did you hear about "canto a tenore" of Sardinia? Is probably the last throat singing we have in Europe. Is a combination of throat singing ad normal singing. Each village in Sardinia have its style. ruclips.net/video/z-m3V1cwnPY/видео.html
Cuz it kinda isn't but I may be biased cuz I literally had an experienced mongolian dude give me tips when I was 12 >< These days you lads got so much access to info on the topic online that there's really no excuse no to learn it if you want to
Fun fact: the man doing the Sadukaar throat singing in the Dune Scene is Michael Geiger. He is one of my professors whom I've studied vocal pedagogy with during my undergrad at APU.
Zimmer also said it wasn't throat singing. The singer was singing the track and then a compressor was added and the dials swung back and forth to the extremes to get the effect.
I watched one of the videos with them in which they actually teach throat singing and the American guy introducing them (who studied over in Tuva) said, "all the songs are about horses, women or nature without exceptions" 😂.
I saw them live in Utrecht, The Netherlands.. It was one of the most magical evenings of my life.. got pretty high with a friend. The best part is there was a break in the show and we went outside to smoke some more. All the Huun Huur Tu members came outside in their traditional clothes to smoke a cigarette, a bottle of heineken in the other hand. Made me love them even more.
I came across Mongolian throat singing before Dune 1 aired for the first time, when my oldest kid was a newborn and wouldn’t fall sleep with any other music or lullabies. This sound helped him, so naturally, as a desperate rookie father, I mastered it. When Dune 1 came out I was like … my son finds calm in the same soothing songs the Sadukaar do.
I love the thought of Brandon and his mates just sitting around chilling and one of them just coming out with "wouldn't it be really cool to throat sing?" and them practicing it every night for months
I'm starting to believe that Brandon is actually a 300 year old vampire who gathered music knowledge through all these years and now he's sharing it with us and therefore exposing himself little by little as a vampire.
@@benlow46 he could have learnt those skills from an older more experienced vampire, before dethroning him and taking over as lord of the immortal bards.
Not sure why, but I'm obsessed with how both Dune films open with those short Sharduakar language blurbs. It's just so freakin' cool. I could listen to all day.
My friend's son throat sings and plays multiple instruments, including those from indigenous tribes. He's autistic and such a beautiful soul. He creates such magical music.
@@jameji_phd I wish I would've known about false cords and how they connect back when I was 10 when I was all ready throat singing. Im still struggling on getting a nasty false cord out myself. but Im relearning compression since the :breath from your diaphragm" is a terrible way to explain how to use your abdominal muscles to get better control. Most people are like, we all ready breath from our diaphragms???? And I love to run, like a forest gump, I have many breathing techniques down. but telling someone breath from your diaphram is just an awful way to express what is meant. so relearning, and hopefully, I can get out a nice false cord. I can falsetto fine at times, and I want some of that goblin goodness.
Everyone loves mongolian music. The only ones who don't like it are the ones who never heard a mongolian traditional song. Once you get into mongolian music you immediately love it😂
I was blown away by Mongolian Throat Singing when I watched the movie, "Genghis Blues.," in the 1990s. It tells of more than just the singing, but also the subject of some of the songs and the philosophy to which the song responds. Thank you, Brandon, for reminding me to try to cultivate this musical technique.
in 5 mins i've not only learned to throat sing (at least how to get the sound) but it also cracked the code for how to get that metal scream sound (which I've been trying to figure out for freaking years)
if you want to project that even louder. the diaphram breathing which makes no sense needs to be used. use your abs to displace your organs. Also another metal sound, since there is so many, tunnel throat, and roll your tongue under it self so the scream glides over this little space in-between the roof of your mouth and your tongue. We call this, the toilet bowl 🥸
I went to high school with Brandon! We were in choir together with Mr. Mielke! I was great friends with his younger brother Ross, we graduated in the same class. Super talented family, his twin brother Brian is also an incredibly talented artist as well. I had no idea you got famous bro! Congrats and wishing you well! 🎉
Honestly, explaining it with the "vroom" effect really made a difference for me! I have to sing lower than you, it's just a tad high, but this was fun! I've been listening to a lot of Wardruna and Heilung and they do a lot of throat singing. Thank you for this! You are sweet, calm and do yourself no justice for the clean notes and pretty singing voice that you have. You could very well be a real singer, your voice is amazing! I'd love for you sing MOOOOOORE!
"the HU" are my favorite. You're pretty good at it! I'm healing from throat cancer and radiation on my vocal chords so I can barely talk. And now, as an artist, I'm obsessed with it! thank you! SUBBED!
