not all their albums are on Spotify
The hu, look it up
Listen to album Medúlla by Björk
This fascinates me so much.
Veronikat me too
georgian polyphonic singing (as well as all North-Caucasian) is much better ^_^
Huh. I can officially say Tuvan throat singing is my new favourite genre of music. My search history is going to look so truly odd, but it's so, so worth it. This was truly incredible, what lovely music.
Fuckin Phenomenal... these guys can put any acapella band to shame
satyajh m
Just because you like this group more doesn't mean they're better than any other bands. A capella takes talent and effort too, and it often requires special singing techniques just like these men use.
Kailee Walden, A Capella is easy, Tuvan Throat Singing is hard. Fucking Hard. Harder than a Pedophile in a Playground. Only a few learn it even in Tuva, because it's a master-student one on one training, if the student doesn't perform well the master will throw him out and find another student.
Kailee Walden acapella is easy Wtf are you talkin bout?
except for georgian choir and russian one.
This music is astonishing (first piece), beautiful (second piece) and surprising (third piece) - this video made my day
M. Schlagwerkzeug any idea what the first song is called? :)
oitulaash xeveri@@iamsotiredofliving
@@vtsoi4413 thanks haha I've been listening to it for almost a year now 😬
norbygata14 well you found it now. :)
These guys. Are the real deal, not sure why beat box guy joined in, but this is some deep deep spiritual talent. I'm a professional musician and not easily impressed. This is extremely high art so most people won't get it but trust me, this's the highest level of mastery. Instant fan, thank you TEDx!!!!
Arudawakening listen to The Hu band which is taking over the world by storm. I think as a musician you’d find it fascinating. The is from Mongolia and blends ancient music with metal rock. Unbelievable!
Beatboxing and throat singing!? Who knew they sound awesome together!
The beatboxer ruined the whole performance.
я Hajji 분쇄하는 Bárbara chill. They clearly wanted him there or he wouldn't have been
wonderful by bamboo misusICL.
Good beatboking and throat singing.
Yeah I know. Just wow!
The low note sung by the guy in the middle in the second song was an A1 just so people know
The stuff they put on steaks?
and in the 3rd song he sang an E1 13:07
A Cow I’d start eating meat again if they could bottle his voice and use it as seasoning!
@raimesey That is a brand new sentence
@@Liserd SIIIICK!!!
When I was travelling through Mongolia, I really loved their music, their traditions especially in the former Russian controlled Mongolia. I love that country, their traditions, their music and their traditional life.
That first song gave me chills. The three of them together and the way their voices resonate omg
They are Chingis Khaan's brothers. Tuvan is located in southern part of the Russia, but they are Great Mongolian Nationality. Before, their place were under Mongolia. Proud of World Mongolians, who are living in different places of the world. .
Я влюбилась в их искусство! Слушаю и слушаю..
I was washing dishes when the second song was playing and I legit had to stop what I was doing to listen. I lost count how many times I replayed it. I had to find the album immediately afterwards.
why am i tearing up at that second song? its not even sadness its like nostalgia but it isnt . weird beautiful feeling . and i am not even that emotional of a person . awesome
The guy on the left clearly didn't agree with the idea of fusing beatboxing, he's like "You're killing my vibe bro! "
At least get the beatboxer a better mic lol
I agree. I think it spoils the beauty of it.
But i think it was more a thing of how uncomfortably close the beatboxer was to him ahaha
I agree. I'd rather watch Alash perform their music in its completely traditional way. I don't like how that guy had to come on and ruin it with beatboxing.
Well, I would imagine that they allowed him to be there. I would say they are friends. His name is Shodekeh, and he is a professional beatboxer. And yes, I think while it is interesting, it is not really what they should go for. After all, if it mixes with other styles, it is not pure Tuvan anymore. I also truly think that it did not enhance what the trio was accomplishing. It was more distracting than enhancing. But... on a musical level, I can relate to the attractiveness of cross-fertilization, and I would say that beat boxing is akin to what the Tuvans do... so there... lol. The fourth guy was trying to blend in as much as possible.
