Tanya Tagaq- The sounds of throat singing

Open University

[@marianaminou]

it's very beautiful seeing the contrast of her sweet talking voice and the raw, cutting power of her singing voice.

[@TreeTopBirdy]

I'm an opera singer and I see the voice as a musical instrument. And what I particularly appreciate here is her speaking voice. It's placed very high and is very clear. So the low sounds, which on first hearing, for me, sounded injurious, clearly are not. I like it that she knows what she's doing. Evidence of hard work for mastery makes me happy!

[@ppcbernier9945]

Tanya Tagaq is a disgrace to Canada. She is ungrateful, toxic, hateful, and a professional victim. She literally smears all Canadians by claiming internationally to be one of us. Tanya Tagaq doesn't cut it for REAL Canadians, and she is NOT welcome here. SHAME ON TANYA TAGAQ #ProfessionalVictim

[@stevek3995]

Makes me happy too. Not a singer but it just sounds amazing to me.

[@TruthArrows]

Tina is definitely an amazing artist and story teller. Her spirit flows through her whole body as she uses it as an instrument to tell her powerful stories. Also, back home in the villages, there are many girls and women Throat Singing with each other that are also beautiful and Spirit moving to watch. ✌🏽❣

[@amateurmeteorologist7365]

What a sweet speaking voice she has

[@lil_weasel219]

like a child yes

[@mtnmoth]

You wouldn't think someone who sings so intensely would have such a small voice.

[@therealdorianfinch]

almost bjork-like

[@MrMikkyn]

@@therealdorianfinch Its like an American Björk on Valium

[@naurasalwashafitri4013]

.

[@felinequeen9243]

OMG!!! She's AMAZING!!! She just turned her entire voice into a totally different instrument!!

[@00inwiththenew00]

We (as children) used to sing like this on long road trips in the back of the family van, but our sessions were often stopped by our parents who thought we were invoking the devil lol. The feeling was quite exhilarating when we got into a rhythm. I also used to sing like this by myself for entertainment. We're not Inuit, but we are a mixed bunch. Makes me wonder if we were picking up on ancestral pastimes or if we just do things like this as a part of human nature & experimenting with our voices.

[@ThatWyrdGirl]

😂 You could be on to something. When I was 6 years old, I discovered I could make sounds kind of like Tuvan throat singing. (this was long before I heard of throat singing) I was doing this frequently. (in class) I was asked to stop. 🛑 Repeatedly. 😁

[@patrickcummins79]

we all human.. someone posted a throat singing central asian female to fb at some central asian cultural event, i WISH i had bookmarked it, not only was girl beautiful, but she could flow with the rhythm like crazy..

[@winstonwolf2137]

God you people are lame🤦

[@kyleewhitworth8430]

she is precious and I love her

[@JimCole1]

Wow, it's astonishing how flexible your voice is transitioning to different aspects in the demonstration. Also that you can so easily go back an forth from throat singing to speaking voice!

[@jojo1234a]

I find throat singing incredible, the control and ability is astonishing. It seems to me that it isn't something that can be learnt from a book, it seems to be the sort of art that can only be taught from person to person by direct teaching, and in that sense I suppose that's where I get this idea of true ancestry. The idea of fathers teaching sons, mothers teaching daughters, of even grandparents teaching grandchildren etc, makes it seem incredibly how this art is still practiced today.

[@mollyoxy]

I was introduced to Tanya through listening to Bjork. It was strange at first, I hadn’t heard anything like it. But it’s amazing

[@ruthannbishop9325]

Tanya Tagaq thank for insight in this version of music....you gifted i listened to as back drop on Buffy St. Marie son you go to run. thanks post Nancy

[@Mountchoirboy]

I love the range we find for the human voice. As a novice singer, I know how much work it takes to master the voice-Great job!

[@eqlzr2]

Oh my gosh. What a beautiful, interesting piece of culture explained by a lovely, talented person in a pleasant and humorous way. This is almost cosmic. I'm gonna look around for more vids with this woman. Thanks loads for posting this. I think she is absolutely captivating.