I very much appreciate how you actually explain HOW you managed to make the sound in a way someone else can try to follow. I'm not sure if I'll actually try it yet, but I have an idea how to start thanks to this video.
Wow, who would've thought Brandon would get us into Mongolian throat singing? Given my Mongolian roots, I've always known about this cool singing style. Kargyraa is just a piece of the massive Khoomei throat singing puzzle, which includes all sorts of awesome overtone and undertone techniques. I haven't got the hang of undertone yet, but I'm currently getting the knack of overtone singing. Brandon, you absolutely killed it!
Watching this while being able to throat sing my whole life without even knowing what it was until recently is fun to see you explain how to do it, because it is absolutely true how you explain it. It's like a growl almost but it takes zero effort like just speaking
Also, Kargyra really clears your throat and warms it up. Usually after doing it for half an hour intensly, I found out that my normal singing voice is much more consistent, with more color and easier to do vocal acrobatics.
Dude I've been practicing throat singing with various YT tutorials for 2 weeks, never got as close as I wanted it. After your suggestion it worked within a minute
That's actually a pretty common beatbox sound and we call it "throat bass". Almost all tutorials say to try to clean your throat and try to focus on the vibration that that action does in your throat, when you get it, just try to extend it and drink a lot of water because it'll probably hurt a bit.
I've tried to throat sing FOREVER and somehow your explanation about having to vibrate my bestivular folds and to resonate with my chest made something kick in in my brain and like in two minutes i was throat singing loudly and with no pain this is insane
Kargyraa has been used in TV and film for decades now. I have followed Huun Huur Tu since the late 90s but recently got to see Alash Ensemble. Prepping for the show I was surprised that I like their recordings better than Huun Huur Tu, although it's hard to beat their recordings with the Bulgarian Voices. It was such a great experience seeing Tuvan music live.
ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US. literally I have studied throat anatomy to perfect my natural way I found throat singing to be even more obnoxious. you from it to a metal scream, and use the throat tunnel, and fold your tongue under itself so its squshed into the roof of your mouth. youll make the toilet bowl growl. I didnt learn to be a metal singer, I just like to aggravate people. and honestly randomly dropping a toilet bowl growl when someone is raging at me is the best thing ever. the feeling of instantly turning their rage into bewilderment can not be beated.
Seeing this live with The Hu was something else. Another great band that does this style of throat singing, and arguably now the most internationally famous.
When we are learning music, people push us to study just things about our instrument, to see the world without the perspective of other instruments or musicians... In the deep of my bones I hate study just my instrument, there's no fun in live in a world with a lot of great instruments and look just for one. You need to have a focus of course, choose a main instrument it's really good. But that never mean you want to narrow yourself, read and have fun with the others, like a videogame, become great in one and use the others to appreciate the process of learning. I really admire you Mr Acker... Aways showing curiosity and genuine interest for other instruments, respecting the differences of all of them. Thank you for Everyone for reading this, sorry for the Misspellings 😅, I'm still learning english 🇧🇷
Dude, i was never THAT much into throat singing. I watched this vid out of curiosity, but somehow you unlocked something on my throat, and now I spend the day summoning kenghis all around with my deep cranky singing. Thanks!
I also got super obsessed with Huun Huur Tu in my teens and taught myself how to do it! I saw them live in Utrecht, The Netherlands.. It was one of the most magical evenings of my life.. got pretty high with a friend. The best part is there was a break in the show and we went outside to smoke some more. All the Huun Huur Tu members came outside in their traditional clothes to smoke a cigarette, a bottle of heineken in the other hand. Made me love them even more.
Nice! I've been a fan of Huun Huur Tu for years! Thanks for making this video Brandon! If anyone's interested in how this might sound in a rock setting, I highly recommend bands like Yat-Kha and Hartyga
Thank you very kindly for this easy to follow tutorial with a very basic example and a description of what it feels like. Fantastic explanation for beginners or jsut curious people.
I just completely caught myself off guard because before he showed how to do it he was giving examples of what it sounded like and I thought, “hmm, I wonder if I could make that noise,” and then jumpscared myself by doing it first try.
As a person who also randomly became obsessed with throat singing in college I am excited that Hans Zimmer brought it in to the textures of Dune's Soundtrack. There is actually a really great short documentary here on RUclips where he talks about the music and highlights the amazingly talented people he worked with.
Thank you so much! I can't explain how much this made me happy! I can actually kind of do it now, I've been trying this for a long time. Thank you for making it this simple!
