Mongolian music

Music is very important part of Mongolian culture. Mongolian music is varied in many genres like Folk /Traditional/, Classic /Opera/, Modern /Pop, Rock, Hip Hop, R&B, other/. Today I will focus on traditional music. Especially throat singing /overtone singing/ which is called Khoomii in Mongolian. Among the unique contributions of Mongolia to the world's musical culture are the long songs, one of the greatest features of the Mongolian music, throat singing (overtone singing) and morin khuur (tradtional musical instrument), the horse-headed fiddle. The music of Mongolia is also rich with varieties related to the various ethnic groups of the country: Oirats, Hotogoid, Tuvans, Darhad, Buryats, Tsaatan, Dariganga, Uzemchins, Barga, Kazakhs and Khalha.

Overtone singing, also known as throat singing , is a type of singing in which the singer manipulates the formats created as air travels from the lungs, past the vocals folds, and out the lips to produce a melody.

In Mongolia, throat singing is found mostly in the western part of the country. Khöömii (throat singing) (written in Cyrillic as Хөөмий) can be divided up into the following categories.

• uruulyn / labial Khöömii
• tagnain / palatal Khöömii
• khamryn / nasal Khöömii
• bagalzuuryn, khooloin / glottal, throat Khöömii
• tseejiin khondiin, khevliin / chest cavity, stomach Khöömii
• turlegt or khosmoljin Khöömii / Khöömii combined with long song

Mongolians also sing in a style known as "karkhiraa" (literally "growling").

Here I included video of Mongolian famous performer from Youtube:

Here is some Monglian throat singer's songs:

Siilen boor - Zulsar

14 The mirare of roush rocks.wma - Zulsar

18 Altain magtaal.wma - Zulsar