What Tanya's singing means to her, and how her culture is encapsulated within it.

Inuit Throat Singing - for iPad/Mac/PC

Culture within Singing

Inuit Throat Singing

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Inuit Throat Singing

The background to throat singing and an example song – husky slipping on ice

Tanya Tagaq – Throat Singing

Transcript -- The background to throat singing and an example song – husky slipping on ice

Transcript -- Tanya Tagaq – Throat Singing

Learning throat singing

Transcript -- How & why Tanya learnt throat singing

Transcript -- Learning throat singing

Transcript -- What Tanya's singing means to her, and how her culture is encapsulated within it.

Transcript -- Culture within Singing

Exploring the sounds in throat singing, and how they are made.

The sounds of throat singing

Transcript -- Exploring the sounds in throat singing, and how they are made.

Transcript -- The sounds of throat singing

Scolastico

In many cultures, song is perhaps one of the most important traditions.  What is extraordinary about the Inuit musical tradition is the way they create their songs - with notes originating from their throats. The song isn't  interrupted even when a breath has to be taken. The 6 tracks in this album focus on Tanya Tagaq, who describes the amazing art of  throat singing and how her heritage and culture, carried in her heart forever, has driven her to continue with this unique tradition. This material is drawn from The Open University course AA317, Words and music.