Factoid of the week: Throat singing

I had written about Tuva, in the past, including a video of their traditional "throat singing".



but I didn't know that this type of singing is done in other cultures,, or how they do it.

Atlas Obscura has an article about throat singing in Sardinia, and notes:

Throat singing shows up in various musical traditions, the most famous of which is probably Tuvan, or from a remote Russian republic bordering Mongolia. For some reason, it seems to appear most often in the native music of cold-weather communities: the Sami people of Scandinavia, the Inuits in Canada, and among Buddhists in Tibet.

the article also explains how it is done: by using the "false vocal cords" in the throat.

if you can sing or speak—using your regular vocal cords—while vibrating your vestibular folds, you end up, incredibly, harmonizing with yourself. The vestibular folds will vibrate at one octave lower than whatever tone you sing. That specific difference in pitch is consistent, and even the most experienced throat singers can’t change it.