- It is a form of
chanting on one note
- where the partials-
constituent parts
- (overtones or
harmonics) are selectively
- amplified by
changing the shape of the
- resonant cavities
of the mouth, larynx and pharynx. These notes are
always present in any note, but while they colour
the note and give it its quality they are usually
inaudible.
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- This is a form of
chanting traditionally found only in Central Asia
- in Mongolia, Tuva and Tibet. In Mongolia and
Tuva (Siberia), it is called khöömii (khoomei,
höömii or xöömii) which means throat singing.
In Tibet, in a few Tantric Colleges only, it is
done by the monks as part of ceremonial practice.
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- One form of it was
first introduced into the West by Karlheinz
Stockhausen in his piece Stimmung, first
performed in December 1968.
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Since working with Stockhausen between 1971-1974 and with the chantmaster of the Gyutö Tibetan Monastery and
Tantric College and later with a Mongolian khöömii master,
Jill Purce introduced overtone chanting workshops into the west and has taught many thousands
of people all over the world as part of an larger awareness of the voice as a spiritual, meditative
and healing tool that all of us possess, but most no longer use.
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