[@suzanem7992]

It's so interesting how this type of singing can be so natural and so wonderfully great and moving at the same time:) I know some people don't know this but throat singing is also practiced in africa. YES in northern africa it's also a popular way of singing, also done by the woman of the tribes, just as beautifully as Tanya and many other Inuit women. It's amazing because Inuits do it because they were coping the sounds and voices of things in their harsh climate of Canada or Alaska, and they did it as an entertainment relief, well the same goes for people from n. Africa in places like Mali(I think) they do it as entertainment cause of the desert climate can be so rough and the women throat sing when I guess they're bored and need entertainment while the men are gone:) I JUST LOVE IT, ALL OF IT, THROAT SINGING IS THE BOMB. Gooo TANYA!

[@M45trKLLr]

No love for the Tuvans?

[@suzanem7992]

I mentioned the people and places I knew that do this type of singing, so...calm down, maybe you should've mentioned them yourself a long time ago....shoooooo

[@brucewizayne5394]

Pablo Scourge tuvans aren't the only throat singers >_> don't be an asshat come up for air

[@M45trKLLr]

Why am I as asshat? Not everyone knows there's other cultures that do throat singing. You just keep on trolling, later

[@brucewizayne5394]

Pablo Scourge because you clearly couldn't read the OP's message well

[@ShadesofScorpius]

She's so modest and sweet, but a powerful force! Wonderful.

[@noahmatthews-cremomb2562]

I live Tanya Tagaq she is my favourite throat singer and one of the best ! Inuit throat singing!

[@tonescape1]

Tanya, you are awesome! I love you. I was amazed by traditional Inuit singing that I saw before you, and so glad that you made this explanation.

[@Rbenson1979]

She is so beautiful 😍 wow. Love her music too

[@giuliaalvarez-katz3213]

been running thru her albums and i did NOT expect her speaking voice to sound like this!!

[@kevinlarson1522]

Beautiful!!!!! Songs and the varied cultures of humans. We Are Here!

[@shylahsalas2760]

YES...AMEN!!^

[@shylahsalas2760]

YES...AMEN!!^

[@valerievasiliou4013]

I've been trying to do this without any explanation so I found this to be very informative. Thank you so much for making this available to those of us aspiring to throat sing.

[@13dragontetsu13]

Beautiful and amazing. It feels like mother earth singing!

[@KARLM42]

Thank you for the lesson. There seems to be no limit to creativity in this wonderful land called Canada.

[@okaminess]

KARLM42 It’s her culture.

[@ThatWyrdGirl]

She has a beautiful voice, both speaking and singing.

[@tonyp7528]

The roots of this singing originates in Siberia and Mongolia!

[@jxavier3876]

Tony P and the Arctic

[@vincent2053]

Canaan isn’t good for much else

[@JHIslander]

I could listen to her for hours! She is so.... real!

[@strikerone6991]

Glad to see you are keeping your culture alive

[@chaoticrecluse6131]

Most beautiful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@curseof95]

oh my goodness. that immediate overtone she gets when she drops into her epiglottis. so cool

[@anneayermusic]

Thanks for all of the video love!!

[@DigitalSapient]

So cool! She makes it sound so simple, yet it's so complex!

[@glowsnipes]

Lol, I bet the ones making fun of her in the comment section don't have a culture.

[@JesusLovesUs144]

One of the Best comments I ever heard !👊🏼🙌🏼

[@andratheangga8445]

Amazing ! Greeting from Indonesia,specially from Borneo Island the land of Dayaknese.

[@ThatWyrdGirl]

She has a beautiful voice, both speaking and singing.

[@jackandrews1296]

A very interesting tone color that I can use when I start composing my own songs. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.🙂

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

Christ, she's incredible. I'm a singer (NOT this kind), so I know that there WOULD be ways to do this without ripping your throat to shreds, but that would be quite the technique to learn. I can hear WHERE she's doing it, but I can't tell HOW. It sounds like it's in a very narrow channel, at least in terms of going down to the chest voice, but beyond that, I'm lost. Incredible stuff.

[@Hecatai27]

beautiful.....Absolutely! Reminds me of stories of kuujjuaq....love it.....keep on singing!

