Overtone singing is the ability to produce multiple tones at one time. One style of overtone singing is Tuvan throat singing. In this form, the tongue is placed in such a way that the mouth becomes a resonating chamber that can produce one or more pitches above the fundamental note.
There are several other forms of throat singing that originate among the Inuit and other Siberian cultures, as well as in China, Japan, and Africa. The Tuvan form is the most famous, however. Tuva is an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation located in southern Siberia. Traditionally, the people practice Tibetan Buddhism mixed with local animistic practices.