I learned about Kargyraa through Richard Feynman (yes, the late Mathematician). I was watching a documentary about him, and he mentioned that, just for fun, back in the 80s (?) he and a friend wrote a letter to the Government of Tuva. I don't even remember what he wrote, but I started digging into this "Tuva" country I never heard about before and that's how I learned Kongar-ol Ondar, a singer from Tuva who made a whole album in 1999 about (other than the obligatory horse-related songs) Richard Feynman! Sadly, Kongar-ol passed away in 2013. One of his Albums "Back Tuva Future" is findable on YT (and the first song contains snippets of Feynman singing one of his silly songs). Oh, did I mention Kongar-ol also made a song with a Native-American man in the same album? It's WILD!
I can throat sing too. Long story short, I got ADHD, and when I was in elemenary, I was the most hyperactive idiot ever. When I was bored (literally all time) I taught myself how to do this weird gurlgy noise that I calle robot voice. Our teacher showed us Throat singing from Baztorig's famous In Praise of Chingis Khan video, but I was too possessed by my ADHD to understand. Later, I went through the subject for the Mongol invasions in history during Secondary. I was imediately captivated and wanted to learn more. I later fell in love with traditional music and realised that I could throat sing due to my stupid self practicing throat singing, WITHOUT KNOWING IT, all the 6 years of my Elementay school. Later I learned Bass Kargyraa, which a very, VERY low Kargyraa and even later I learned Khomei. Now, I am practicing Sygyt style, which is the hardest. I would appreciate if you would excuse me for my terrible skills in the English language. I do not communicate with such tongue in my daily basis.
Your demonstration was amazing! Thank you for sharing this video! The tradition of throat singing is quite widely spread. It is preserved by many native Siberian people, not only Tuvan, but also Altai, Buryat, Khakas and others. In fact, Inuit in North America have a unique and distinct type of throat singing as well.
I saw first DUNE four times in cinema and that throat singing gave me goosebumps every single time. Hans Zimmer did tons of fun stuff while making DUNE soundtrack, dude's just unbelievable music mastermind. :D
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Of course the vampire knows the singing techniques used by the invaders of his land
Hahahaha I love it, 3 years ago I got really into dune and then last summer I got really into tuva and especially huun huur tu and your channel so it's always just fun to have all the interests come together. Haha your kargyraa was pretty good too
Guys chill it's just one of his skills he picked up being alive and immortal for so long over the centuries Plot twist : he was there when it was pioneered for the first time
I love Huun Huur Tu, saw them live in Berlin in a church. Spectacular sound. Another well known throat singer is Batzorig Vaanchig. Alex Glenfield is a western expert on different styles of overtone/throat singing. He has a youtube channel where you can also find an indepth tutorial. His famous "Seven Styles of Overtone Singing" video was my first contact with this kind of music.
Hearing you describe trying it reminded me of something I did when I was younger, whistling and humming at the same time. It's sounds like a very similar effect is happening to the sound when trying it. It sounds like you're humming and whistling at the same time until you hit the right pitch and they become one
Throat singing is practiced not only in Mongolia, but also in some areas of Russia: in such republics as Komi, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Yakutia and others
Yeah, not just in Russia but in many other cultures. But I think he did only kayagraa way to do it. So that's why he showed mongolia and tuva. This style is popular in tuva and mongolia
Can we talk about the dude with the freaking angels voice at around the 1:38 mark?? who is he? edit: just saw his name written up there with the name of the piece lmfao im dumb
I've learned to do this by listening to the Hu and Ummet Ozcan. I still do this everyday and enjoy it as I do find it fun. I only wish I had more people to do this with and perhaps someday sing in a unison with a group.
Ive been practicing how to throat sing for 14 years now, learned by watching huun huur tu, i was inspired by my friend who showed me a hr long documentary about paul pena wrote the song big jet airliners. Blind soulful musician who learned to throat by radio. Huun huur tu tours in the states, sort of Honor tradition when they met him after his passing.
Quick nitpick: phonation occurs in all voiced sounds, not just in vowels. You can tell if you're phonating by touching your Adam's apple -- if you feel vibration, you're phonating. So you feel the vibrations when you say /z/, which is voiced, but not with /s/, which is voiceless (otherwise, these two sounds are completely identical). That said, some voiced sounds, like /b/, /d/ and /g/, are so brief that it can be hard to feel the vibrations of the vocal folds, AKA phonation.