They have this song with the beatboxing in their album, so I assume they are very okay with this. I honestly don't think it sounds bad, it just adds some percussion to the tune and also is a cool fusing of old and new (kind of like electro swing!)
I love this singing technique, I love the culture behind it and how it sounds! I'm practicing at home , it isn't perfect but I'm slowly progressing and I love it!
Everyone here is so positive it's so cute. Glad I found this, it is amazing
This may be 8 years old, but the beauty of this music is timeless!
My Mom and Dad had a friend who could throat whistle...a woman friend. She could whistle whole songs too. MynDad said he'd heard of this before when he was young.They came from farm families, country folk, so they may have played music many different ways than organized instruments.its very fascinating to me. Thank you for your performances.
this is something to be proud of that they have sustained such amazing
tradition.
Amazing musicianship and throat singing. The second one gives me goosebumps. So beautiful.
Oh yeah. Throat singing and Rap. Life is good!! (sarc.))
wait.. what rap?
5:03 i looked at all the performances of this particular song, this moment was the best time he nailed the notes in any performance , we're blessed to be there to listen to it .
That was crazy beautiful! I never heard anything like this before, but while my husband drove us through the city, as soon as the concrete turned to trees...something broke and tears came pouring out. Connection with nature and ancients..then with modern beat bx? No idea, but I loved it.
"all over the world, from Baltimore to Boston"
lol, fuckin americans. I love you.
Love you too lol
You could actually pick 2 cities right next to eachother, it'd still work :D
ACtually... "From Baltimore to Baltimore" would work too!
I'm an American mate but I feel ya XD
Bart Van Wunsel I get you, so instead of counting the space inbetween the two cities, you calculate the space of the earth in a head band kind of shape. I think you'd have to explain it that way in order for people to get it though. Usually when people say "from ____ to ____" they mean the space inbetween.
Music is universal. At this moment I have goosebumps.
Alash came to my school today March 19 2019
Wow that really nice.
Lucky you
I could listen to this for days
I am Mongolian. I am proud of Tuvans. Pls reunite to us by your soul at least
Reunite? Tuvans were always Turkic and Tuvan throat singing has Turkic shamanic origins! Mongols have nothing to do with Turkic people other than the fact they we lived together for 1000s of years.
@@onur4055 There is still Mongolian DNA in many Turkic people. Why are you so against it?
@@user-3aa6234fh iam Nogai tatar turk we are not mongols we areturks!!!
@@user-3aa6234fh turk=turkish=turkic=turkmen
@@thebrawlerking5623 in Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tuvan and Altai people there is a lot of Mongolian DNA. You don't think they are your brothers? Why so angry?
This is the most beautiful piece I've heard in years...brings tears so heatfelt and honest. No auto tune here, thnk gdz.
So grateful to have seen this music in-person at the Tuvan State Institute of Throat Singing in Кызыл.
Wow.....This performance was a whole experience from beginning to end! Incredible! That 2nd item....😢
When cultures collide! It was all brilliant but the addition of the beatboxing was just phenomenal!
Ebonibrandon; u would love the stuff Paul Penna did wiv one of these throat singers
It was in a documentary called 'Genghis Blues' x
Imagine being a XIII-century Chinese soldier patrolling the Great Wall and suddenly hearing these songs
Um those are not Mongols, those are Tuvans.
@Th3 DON The Gökturk Khaganate existed in th 6th century, not 9th. But the Mongols and Turks are still related by blood.
Well thats the thing is because alot, like ALOT of turks were part of mongolian military. Infact subutai one of genghis best generals was tuvan.
By far some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard
these guys just came to my school and performed and they were absolutely amazing!
I hope this kind of art is never lost over time. Our youth need to learn there are other musics (such as this) other than the regular pop or hip-hop stuff.
Просто завораживает !
Больше спасибо!
Успехов Вам ребята !!!
✌🙂👍
That second song was absolutely beautiful, and the music haunting. I was transported to another time and place.
That second song gave me chills. It was so beautiful and serene.
