Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 19. Chapters: Alash Ensemble, Albert Kuvezin, Altai Khairkhan, David Hykes, Genghis Blues, Gereltsogt, Huun-Huur-Tu, Infinity (K-Space album), Inuit throat singing, K-Space (band), Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Kongar-ol Ondar, List of overtone musicians, Overtone singing, Raisa Modorova, Rekuhkara, Tagaq, Tenores di Bitti, Tenores di Bitti "Mialinu Pira," Timbral listening, Tudjaat, Tuvan throat singing, Yat-Kha. Excerpt: Overtone singing, also known as overtone chanting, or harmonic singing, is a type of singing in which the singer manipulates the resonances (or formants) created as air travels from the lungs, past the vocal folds, and out the lips to produce a melody. The partials (fundamental and overtones) of a sound wave made by the human voice can be selectively amplified by changing the shape of the resonant cavities of the mouth, larynx and pharynx. This resonant tuning allows the singer to create apparently more than one pitch at the same time (the fundamental and a selected overtone), while in effect still generating a single fundamental frequency with his/her vocal folds. Another name for overtone singing is throat singing, but that term is also used for Inuit throat singing, which is produced differently. It is believed the art of throat singing has originated from south western Mongolia in today's Khovd and Govi-Altai region. Today, throat singing is found throughout the country and Mongolia is often considered as the most active place of throat singing in the world. The most commonly practiced style, Khoomii (written in Cyrillic as ), can be divided up into the following categories.. Mongolians also sing many other styles such as "karkhiraa" (literally "growling") and "isgeree." Many of these styles are also practiced around neighboring regions such as Tuva and Altai. Tuvan throat singing is practiced by the...