Throat Singing

Throat singing may refer to:

  • Overtone singing, also known as overtone chanting, or harmonic singing
    • Tuvan throat singing, a form of overtone singing
  • duet styles:
    • Inuit throat singing, a kind of duet as an entertaining contest
    • Rekuhkara, formerly practiced by the Ainu of Hokkaidō
  • The term may also indicate the application of a harsh voice or some other constriction

Famous quotes containing the words throat and/or singing:

    “In church your grandsire cut his throat;
    To do the job too long he tarried:
    He should have had my hearty vote
    To cut his throat before he married.”
    —Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

    “Instead of singing like the birds, I silently smiled at my incessant good fortune.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)