It all began when I saw a simple and small clip of a Mongolian throat singer and fell in love with it. From there I've been discovering that throat music might just be the best human Digeridoo music. It's so beautiful to me and idk why. There's just such an awesome sound to some of them and I love it with a passion now. It's almost like old fashion techno songs but made with human sounds
Queen Okasih there is also an italian thoroat singing, also polyphonic singing of european nations is much better
ilya_Rusin
I doubt it
Queen Okasih i can send you some links, but youtube system will probably delete them, just type ''canto a tenore" (it's italian-sardinian throat singing). For Georgian-North Caucasian music type one of these:
1) Ensemble Mtskheta - Sharatin
2) saxumaro afxazuri
Russian folk music: "Концерт ансамбля Казачий КругЪ"
Where have they been all my life?! I just discovered them and I just love them. What an amazing sound! It really touched me deeply.
I love their quiet mastery, what a privilege to watch these dedicated men, this is completely new to me thank you poster
This singing is so otherworldly! It's amazing!
9:40 on to the end just put a smile on my face. How cool! Love this Tuvan singing anyway.
Amazing. The breath control, the discipline to take sound and harness it to the throat.
Thank you Alash (the 3 of you) for such an amazing and wonderful performance !
Something about this just hits the soul....I have tears in my eyes and idk why....
Beautiful. These beautiful sounds. From the soul brings peace of heart thank you
Never thought id like something like this.
But this really touched me. I am instantly a fan.
Taken back the song about the sisters brought me to tears truly beautiful thank you
This music blew my mind and I will never be the same again.
I got tears falling on the second song ...
I don't understand any word still getting goosebumps
one of the most marvelous feats accomplished with the human body i have ever heard of.
This is incredible... love this type of music... relaxes me and makes me appreciate other cultures and their roots
I am so hooked on Tuvan music! I strongly recommend you check out a Tuvan band called Huun Huur Tu. They make very traditional, amazing music like these guys
gee my first exposure was huun huur tu, now I’m here
I watched Huun Huur Tu live in Frankfurt my intro to throat singing beautiful 🌸
Saw these guys in Philly and it was stunning as all get out.
one of the most unique, beautiful song and amazing low voice technique. amazing creation by the traditionalist.
Truly Remarkable. This is straight artististry,talent. I'm blown away by this. This is amazing!!
This is so freaking cool! Weird, but cool! It's so strange how those sounds can even come out of a human throat!
Муражки по коже👏🏻
Тувинское горловое пение♥️
such a beautiful culture and pure music wish we had this kind of pure and basic music on the radio
One of the most amazing things I've ever listened to
I have no desire to clime Mt. Everest, don't care to acquire a mansion or exotic cars, don't care about being rich or famous or climbing the corporate ladder. I have but one ambition in life, and that is to learn to learn to sing like that.
butlerproman have you learnt it yet?
No, can't say as I have. Maybe I need to master an easier skill first, like playing the bagpipes. Then, I can accompany my throat singing with the bagpipes. I'll perform on the streets and the masses will throw cash into my upturned hat and life will be glorious.
butlerproman stay in school tho
School? FEH! Been there and done that in spades. All they want to do is teach you accounting and philosophy and writing a proper paragraph and prokaryotes and eukaryotes and the circulatory system of fetal pigs and Martin Buber's I-thou relationship and gestalt psychotherapy and dyadic encounters and on-delay and off-delay relays and ladder logic and how to make a bead that looks like a stack of dimes and has good penetration. None of which is useful in learning the bagpipes or throat singing. It pains me to think of all the time and energy we spend on useless distractions to the neglect of such lofty and sublime pursuits as those.
Learn the overtone part first,it's not difficult though to reach this standard would be.
These sounds are the steppes, the wind in the falcon's wings, the sound of hooves on stone and the feel of the wind in your hair....
WRONG! Conan, what is best in life?
I absolutely love tuvan throat singing, it's so other worldly
INACREDITÁVEL! Two different voice tons. I dont even know how to say this in english. Wtf!!! Theyre amazing, whatta voice control!!!!! This is mindblowing.
None of the gringos before me says anything about that, the two different voice tons. Masterpiece