This is a whole universe of music I didn’t even know about 😮
@angelofgod738614 сағат бұрын
The singer has such a beautiful voice. Does anyone know if she has any recordings
@Christian8080622 сағат бұрын
I still have my dad’s cassette of this album
@user-nk8ke4qk5hКүн бұрын
Great idea ruined by terrible camera work… PBS really?
@definitelynotcheng1083Күн бұрын
It's so cool to hear the different styles. Even without putting a name to them, I can recognize that they have a distinct sound just growing up listening to these. Thanks for sharing us!
@AlexVanOstranКүн бұрын
Omg so beautiful. I am Enthic Khmer.
@masterkungfu09Күн бұрын
Support you girls and guys.. go hmong girls/ guys. Proud to be who you are.
@freddyt55555Күн бұрын
8:36 - A Korean-American songwriter asking a white songwriter about how to make her music sound more like K-pop is peak irony.
@cloroxbitch2491Күн бұрын
As a Hmong person, they’re right! The dialect or form of language for lack of word used in the folk singing is different and hard to understand for the untrained ears. I can pick up a few words here and there but don’t know exactly what they’re saying word for word.
@VangKevinCatfishКүн бұрын
Amazing!
@FlannelsinxaiyКүн бұрын
Appreciate the recognition, sound field! You guys should learn about how we play our traditional instruments.
@kawakiyang7049Күн бұрын
omg i hate these old ppl songs.................
@kutubeg19 сағат бұрын
Do u want a scooby snack
@Animaxx010Күн бұрын
Yeah even alot of young folks can’t understand kwv txhiaj. I def applaud you if you know this art form.
@timothymitchell8310Күн бұрын
This language sounds like Native American songs. What’s the relationship and which one are the same or have the same melody?
@nightowl726123 сағат бұрын
Unrelated to any Native languages. Hmong languages is part of the Miao-Yao (Hmong Mien in the West). It's indegenious to the Southwest China originally before spreading to Southeast Asia some 300 or so years ago.
@blanklane415Күн бұрын
Tiffany, you are inspiring. The poetry is beautiful in those songs. Thank you for keeping our traditions alive and sharing with the world. (I see my mom in the pics, thanks)❤
@mosesyang4222Күн бұрын
I'm so glad that you explained both white and moob leeg. They also differ very differently. Moob thai also have their own version of it too.
@inasan4192Күн бұрын
This is my intro video to your channel and I definitely appreciate it, the respect and effort you gave it. Also Tiffany sound like the OGs, amazing.
@Bababuza2 күн бұрын
It sounds like Thai folk singing was inspired by the hmong people's. The shifts between tones is so alike! I love it!
@Gabeitchsnape2 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this. <3
@quazymoodo84522 күн бұрын
Ho-Chunk person here (indigenous to Wisconsin); I love the recognizable melodies of the tunes (they remind me almost of regional birdsongs!) If you’re looking for an inspiration for local sound, I’d suggest widening the circle (pun intended) and chatting with some of the local powwow drums; a lot of our traditional songs use call and response forms that often are shaped similar to a natural pentatonic scale; for some* songs, the tune starts at the top of the scale, arpeggios a bit down to the middle notes before descending to the bottom and fading off on the last note at the end of the verse.
@nightowl726123 сағат бұрын
Lol it's funny you brought up Birdsongs. If you search youtube. You will fine another documentary on Hmong. It's call "Birdsong: the dying language whistle language of the Hmong of Laos."
@jssytvrs2 күн бұрын
Did you know it's just Santana playing guitar on wild thoughts?
@stephenwaldron27482 күн бұрын
An entire culture of real-life Disney princes and princesses 🤩 change my mind. I hope these traditions never disappear 👍👍
@kamotetopz67762 күн бұрын
I have to replay this at around 10 times because somehow I can't focus.
@avirei982 күн бұрын
Yeah don't forget the current people controlling China are the Hans they try to eliminate every other ethnic group and they are currently trying to eliminate an ethnic group called The uyghurs in their country. Does put common is probably about to get Auto deleted but I just wanted to spread that information. The Hans are trying to eliminate every other ethnic group in China. There are other Asian ethnic groups just like in many other countries there is a dominant ethnic group that took over that we think is the representation of that entire ethnic group when it is not. This is also very prevalent in India if you notice in a lot of their media you don't see a lot of the darker-skinned Indians they exist they are in an entire regions of India but all are getting ignored. Colorism exist in other cultures not just the Western world. Even in Spanish countries is the same thing colorism. Hispanic people they exist they are out there. Oh gosh our world is so messed up it is so messed up
@tly38062 күн бұрын
Shiiit i thought the guy is hmong dubbed when he speak hmong lol..
@sheenawarecki922 күн бұрын
My city has a large Hmong culture! Love this!
@anfboi082 күн бұрын
They forgot cao lu and Hmong are miao.
@VangKevinCatfishКүн бұрын
Nah. Hmong is Hmong. Miao is Miao.
@xdarkeagle17x2 күн бұрын
This is awesome! A few days ago my friend was randomly flipping through radio stations in the car and we landed on the MN Hmong Radio Broadcast where a man was singing some kind of folk song similar to this. At first we kind of laughed because it sounded so strange to us, like "noise" as the video mentioned. But as I kept listening I got more and more enchanted by it; the simplicity of the unaccompanied voice, the neverending melody with a subtle pattern, it's quite beautiful! I'd love to see more translations of these songs too so I can understand them.