I discovered Mongolian Throat Singing through The Hu, since then I've got nuts about it. Cool to see you can do it !!! A surprise and not at the same time 😂
I watched these guys to learn how to do it - 1 year + on my journey, self taught and i believe I'm well off with throat singing ❤😊 such a awesome and random talent to have ! Great for the lungs too
I can now do this. I am so happy. I accidentally started hitting this spot when doing random vocalizations in the early morning when my voice is deeper. I did not realize this is what I've been hearing in that amazing scene in Dune. Thank you so very very much. Good thing I live alone because I will be otherwise intolerable in the next few days experimenting.
HUN HUUR TU! Saw them live twice. been praticing ever since! I love that nobody's an expert except the mongolians and tuvans. LOL Sygyt is so hard, years of practice and still not there but not giving up!
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did you hear about "canto a tenore" of Sardinia? Is probably the last throat singing we have in Europe. Is a combination of throat singing ad normal singing. Each village in Sardinia have its style. ruclips.net/video/z-m3V1cwnPY/видео.html
I like how Brandon just casually dropped he can throat singing like it's no big deal.
Mortal isnt a multi instrumentalist
Idk why but I know many classical guitarists (myself included) who are also vocalists
“hi, I’m Brandon Acker. I’m a freaking amazing musician…aaaaaaand I can Mongolian Throat Sing. Don’t forget to like and subscribe.”
But I can throat sing… aren’t we all nerds though?
Cuz it kinda isn't but I may be biased cuz I literally had an experienced mongolian dude give me tips when I was 12 ><
These days you lads got so much access to info on the topic online that there's really no excuse no to learn it if you want to
Fun fact: the man doing the Sadukaar throat singing in the Dune Scene is Michael Geiger. He is one of my professors whom I've studied vocal pedagogy with during my undergrad at APU.
There's also an awesome interview with him on RUclips in which he explains a lot of stuff.
Awesome
Zimmer also said it wasn't throat singing. The singer was singing the track and then a compressor was added and the dials swung back and forth to the extremes to get the effect.
@@cchavezjr7 not true. I've seen and heard him myself. He can do it with his bare voice
@@ehudzechariahschmidt7036 ruclips.net/video/93A1ryc-WW0/видео.htmlsi=r8ez68U1MkCmw77c&t=248
i saw a show with huun huur tu and they introduced almost every song with "this song is about horses" which was just kinda cool
also, 'ancestors' came up a couple of times :D
I’ve seen them live twice now, it’s an experience I can only recommend. They are amazing in person, very powerful stuff…and indeed, a lot of horses.
I watched one of the videos with them in which they actually teach throat singing and the American guy introducing them (who studied over in Tuva) said, "all the songs are about horses, women or nature without exceptions" 😂.
I'd like to recommend Khartyga, they are awesome. Amazing band
I saw them live in Utrecht, The Netherlands.. It was one of the most magical evenings of my life.. got pretty high with a friend. The best part is there was a break in the show and we went outside to smoke some more. All the Huun Huur Tu members came outside in their traditional clothes to smoke a cigarette, a bottle of heineken in the other hand. Made me love them even more.
I visited Mongolia and can confirm “this is about horses” or “because horses” is probably the most common explanation of everything. :p
Haha as a Mongolian I confirm this to be true.
Understandable. Horses are pretty great.
a surprising amount of Russian history is explained as "because the Mongolians had horses"
they visited Portland. when one of them translated the song as "Without a horse, how will I find my love?" everybody in the audience laughed.
Thought this was based on the Tibetan Chant?
I came across Mongolian throat singing before Dune 1 aired for the first time, when my oldest kid was a newborn and wouldn’t fall sleep with any other music or lullabies.
This sound helped him, so naturally, as a desperate rookie father, I mastered it.
When Dune 1 came out I was like … my son finds calm in the same soothing songs the Sadukaar do.
The Bene Gesserit would like to know your location
He shall know your ways as if born to them…
I do exactly the same for my son right now!
😂😂 that’s a cute story!!
I guess it's time to watch Dune part 1 and 2 again... 😅
What the heck, who knew Brandon Acker had yet another godlike talent
When you're a vampire, you have a lot of time to learn new things.
@@LostSoulAscension😂
it's not talent, he have just explained how to do it
i literally came here to say the exact same thing LMAO@@LostSoulAscension
"godlike talent" cmon man..
I love the thought of Brandon and his mates just sitting around chilling and one of them just coming out with "wouldn't it be really cool to throat sing?" and them practicing it every night for months
This is the most music student thing I have ever heard
Funnily enough it was me as a music obsessed cs student too LOL
That is genuinely the exact way that I figured out how to do it, except I was alone. I'm not a music student, I'm just a bit odd.
