AtDtDA(28): Borbanngadyr

[Dave Monroe]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

>    "'They call it borbanngadyr,' Prance explained.  'Perhaps shamans
>  are the only ones who know how to be in two states at once.  On the
>  other hand ...'" (AtD, Pt. IV, p. 786)
>
>  "an unearthly guttural singing"
>
>  Overtone singing, also known as throat singing, overtone chanting, or
>  harmonic singing, is a type of singing in which the singer manipulates
>  the harmonic resonances (or formants) created as air travels from the
>  lungs, past the vocal folds, and out the lips to produce a melody.
>  Throat singing is both a generic and a specific term. Generally, the
>  term is applied to any singing style which entails the application of
>  a harsh voice or some other constriction, although it is sometimes
>  incorrectly applied to unconstricted overtone singing. Specifically,
>  the term refers to a type of Central Asian overtone singing....
>
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtone_singing
>
>  The Wikipedia entry linked in the previous annotation mentions, but
>  doesn't describe, a style of overtone singing called borbangnadyr.
>  Same letters arranged differently. It doesn't follow that there is a
>  typo; transliteration from languages like Tuvan without "literary"
>  histories is often controversial.
>
>  http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_768-791#Page_786
>
>  Huun-Huur-Tu, "Borbanngadyr"
>
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJ_Z-mL6EY
>  http://www.amazon.com/Borbanngadyr/dp/B000S4L86I
>
>  Genghis Blues (1999)
>
>  http://www.genghisblues.com/
>  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187859/
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiFKUJ7VzE

Tuvan Throat Singing

1. Borbannadir with finger strokes across lips :41

[...]

1. Borbannadir with finger strokes across lips: The singer is Tumat
Kora-ool, b. 1935. The borbannadir style (the term, metaphorically,
signifies "rolling") features a pulsating, asymmetrical rhythm that
represents the canter of a horse. Characterized by nasal resonance and
sung from a fundamental in either the bass or baritone range....

http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/tuva.html

Thanks, Charles ...

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