MUSIC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Spectrogram, Tuvan Throat Singing, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

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- Thinking about the system that music creates
- How the significance of music changes depending on where the musicians are
CHINA // MONGOLIA
- See map on slide
- Spiritual land-based practices, musical throat singing in Mongolia (also connected with
indigenous people of Canada)
- “Qin” player (“Flowing Water”)
- Tuva (part of Russia)
- Culturally connected to practices of Mongolia
- Nomadic people
- Kongar-ol Ondar is a practitioner of Tuvan [musician] throat singing, also called
overtone singing
- Ex: On the David Letterman show
- Overtones series: A series of pitches - of predictable, naturally - occurring
intervals above the fundamental (low note)
- Throat singing: A technique of singing that includes manipulates the vibration of
the air column in the throat to produce overtones and timbre
- Timbre: the sound and quality of the pitch (ex: nasal or lowness of voice)
- Overtone singing: A style of throat singing in which the throat produces resonant
harmonic tones that are then developed into a feature of the music
- Particularly deals with high overtones created
- See slide of different frequencies
- Smaller and smaller intervals as the octave goes up (scientifically)
- Mimesis/mimetic
- Philosophical term (Greek), having to do with imitation and representation
- Music usually imitates aspects of nature (may also be in drama, in literature)
-Ovaa (spirit shrine) and Ee (spirit master)
-QUOTED: “For Tuvans who embrace a traditional world view, the spiritual is hard to
avoid. For Tuvans, the world is thick with spirits.”
-QUOTED: “In the old days, herders used to sit by a stream in the evening and throat-
sing. The stream itself showed them how to sing. Listen.”
-Khoomeii (Genre of overtone singing, where the harmonic melody is high, imitating wind)
- Exploits overtone series
- Ex: “Khoomei on Horseback”
- What do you hear: horse hooves, man singing
- What to hear: High, whistling style. Pentatonic scale in melody. Multiple
voices, but one musical melodic line/instrument. Meter provided by
horses’ hooves. Jostling of horse changes timbre.
- Meter changes when the horse changes pace
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How the significance of music changes depending on where the musicians are. Spiritual land-based practices, musical throat singing in mongolia (also connected with indigenous people of canada) Kongar-ol ondar is a practitioner of tuvan [musician] throat singing, also called overtone singing. Overtones series: a series of pitches - of predictable, naturally - occurring intervals above the fundamental (low note) Throat singing: a technique of singing that includes manipulates the vibration of the air column in the throat to produce overtones and timbre. Timbre: the sound and quality of the pitch (ex: nasal or lowness of voice) Overtone singing: a style of throat singing in which the throat produces resonant harmonic tones that are then developed into a feature of the music. Smaller and smaller intervals as the octave goes up (scientifically) Philosophical term (greek), having to do with imitation and representation. Music usually imitates aspects of nature (may also be in drama, in literature)

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