Throat singing

[Benjamin Barrett]

Mongolian throat singing is in the news. (http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/mobile/?type=story&id=2015896486&)

The OED has it as an alternative under the entry for "overtone singing," which seems to be the more general term, but you have to do an advanced search to find it.

Inuit throat singing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_throat_singing), a different sort of singing is not in the OED.

FWIW, according to "Throat Singing" on the Altaic Wiki (http://altaic-wiki.wikispaces.com/Throat+Singing), throat singing is practiced in eight different Altatic cultures.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA
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