Inuit Throat Singing - for iPad/Mac/PC: Recent Episodes
The Open University
In many cultures, song is perhaps one of the most important traditions. What is extraordinary about the Inuit musical tradition is the way they create their songs - with notes originating from their throats. The song isn't interrupted even when a breath has to be taken. The 6 tracks in this album focus on Tanya Tagaq, who describes the amazing art of throat singing and how her heritage and culture, carried in her heart forever, has driven her to continue with this unique tradition. This material is drawn from The Open University course AA317, Words and music.
Transcript -- The background to throat singing and an example song – husky slipping on ice
Transcript -- What Tanya's singing means to her, and how her culture is encapsulated within it.
Tanya Tagaq performs a song she has written for her cousin, about how close they are in terms of family, but also in tune with each other.
Tanya gives an improvised performance of the amazing rational throat singing of the Inuit's.