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(Looking for free Mongolian Music downloads?) Mongolia, known for its wide open spaces (the most common adjective used to describe it is "vast"), relative obscurity on the world stage, and Genghis Khan, is home to some very unique traditional music. Along with Tuva, a small Russian republic that borders Mongolia in the northwest, these plains and the Altai Mountains have produced the highly distinct throat singing called khoomei, as well as instruments such as the doshpuluur and morin khuur. The overall feel of Mongolian and Tuvan music is melancholy, yet free. Despite influence from China, Central Asia and Siberia, Mongolian music is at once recognizable for its tremendous feeling of ancientness. Despite the deep history evident in every song and sound, Mongolia (and especially Tuva) are also home to musicians who play traditional music but keep it fresh by incorporating outside influences. Artists like Huun Huur Tu , Egschiglen and Yat-Kha tour and record outside the area, and have developed international followings devoted to their highly unique musical alchemy. Mongolian Music Info Huun Huur Tu is a four-member folk music group from the small Russian republic of Tuva, a geographical and spiritual neighbor of Mongolia. Huun Huur Tu plays traditional Mongolian instruments such as the morin khuur, igil, and doshpuluur, as well as western instruments like the guitar and... [more] The national musical symbol of Mongolia, the morin khuur is a long, guitar-like instrument with two strings and played with a bow. Its sound is wild and free, like the horses running unrestrained on the huge, open steppes of central Asia. It is an instrument with a magical origin, a warm, independent... [more] Throat singing is a skill in which one singer produces up to six tones at once through manipulation of the mouth and throat. It is most closely associated with Central Asia, especially the small Russian republic of Tuva (where it is known as khoomei, a term that also refers to a specific type of... [more] Bridging the gap between ancient Mongolian throat-singing and Western hard rock, Yat-Kha, led by musical pioneer Albert Kuvezin, must be one of the most unique bands on the planet. From Tuva, a small Russian republic with much in common culturally with Mongolia, Kuvezin plays the guitar and... [more] |
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