This is exactly how I learned to throat sing lol
What are the odds that a bong was being passed around during that?
I'm starting to believe that Brandon is actually a 300 year old vampire who gathered music knowledge through all these years and now he's sharing it with us and therefore exposing himself little by little as a vampire.
Only starting? I’ve been convinced of it for several year now.
his twin is actually his spare body.
oh significantly older than 300 years, he can play renaissance instruments and older
@@benlow46 he could have learnt those skills from an older more experienced vampire, before dethroning him and taking over as lord of the immortal bards.
Not sure why, but I'm obsessed with how both Dune films open with those short Sharduakar language blurbs. It's just so freakin' cool. I could listen to all day.
My friend's son throat sings and plays multiple instruments, including those from indigenous tribes.
He's autistic and such a beautiful soul. He creates such magical music.
okay, good to know
I might be the son.
Im autsutc And figured out a deeo throat singing just from my vocal stims.
ancient autistic peoples discovered throat singing conrrimed
@@TheMookie1590 Same but I figured it out through a false-fold metal scream hyperfixation
@@jameji_phd I wish I would've known about false cords and how they connect back when I was 10 when I was all ready throat singing.
Im still struggling on getting a nasty false cord out myself.
but Im relearning compression since the :breath from your diaphragm" is a terrible way to explain how to use your abdominal muscles to get better control.
Most people are like, we all ready breath from our diaphragms????
And I love to run, like a forest gump, I have many breathing techniques down.
but telling someone breath from your diaphram is just an awful way to express what is meant.
so relearning, and hopefully, I can get out a nice false cord. I can falsetto fine at times, and I want some of that goblin goodness.
whoa, as mongolian, i never expected one of my favourite youtuber/musician likes mongolian ethnic musics. impressive
Everyone loves mongolian music. The only ones who don't like it are the ones who never heard a mongolian traditional song. Once you get into mongolian music you immediately love it😂
And Tuvan, man
@@BrokenTieagree 100
Batsorig Vaanchig and the HU ftw
I love how Brandon just appreciates music in all its aspects!
I will die on the hill of "Brandon is actually the nicest vampire lord in existence" and no one can change my mind
Watching this as a proud Mongolian. My late grandpa used to sing like this.
I was blown away by Mongolian Throat Singing when I watched the movie, "Genghis Blues.," in the 1990s. It tells of more than just the singing, but also the subject of some of the songs and the philosophy to which the song responds. Thank you, Brandon, for reminding me to try to cultivate this musical technique.
Ghengis Blues is great, but it’s Tuvan not Mongolian!
So, different accent. NBD, but glad you got to post something. @@jamie6373
they are TUVANS
I'm all up with the throat singing thing but Reginald Mobley is just sublime.
When he sang "MWAAAHUUNNGGGAA"
I felt that.
in 5 mins i've not only learned to throat sing (at least how to get the sound) but it also cracked the code for how to get that metal scream sound (which I've been trying to figure out for freaking years)
if you want to project that even louder. the diaphram breathing which makes no sense needs to be used.
use your abs to displace your organs.
Also another metal sound, since there is so many, tunnel throat, and roll your tongue under it self so the scream glides over this little space in-between the roof of your mouth and your tongue.
We call this, the toilet bowl 🥸
I went to high school with Brandon! We were in choir together with Mr. Mielke! I was great friends with his younger brother Ross, we graduated in the same class. Super talented family, his twin brother Brian is also an incredibly talented artist as well. I had no idea you got famous bro! Congrats and wishing you well! 🎉
That's so cool! I can tell who this is from your username though
Honestly, explaining it with the "vroom" effect really made a difference for me! I have to sing lower than you, it's just a tad high, but this was fun! I've been listening to a lot of Wardruna and Heilung and they do a lot of throat singing. Thank you for this! You are sweet, calm and do yourself no justice for the clean notes and pretty singing voice that you have. You could very well be a real singer, your voice is amazing! I'd love for you sing MOOOOOORE!
Very cool! You're the first person to explain this so well.
Looking forward to the lute x throat singing vids 👀
I saw Huun Huur Tu live. They opened with Ancestor's Call and it was powerful and moving beyond words.
Your way of presenting is so modest natural and modest.
Brandons wife: i bet hes cheating
Brandon with the boys: HUNNNNNGGWAAA
🤣🤣🤣
"the HU" are my favorite. You're pretty good at it! I'm healing from throat cancer and radiation on my vocal chords so I can barely talk. And now, as an artist, I'm obsessed with it! thank you! SUBBED!