[@DeDaanste]

I'm trying to learn and guess what? I could do ALL she did. So, on to lesson 2. I nailed the double tone today and it seems making ridiculous sounds all my life is helping me now. Love it!

[@AyubuKK]

This woman has one of those really beautiful voices that you only come across a few times every few years.

[@denisbarbien-ferme3419]

This is truly facinating and even beautifull. 8)

[@mykelgreene911]

Undoubtedly Awesome gift!

[@n0lain]

That's incredible, glad I went down this rabbit hole today lol

[@dassantheboys]

Inuit throat singing is an incredible art and really hard to do. She is really good.

[@jamesstephenlee]

Wow, she is lovely. Thank you for the amazing lesson!

[@anibalmonkeyfranco880]

These sounds are so beautiful. Beautiful songs Inuits. This work is made from these songs. It is an incredible work of a Greek named Crhistos Hatzis Fertility Rites

[@brianjones6500]

Fun fact: you can't use this kind of exercise of singing to stop your limbic system from freaking out. I also know how to re-register my voice thanks to a single bad day as I failed to get the limbic to stop raping my ass. But I could focus on this concept; while it took a 10 foot 2x4 pressure treated as it slammed my brain last years back. You are a source of light and hope and I thank you.

[@ordiv12345]

What a beautiful Woman!

[@heavenwithin81]

Is she the woman that sang on Bjork's album?

[@jxavier3876]

Sarah I think so

[@SiSi-xg1hk]

Yes, as well as on the song "Sila" by A Tribe Called Red

[@xDx0xDx]

Yes, Ancestors from the Medúlla album

[@ElshowdeDanny]

She is so amazing!!!!!!!!!!

[@Sideybhai]

WOW! I am a big fan of Yat-Kha. I was just telling my kid how our flora and fauna impacts music that originates in different parts of the worlds. In Tibet the Yak makes this grunting sound which I am sure (Just my opinion, not factual) that influenced the Throat singing tradition. A barren landscape with no trees meant no birds to influence the high notes. This however is one of the simplest explanation of throat singing.

[@thisrandomgirl6888]

I wish I had learned about this earlier. never been good at singing but this is helpful, also I like how you end your video on a good note! break the glass.

[@pagandude1]

to me , the whole Medulla album explored this notion of sounds that the body makes and being aware of being a part of living breathing evolution ... you know --- Triumph of the Heart , blood rushing and so on , fascinating really and i can see why Bjork would collaborate with her , reminds me of that piece Ancestors that they did together...

[@ZaGaZigZag]

This is amazing!

[@Freiya2011]

Amazing!!! Love ig! Thanks for sharing.

[@EEE-vl4hy]

I’ve been able to make those sounds for a long time and am just discovering this is an actual singing style 😲😍

[@kdribnenki]

Wow this is amazing. Thanks for the little tutorial:)

[@nothanks9636]

This is incredible,amazing

[@kiikat]

I never reallised such a form of singing existed! Lovely in a strange way :)

[@symphony_in_plaid4592]

Her reacting to the camera crew's reaction at 2:18 was adorable 😆

[@nikitaserov8835]

Her cute/demonic duality is captivating. I want more of her talking and singing.

[@dbadagna]

Fantastic video.

[@BashTagg]

After watching 2:14-2:17 discovered that, as a smoker, catching my breath after a short run is pure talent!

[@yanpan16]

@1955thekeeper i'm just sure that the style of singing from the inuits changed drastically over time from what they would have sung when they were primitive to now. i know what you meant, i find it fascinating because it comes from that traditional style of singing. i think we, in first world, westernised countries that have lost that traditional aspect of their culture forget that just because something is traditional, it doesn't mean it's primitive.

[@_INUIT]

omg those of sound tecture inspires me a lot!!!!

[@cybersmurfen]

Beatboxing is something else. This is singing with the throut and it´s somethin different.

[@sundayweiss7658]

Oh my Grace, this lively and lovely soul should create a course to train speech therapists to help their students and communities. To beautiful for words Ms. Tanya

[@Moffeliten]

I so want to learn this technic. I love throat singing.

[@skyrider363]

this is so incredible!

