Talk:Inuit throat singing

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[edit] overtone singing?

I believe this is a misconception. Inuit singing games do not involve overtone singing. It would be nice if this was clarified here. I think that the confusion results from calling it 'throat singing'. Indeed, a lot of the sounds are made in the throat (breathing and guttural sounds), so perhaps it makes sense to call it throat singing. However, people then confuse it with Tuvan throat singing, which is overtonal - while Inuit singing is not.

[edit] On the possibility of dissemination across Bering Strait

" /.../ If this technique of singing emerged only once and then in the Old World, the move from Siberia to northern Canada must have been over Bering Strait land bridge some 12,000 years ago. /.../ "

Wouldn't it be possible to theorize that throat singing spread to the Americas after the land bridge disappeared? Bering Strait is only 85 kilometers across after all, so I would be surprised if there wasn't some degree of communication between the peoples of Alaska and what is today North East Russia. Jonas Liljeström 11:47, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

It is also possible that it developed independently. Kie (Unregistered User), 2 February 2007.

[edit] Big thanks...

to the person who mentioned Tanya Tagaq Gillis. Reading this article, I became very curious as to what this music sounds like, and I immediately bought one of her CDs over the Net. Jonas Liljeström 20:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC)