Mongolian music Turkic language family throat singing

The Mongolians are renowned for their love for music and singing. . Perhaps the bestknown musical form of the Mongols is the throat singing tradition known as hoomii, extant among all or most Mongols though best known internationally from Tuva. Sung differently than traditional vocals. In Mongolia, the mostfamous throatsingers include Khalkhas like Gereltsogt and Sundui, while the Tuvan group HuunHuurTu has an international following. This unique type of singing involves the production of two distinctively audible pitches at the same time, including a low pedal note, or drone, derived from the fundamental frequency of the vocal cord vibrations, and higher melodic notes that result when the singer s mouth acts as a filter, selecting one note at a time from among the drone s natural overtone series pitches.