Ormiston & Candida Valentino Web Pages / Mongolian Khöömii Singing Papers, Singers and Recordings, UK
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Mongolian Khöömii Singing Papers, Singers and Recordings
There have been many explanations of khöömii that I have come across over the years. I will attempt to point to the main contributors and sources. My own studies brought me to Mongolia in 1993/4/7 and 2000/5/6 and I have interviewed attended and set up workshops with Gereltsogt (London 1993) and Tserendavaa (Europe 2002) that gave me further insight. This page is still under construction and will be updated as I find time to put more information on. If you would like to send me any information regarding Mongolian khöömii and if any Mongolian khöömii singers would like their own page on this site then please email me at ormi_khoomii@yahoo.com
Carol Pegg’s articles on Khöömii Khöömii nomination extract for UNSECO Intangible Cultural Heritage 2010
Scientific American Article September 1999
The Chöömij of Mongolia A Spectral Analysis of Overtone Singing by Ronald Walcott 1974
Original Research and Acoustical Analysis in connection with the Xöömij Style of Biphonic Singing Tran Quang Hai and Denis Guillou, Paris 1980
A Two Voiced Song With No Words by Lauri Harvilahti circa 1981
Tuvin Folk Music by A. N. Aksenov, Tuvinskaia Narodnaia Muzyka (Moscow, 1964)
Analysis of Acoustical Features of Biphonic Singing Voices Male and Female Xöömij and Male Steppe Kargiraa By Takeda, Shoichi and Muraoka, Teruo
Why Do We Perceive Two Tones Simultaneously In Xoomij Mongolian Traditional Singing? By MasashiYamada Synthesis of the laryngeal source of throat singing using a 2×2-mass model Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Hiroshi Imagawa, Seiji Niimi, Naotoshi Osaka
Physical Modelling of the vocal tract of a Sygyt singer by Chen-Gia Tsai
Perception of Overtone Singing by Chen-Gia Tsai
Kargyraa and meditation by Chen-Gia Tsai
Growl Voice in Ethnic and Pop Styles Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Leonardo Fuks, Hiroshi Imagawa, Niro Tayama 2004Naotoshi Osaka 2006
Observation of Laryngeal Movements for Throat Singing. Vibrations of two pairs of folds in the human larynx Ken-Ichi Sakakibara, Tomoko Konishi, Emi Zuiki Murano, Hiroshi Imagawa, Masanobu Kumada, Kazumasa Kondo, and Seiji Niimi
December 2002
Altai Khangai Ensemble info on Khöömii from the net
Zulsar on Khöömii from the Net
Page one of some Mongolian CD’s Featuring khöömii with track listings and liner notes
Page two of some Mongolian CD’s Featuring khöömii with track listings and liner notes
Page three of Some Mongolian CD’s found on the net An Incomplete List of recorded Mongolian khöömii singers, click on letters A to F G to R S to Z Magic of Tone and the Art of Music by the late Dane Rhudyar
This is a very interesting extract about the Harmonic series from the now out of print book
Some Khöömii, Khoomei, Overtone Singing Links and Related Sites now mainly out of date will update soon