That motorcycle “vroom” tip really helped me get close to that vibration. Thanks so much! I’ve been trying to figure this out for a while.
I very much appreciate how you actually explain HOW you managed to make the sound in a way someone else can try to follow. I'm not sure if I'll actually try it yet, but I have an idea how to start thanks to this video.
I love the sadukaar throat club mix. Takes it to a whole new level.
Wow, who would've thought Brandon would get us into Mongolian throat singing? Given my Mongolian roots, I've always known about this cool singing style. Kargyraa is just a piece of the massive Khoomei throat singing puzzle, which includes all sorts of awesome overtone and undertone techniques. I haven't got the hang of undertone yet, but I'm currently getting the knack of overtone singing. Brandon, you absolutely killed it!
Watching this while being able to throat sing my whole life without even knowing what it was until recently is fun to see you explain how to do it, because it is absolutely true how you explain it. It's like a growl almost but it takes zero effort like just speaking
this actually unlocked my throat singing, thanks dude
Also, Kargyra really clears your throat and warms it up. Usually after doing it for half an hour intensly, I found out that my normal singing voice is much more consistent, with more color and easier to do vocal acrobatics.
Dude I've been practicing throat singing with various YT tutorials for 2 weeks, never got as close as I wanted it.
After your suggestion it worked within a minute
That's actually a pretty common beatbox sound and we call it "throat bass". Almost all tutorials say to try to clean your throat and try to focus on the vibration that that action does in your throat, when you get it, just try to extend it and drink a lot of water because it'll probably hurt a bit.
I've tried to throat sing FOREVER and somehow your explanation about having to vibrate my bestivular folds and to resonate with my chest made something kick in in my brain and like in two minutes i was throat singing loudly and with no pain this is insane
Kargyraa has been used in TV and film for decades now. I have followed Huun Huur Tu since the late 90s but recently got to see Alash Ensemble. Prepping for the show I was surprised that I like their recordings better than Huun Huur Tu, although it's hard to beat their recordings with the Bulgarian Voices. It was such a great experience seeing Tuvan music live.
Sweet. Learned how to throat sing in less than 5 minutes. "Badink" 🏆"Achievement unlocked"
Thanks! I actually was able to slightly do it
Congrats! And thanks
now I have even more tools to be even more annoying
ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US.
literally I have studied throat anatomy to perfect my natural way I found throat singing to be even more obnoxious.
you from it to a metal scream, and use the throat tunnel, and fold your tongue under itself so its squshed into the roof of your mouth. youll make the toilet bowl growl.
I didnt learn to be a metal singer, I just like to aggravate people.
and honestly randomly dropping a toilet bowl growl when someone is raging at me is the best thing ever. the feeling of instantly turning their rage into bewilderment can not be beated.
Dew it.
You wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? 😂😂😂
This was so unexpected, yet somehow so unsurprising at the same time 😂
Seeing this live with The Hu was something else. Another great band that does this style of throat singing, and arguably now the most internationally famous.
Great band. Those sort of epic metal bands like The Hu and Amon Amarth are just the jam for the gym/ riding motorcycles
When we are learning music, people push us to study just things about our instrument, to see the world without the perspective of other instruments or musicians... In the deep of my bones I hate study just my instrument, there's no fun in live in a world with a lot of great instruments and look just for one.
You need to have a focus of course, choose a main instrument it's really good. But that never mean you want to narrow yourself, read and have fun with the others, like a videogame, become great in one and use the others to appreciate the process of learning.
I really admire you Mr Acker... Aways showing curiosity and genuine interest for other instruments, respecting the differences of all of them.
Thank you for Everyone for reading this, sorry for the Misspellings 😅, I'm still learning english 🇧🇷
Dude, i was never THAT much into throat singing. I watched this vid out of curiosity, but somehow you unlocked something on my throat, and now I spend the day summoning kenghis all around with my deep cranky singing. Thanks!
Yo, I really didn't think you'd make a video on our culture! Love it!
I also got super obsessed with Huun Huur Tu in my teens and taught myself how to do it! I saw them live in Utrecht, The Netherlands.. It was one of the most magical evenings of my life.. got pretty high with a friend. The best part is there was a break in the show and we went outside to smoke some more. All the Huun Huur Tu members came outside in their traditional clothes to smoke a cigarette, a bottle of heineken in the other hand. Made me love them even more.
Nice! I've been a fan of Huun Huur Tu for years! Thanks for making this video Brandon!
