Guides to throat singing and Mongolian music

Short, simple guides for curious listeners. Each one ends with songs you can play right away.

• What is Mongolian throat singing?One voice, two notes: where khöömii comes from, the main styles and the instruments.
• How to throat singA gentle, step-by-step start for complete beginners. You can find your first overtone today.
• Types of throat singing around the worldMongolian, Tuvan, Inuit and Tibetan throat singing share a name, but each has its own sound and story.
• What is a throat singer?One voice, two notes at once. Here is what a throat singer does, and how women are changing the art.
• Mongolian music: a beginner's guideFrom herders' songs on the open steppe to rock stages, the sound of Mongolia in five minutes.
• Mongolian songs with English lyricsEvery song on UYANA's debut album, with the Mongolian lyrics, Latin letters and an English translation.
• Dark folk musicOld instruments, deep drones and stories of nature and myth. Here is what dark folk is, and where throat singing fits.
• Morin khuur: the horsehead fiddleTwo strings, a bow and a carved horse head. Meet the instrument that sounds like the steppe.
• Shaman drum musicA steady beat, a big round drum and a journey in sound. Meet the shaman drum of Mongolia and Siberia.
• Throat singing metal, rock and technoThe oldest sound of the steppe has found a new home on rock stages and dance floors.
• Throat singing in NorwayTwo cold lands, two herding cultures, and one voice from Norway that sings like the steppe.