[@delphinedeep68]

Wowwww, thank you for your sharing woww i will replay it to learn it, do you know that throat signing look like what polar bear do togheter, so inuit people long time ago learn how to honore the wonderfull polar bear. I honore my ancestor, polar bear and the 3 white wolves thats why i want to learn how to honoring them as an inuit, again a big thank you, you so kind to share like that

[@Buttergirla]

When i was a kid a saw this singing on an Steven Segal movie and been doin it every since.

[@RasputinGray]

LOVE, LOVE IT AND HER!!!

[@sugarpacketchad]

Interesting and super awesome!!!

[@3inrifle]

Why do I get the feeling that the people who have left belittling comments would gush over rap, raggae, Neue Deutsche Härte, and the like? While this isn't high on my play list, it is rather enjoyable. In small quantities, anyway. And the young lady has an incredible poise and presence.

[@cybersmurfen]

I know it is inuit throat singing. We have in Sweden Jojk, similiar to througt singing my point was that it´s not like Beatbox there you use your mouth more.

[@elsakristina2689]

The human voice is an amazing thing.

[@india09ful]

This is absolutely amazing!!!

[@Theshadow89]

its so much like how growling in metal music works!!

[@yidneth]

I really cannot do the throat sound well but stayed cos your speaking is so soothing

[@katlerantics]

its beautiful.

[@MariKurisato]

Tanya can be found at @tagaq on Twitter.

[@MarcoCastilloWorld]

Very impressive technique, of course she knows what she's doing. The quiet speaks reveals how she knows her troath. I'll do my tryings here!

[@petersteele9066]

her snoring must be beautiful and terrifying at the same time.

[@kellykoistinen1934]

Lmao

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

Peter Steele.Ha,ha,ha,ha! That tickled me! I'll bet that you're right too!! That'd keep the kids in line.Get to bed or the Snore Monster's gonna come for ya!😆

[@katlee5069]

Mean

[@sagarthapani4026]

Nepali monglal nice

[@sagarthapani4026]

Mohan thapa Nepali

[@GoodnightIrene18]

@13dragontetsu13 Yes, and it is amazing for me to hear a woman singing in tuvan throat. I know Yat Kha and others. This ist most interesting.

[@farmwife7944]

the sounds of nature. beautiful.

[@yanpan16]

@1955thekeeper it's not primitive. it's just different and based on a more traditional style of singing, but it's not primitive.

[@AndrewHarrison-tl6ij]

Inhaling, when I was 9. In Oregon

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

Check this title out on youtube.......... Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq "You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)"

[@fluffynamedkimba]

this is amazing. thank you so much!

[@EezeeListen]

What a very nice person, she explains so well, almost apologetic, but she should not be - this is ancient tradition and should never die out.

[@Onlaisneen25]

So cool! I wonder if it doesn't hurt your throat producing some of those sounds? Wonderful explanation and lovely sounds! ^_^ Thank you for posting this.

[@unit023]

gives me chills, but in a good way

[@lovejojogirl]

Who thinks that people should be happy with the elements of throat singing sensation. Why is somebody cringing to throat singing by Tanya tagaq! Who is looking for something like that? I love this video of her doing it.

[@78625amginE]

She’s too adorable. Stop it.

[@punctualmathers]

Björk - Medúlla

[@MioHasMoe]

punctualmathers lmao I immediately thought of that

[@boohamilton2775]

My dog was freaking out during this video LOL she was trying to figure out who it was

[@trinaannmarie]

Boo Hamilton 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@elles3a]

Mine too, she was looking at me like this 👀

[@Way2Spirited]

@bolkaa To us it sounds like HOME. :o)

[@李卓一-t8j]

wish i could isolate false cord and switch between different technique like her so quickly one day

[@PrimitiveFusion]

Very intriguing

[@mapipolo]

@JBarber3d Yes, "the girl from Medúlla!"

[@wrevelate]

awesome!

[@Jboog742]

I just discovered her, via the Siren, season 1 soundtrack. This is interesting. Though, it does give me the chills, nonetheless.

[@MarcoBuxCoach]

@fffunfarm sure man ! because everybody knows that beat boxing is precedent to ancient mongolian throat singing xD

[@trythinkingforachange4201]

Amazing