If anyone's interested in how this might sound in a rock setting, I highly recommend bands like Yat-Kha and Hartyga
This specific concert is amazing and their performance of The Yellow Trotter brings on full visuals for me.
so fun to see you making a video about Dune in this context
Thank you very kindly for this easy to follow tutorial with a very basic example and a description of what it feels like.
Fantastic explanation for beginners or jsut curious people.
I just completely caught myself off guard because before he showed how to do it he was giving examples of what it sounded like and I thought, “hmm, I wonder if I could make that noise,” and then jumpscared myself by doing it first try.
This guy explained it well enough that I could do it within a couple minutes. Good stuff!
This man can do all the things
Having lived thousands of years gives you plenty of time to learn all the skills.
I salute you Brandon for your humility, but you definitely deserve more credit than you give yourself !
Brandon: "Dreams are messages from the deep"
what a lovely guy, got recommended this out of the blue and now I’m doing my best to learn it. Thanks!
Those who like Mongolian-Tuvan throat music can also check out the Turkish band Kam Ata.
As a person who also randomly became obsessed with throat singing in college I am excited that Hans Zimmer brought it in to the textures of Dune's Soundtrack. There is actually a really great short documentary here on RUclips where he talks about the music and highlights the amazingly talented people he worked with.
Michael Geiger*
I'm so happy that you plugged Hunn-Huur-Tu! They are so AWESOME! And that specific performance that you showed is one of my favorites on YT!
I've ALWAYS wanted to be able to do this! As soon as you explained what's being done, I was able to do it on the second try! Amazing! Thank you!
My man went to college to be a sardaukar
I was doing this as a kid before i heard about Mongolian/tibetan throat singers, The Hu really educated a lot of people.
Thank you so much! I can't explain how much this made me happy! I can actually kind of do it now, I've been trying this for a long time. Thank you for making it this simple!
There is something that is very primal and hypnotic with them vocals. Very cool.
I look forward to Brandons follow up video "How to sing death metal"
I learned about Kargyraa through Richard Feynman (yes, the late Mathematician). I was watching a documentary about him, and he mentioned that, just for fun, back in the 80s (?) he and a friend wrote a letter to the Government of Tuva. I don't even remember what he wrote, but I started digging into this "Tuva" country I never heard about before and that's how I learned Kongar-ol Ondar, a singer from Tuva who made a whole album in 1999 about (other than the obligatory horse-related songs) Richard Feynman! Sadly, Kongar-ol passed away in 2013.
One of his Albums "Back Tuva Future" is findable on YT (and the first song contains snippets of Feynman singing one of his silly songs).
Oh, did I mention Kongar-ol also made a song with a Native-American man in the same album? It's WILD!
I can throat sing too. Long story short, I got ADHD, and when I was in elemenary, I was the most hyperactive idiot ever. When I was bored (literally all time) I taught myself how to do this weird gurlgy noise that I calle robot voice. Our teacher showed us Throat singing from Baztorig's famous In Praise of Chingis Khan video, but I was too possessed by my ADHD to understand. Later, I went through the subject for the Mongol invasions in history during Secondary. I was imediately captivated and wanted to learn more. I later fell in love with traditional music and realised that I could throat sing due to my stupid self practicing throat singing, WITHOUT KNOWING IT, all the 6 years of my Elementay school. Later I learned Bass Kargyraa, which a very, VERY low Kargyraa and even later I learned Khomei. Now, I am practicing Sygyt style, which is the hardest.
I would appreciate if you would excuse me for my terrible skills in the English language. I do not communicate with such tongue in my daily basis.
That’s badass brotato chip. I wish my Adhd was the kind that did that lmao. I just am kinda a dumbass :( But c’est la vie
Bruh you type in English better than the average American, don't worry
I'm proud of your experience^^
Your demonstration was amazing! Thank you for sharing this video!
The tradition of throat singing is quite widely spread. It is preserved by many native Siberian people, not only Tuvan, but also Altai, Buryat, Khakas and others. In fact, Inuit in North America have a unique and distinct type of throat singing as well.