@mooshei81652 күн бұрын
Oh and it’s a chant!
@mooshei81652 күн бұрын
Growing up we used to hate it. Now. I love it!
@mooshei81652 күн бұрын
It’s poetry, love and history.
@brankb832 күн бұрын
This was great to watch! I have to know, where did the presenter find his African (yellow) outfit?! I LOVE IT!
@ktlee082 күн бұрын
I’ve always wondered what you would call this in English. Now I know. “Hmong folk song” makes sense. One of the reasons it’s so hard to learn this style of singing is that I know a lot of the newer generation can not understand what they are saying or singing. I for one can not understand them when they start to sing.
@iHeartU100002 күн бұрын
Amazing video
@johnvang25032 күн бұрын
Thank you.
@vogelvogeltje3 күн бұрын
I see that Kendrick hoodie! 😅
@iyanla093 күн бұрын
Thank You ❤
@MrJoshuacx3 күн бұрын
Should look into Hmong flute.
@chellessong15763 күн бұрын
Wow! This popped up on my yt feed and im glad it did. Thanks for bringing this to light and showing the world part of our culture and our giving younger generations some background on this. I remember growing up, my maternal Grandmother would always try to teach my sisters and I Kwv Txhiaj but we could never get a hang of it. My mom can still sing but I still can’t understand what it is she’s singing about.
@VuiiThao3 күн бұрын
This video is great, it can remind the current younger generation to remember and know more about Hmong folk songs and culture passed down from ancient times. I'm Hmong❤
@hmoobtojroob90663 күн бұрын
Wow Tiffany is so good. Love tiffany voice kwv txhiaj. Tiffany kwv txhiaj vocal sounds very traditional and very beautiful. I would love to listen to more of Tiffany.
@msjuier3 күн бұрын
🫶
@byoutifully3 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for shedding light on our culture! 😭
@pasiayang37183 күн бұрын
They didn't even expand on how this folk singing rhythm and the fact that Hmong is a tonal language. When combined with our traditional instruments, we can hear a song and not need words to know what is being said.
@rosinatube99373 күн бұрын
Hello everyone like 🌹🌻🌿💐💐🌱🌴🍀💚😍💛🎤🎸🎵🎵🎻🎷
@phenglee91783 күн бұрын
wt...
@ethanbenedict67583 күн бұрын
I’m Tai Dam, which is an ethnicity from northern Vietnam. We have a very similar folk song tradition!!
@nightowl726123 сағат бұрын
Can you understand Lao and Thai speech?
@kristofwynants4 күн бұрын
Love the bass playing! Give that guy some love!
@kher2gac4 күн бұрын
Tiffany is really good.
@SuppressionInstagram-zm9yx4 күн бұрын
Hard ? There is people that can sing naturally, and people that really need to lean , that all man , it’s like instruments, some got it some need to do more to get it … replace the voice by a violin sound , you’ll see it’s not that weird , the melody is there ( remember instruments specifically traditional string one often play the human role , they vibrato and nuances are often the same actually singed , like the sound of shamisen how it’s played and how they sing are the same
@karawethan2 күн бұрын
Singing is not hard. Singing well is difficult. Singing while improvising poetic verse takes years of study.
@SuppressionInstagram-zm9yx2 күн бұрын
@@karawethan man , it’s all about what you learn and for who it was made , school programs are built for masses , and long term learning. When you are born into a musical family you got advantages over others for the base why ? Not especially because they pay to make you learn, it’s because the way they see music is different from someone that will just listen to it with a phone … you understand the feeling part , why it sound good , why there is a difference between registers , why that instruments sound like that , you understand that everything else that produces sounds for music is just a extension of your mouth, and your mouth is the extension of what you think. It’s like playing by hears , it’s about how you perceive the melody and your ability to trust yourself to reproduce it … it’s like playing guitar, everytime you try to get your eyes on the right note and sometimes you become good , but try to play in the dark , Just close your eyes and you will see that your brain mostly already knows what to do but your mind doubts and want your eyes to check where your fingers are going ! Singing in the right tone is the same, you try to check out manually the right tone every time , you can walk and breathe without checking right , like when you walk you keep your head on the ground? Or head up ? If heads up you don’t really see you feet’s but with the small amount of information you manage to walk without falling like a toddler! Doing baby steps for 7 years will teach you how to walk like a baby . “Trust me bro “, it’s about the let it go , just train physically, then let it go , and your mouth will let it out ! The life long experience is not always needed or necessary they call the people able to understand that “ talented “ or genius why ? Because they don’t have to make the 200years of leaning back for a simple adjustment resulting of playing guitar to playing piano , or violins… that’s why lots of people going to music school can’t do it like the one that just learned to play with the soul , you got dept and can only play one instrument? My Dady played for me and I can play 5 , and learn a different one in one week
@SuppressionInstagram-zm9yx2 күн бұрын
@@karawethanone last thing , the blue hat girl , ( at 2:28 ~) think like a bird , and try to whistle 😙 the melody, learn it like a bird , the right note first , then the texture /nuances and lastly add the tempo, when you got it , sing ! I spend time with Grey kingbirds , the young come to learn at my home lol , when you know the melody, you can correct them . the adults if they know you and see that you do it wrong they will take the time to repeat for you ! ( one of My favourite birds, they got a culture that varies from the location they’re at , but some melody stay the same no matter where, they got melody in common with other birds species to , music is everywhere man , don’t fight it , go along with it