kargyraa

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tuvan каргыраа (kargyraa).

Noun[edit]

kargyraa

  1. (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.