kargyraa
English
editEtymology
editFrom Tuvan каргыраа (kargyraa).
Noun
editkargyraa
- (music) A deep form of Tuvan overtone singing
- 2015 October 15, Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, “What’s That Sound? It’s Tough to Tell”, in New York Times[1]:
- Mastery of throat-singing techniques like sygyt and kargyraa, the first an overtone-saturated whistling style, the second a deep, droning growl, are no longer the exclusive province of Mongolian tribesmen.