0:11 keep waiting for the bass to drop on Bidibody Bidibu
I saw first DUNE four times in cinema and that throat singing gave me goosebumps every single time. Hans Zimmer did tons of fun stuff while making DUNE soundtrack, dude's just unbelievable music mastermind. :D
Of course the vampire knows the singing techniques used by the invaders of his land
Hahahaha I love it, 3 years ago I got really into dune and then last summer I got really into tuva and especially huun huur tu and your channel so it's always just fun to have all the interests come together. Haha your kargyraa was pretty good too
I just got a sore throat from trying this lol. Great video, hopefully some day I'll come closer to sounding like you
Definitely find some more tutorials then! If it hurts you're actually hurting your voice and are possibly learning bad or harmful technique
I LEARNED!!! THANKS MAN. One of the coolest thing I've learned
Oh damn. I've been trying to learn throat singing and this made it click for me. I am baffled :D
Brandon was actually hitting the overtones during his demonstration too. Man it’s such a cool sound!
Dune 2 didn't have enough throat singing.
Your video just blew my metal scream technique wide open. Thank you!
Guys chill it's just one of his skills he picked up being alive and immortal for so long over the centuries
Plot twist : he was there when it was pioneered for the first time
I love Huun Huur Tu, saw them live in Berlin in a church. Spectacular sound. Another well known throat singer is Batzorig Vaanchig. Alex Glenfield is a western expert on different styles of overtone/throat singing. He has a youtube channel where you can also find an indepth tutorial. His famous "Seven Styles of Overtone Singing" video was my first contact with this kind of music.
Hearing you describe trying it reminded me of something I did when I was younger, whistling and humming at the same time. It's sounds like a very similar effect is happening to the sound when trying it. It sounds like you're humming and whistling at the same time until you hit the right pitch and they become one
Ehhh This was definitely not something I was expecting lol. You sound really solid BTW. Throat singing vampire FTW
Throat singing is practiced not only in Mongolia, but also in some areas of Russia: in such republics as Komi, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Yakutia and others
Yeah, not just in Russia but in many other cultures. But I think he did only kayagraa way to do it. So that's why he showed mongolia and tuva. This style is popular in tuva and mongolia
Can we talk about the dude with the freaking angels voice at around the 1:38 mark?? who is he? edit: just saw his name written up there with the name of the piece lmfao im dumb
I've learned to do this by listening to the Hu and Ummet Ozcan. I still do this everyday and enjoy it as I do find it fun. I only wish I had more people to do this with and perhaps someday sing in a unison with a group.
Of course Brandon knows how to throat sing, he was commissioned by Genghis Khan to do it multiple times
Love it when people show their other sides that are not so obvious🥰
1:06 this is why you're here
Brandon is the last guy I expected when I searched for throat singing but honestly.. I should've seen it coming 😆
Instructions unclear, Voice stuck in Louis Armstrong mode
Ive been practicing how to throat sing for 14 years now, learned by watching huun huur tu, i was inspired by my friend who showed me a hr long documentary about paul pena wrote the song big jet airliners. Blind soulful musician who learned to throat by radio. Huun huur tu tours in the states, sort of Honor tradition when they met him after his passing.
You have my approval of calling yourself a Fremen - now you need a Fremen name and a secret name: Suggestions down below, please!
From now on he shall be known as Lute-ian Huun Huur, which translates to "He who sings in octaves"!
Quick nitpick: phonation occurs in all voiced sounds, not just in vowels. You can tell if you're phonating by touching your Adam's apple -- if you feel vibration, you're phonating. So you feel the vibrations when you say /z/, which is voiced, but not with /s/, which is voiceless (otherwise, these two sounds are completely identical). That said, some voiced sounds, like /b/, /d/ and /g/, are so brief that it can be hard to feel the vibrations of the vocal folds, AKA phonation.
Thanks for the correction! 🙏
I discovered Mongolian Throat Singing through The Hu, since then I've got nuts about it. Cool to see you can do it !!! A surprise and not at the same time 😂
I watched these guys to learn how to do it - 1 year + on my journey, self taught and i believe I'm well off with throat singing ❤😊 such a awesome and random talent to have ! Great for the lungs too
I can now do this. I am so happy. I accidentally started hitting this spot when doing random vocalizations in the early morning when my voice is deeper. I did not realize this is what I've been hearing in that amazing scene in Dune. Thank you so very very much. Good thing I live alone because I will be otherwise intolerable in the next few days experimenting.
Huh. Your simple tip to sing while making motorcycle noises had me getting chest resonance in like two seconds. Neat, thanks for showing us the knack!
Dude. I have understood but most videos are sub-bass registers.. nice to hear at baritone-bass talk about it.... THANK YOU
HUN HUUR TU! Saw them live twice. been praticing ever since! I love that nobody's an expert except the mongolians and tuvans. LOL Sygyt is so hard, years of practice and still not there but not giving up!
What a great explanation of how to try it! 👍