469 views•Sep 6, 2020362ShareSaveRowan Hartsuiker 2.15K subscribers This was my submission for the first ever official Online Tuvan Throat Singing Contest “Sygyt 2020”, organized by the Tuvan Cultural Center, in Kyzyl, Tuva (Russia). In this contest it’s only allowed to sing the specific type of technique called “Sygyt” (in Mongolian we call this throat singing technique: “Isgeree”), which is a technique of khoomei (throat singing). I actually received an official award for my submission! With over 80 submissions from various countries, including Tuva and Mongolia, that was pretty awesome! In this video I demonstrate the following techniques: Sygyt (overtone throat singing), Sygyt Borbangnadyr (overtone throat singing with vibrato with tongue), Sygyt Ezengileer (overtone throat singing with combination of sound coming from mouth and nasal cavity). Accompanying myself on igil-style morin khuur. I hope you enjoy!
412 views•Mar 4, 2021380ShareSaveRowan Hartsuiker 2.12K subscribers Just a little bit of improvisation on two techniques (sygyt + kargyraa), with specific focus on tongue-rolling/tongue tremolo (no idea how to describe this exactly). Enjoy :))
The HU – The Great Chinggis Khaan – By Rowan Hartsuiker (Throat Singing)
6,850 views•Mar 14, 20204937ShareSaveRowan Hartsuiker 2.1K subscribers Original song by The HU: “Ikh Chinggis Khaan” (The Great Chinggis Khaan). Felt like making my version of this song. Khuumii (Mongolian throat singing) accompanied by Morin Khuur (Mongolian horsehead fiddle).
Mongol song in various throat singing techniques (Voice only – Khoomei)
240 views•Mar 7, 2021250ShareSaveRowan Hartsuiker 2.1K subscribers Practicing various throat singing techniques, but without trying to move my lips (let’s call it Undercover throat singing, haha!). Why? Because it’s fun. But also because it’s a good practice to focus creating melodies with just your tongue.
“She Moved Through The Fair” – Irish folk song and Throat Singing (Khoomei)
943 views•Mar 7, 2021600ShareSaveRowan Hartsuiker 2.1K subscribers Playing a beautiful traditional Irish folk song on Scottish Smallpipes. But as you may already know me, I do it a little bit different – including various throat singing techniques. Enjoy!
Mongol song in various throat singing techniques (Voice only – Khoomei)
157 views•Mar 7, 2021190ShareSaveRowan Hartsuiker 2.01K subscribers Practicing various throat singing techniques, but without trying to move my lips (let’s call it Undercover throat singing, haha!). Why? Because it’s fun. But also because it’s a good practice to focus creating melodies with just your tongue.
“My Wolfdog Friend” – Throat Singing, Sung in Dutch by Rowan Hartsuiker
914 views•Oct 5, 2020581ShareSaveRowan Hartsuiker 2K subscribers As part of my personal project “My Life as a Throat Singer”, where I’m planning to share a few personal stories and thoughts in Dutch sung songs using various throat singing techniques, here’s a “praising song” for my beloved dog, Raven. He’s always been a very big inspiration for me. Title: Mijn Wolfhondvriend (My Wolfdog Friend). Original lyrics (Dutch): In de sporen van een wolf, door de kou van de winter, daar volg ik mijn trouwe vriend. En in mijn sporen volgt hij mij. In de sneeuw, mist of regen… in elk seizoen zijn wij samen. Hij volgt mijn sporen overal, zoals ook ik zijn sporen volg. Het is een raaf die ons leidt door ’t land, waarin ik reis. Het is een raaf, waarvan ik leer dat ik hier echt bij jou hoor.
Translated lyrics (English): In the tracks of a wolf, through the cold of winter, there I follow my faithful friend. And in my tracks he follows me. In the snow, fog or rain … we are together in every season. He follows my tracks everywhere just as I follow his tracks. It is a raven that leads us through the land in which I travel. It’s a raven, from which I learn that I really belong here with you.
Saturday August 22 / 10AM – Tuesday August 25 / 11AM
Once again the succesful Voice Yoga Retreat.
In Voice Yoga’s dynamic group process, students go beyond their own habits and expectations. Often, something larger than ourselves emerges: a flow of hidden creative potential. We work with all kinds of sounds without meaning, without emphasizing a beautiful voice. They help us to get beyond common subject-object and mind-body dualities, and bring our unconscious selves and irrational emotions to the surface. The group process becomes a mirror for the self and allows us to ‘see’ ourselves more clearly, to hear what’s living deep inside.
“this is better than sex” (comment by one student)
Designed and taught by Mark van Tongeren, a Dutch sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has 25 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative of Performing Arts.
Saturday August 22 10 AM until Tuesday 25 2 PM Three and a half days of intense explorations of voice and movement for body-mind balance and creative, vibrant well-being.
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In Voice Yoga’s dynamic group process, you go beyond your habits and expectations. Something larger than yourself emerges: a flow of hidden creative potential.
Grounded in physical exercise such as yoga, we work with all kinds of sounds without meaning, without emphasizing a beautiful voice. They help us to get beyond common subject-object and mind-body dualities, and bring our unconscious selves and irrational emotions to the surface. The group process becomes a mirror for the self and allows us to ‘see’ ourselves more clearly, to hear what’s living deep inside.
BACKGROUNDS Mark’s Voice Yoga runs for over 8 years and brings together three decades of creative, vocal expression, yogic discipline and contemplative traditions. Voice Yoga is neither yoga as you see all around you, or music as you hear it every day. It is a personal, artistic synthesis of a wide range of musical, resonant, theatrical, contemplative and physical arts. What binds them together is Mark’s unique synthesis and his vision to create a strong sense of flow, no matter what the activity is. Serious workouts smoothly blend with unforgettable (and unrepeatable!) musical creations, deep breath work morphs into contact improv and vocal exercises into absurdistic theatre.
This retreat will give you a big boost, whether you are a musician, dancer, yoga teacher, actor, or just interested in working on your personal growth through the connections between sound, body and mind. No problem if you’ve never done yoga before!
********************* **** WEEKLY VOICE YOGA **** For a taste of this retreat, **** come to one of the weekly Voice Yoga **** classes in Taipei for a 2-hour session. **** Thursdays 10:15-12:15 AM **** https://www.facebook.com/events/2197109717082246/ *********************
VOICE YOGA SUMMER RETREAT: FOR WHOM? Anyone can attend, no experience with yoga or music is necessary. Making sounds and learning about the connections between sound and movement, tones and physical vibrations, and not yoga per se, are the main purpose of this retreat. We are working to create an atmosphere of inclusion and acceptance. We make sure people of different levels of physical, mental, musical and other development feel supported and encouraged to grow and explore. We do our best to accommodate the program to the different levels of the participants and let you decide to skip or tone down certain exercises when you feel they are too demanding.
DATES & TIMES We start Saturday August 22 at 9 AM and suggest you arrive the evening before. We finish after lunch on Tuesday 25th, around 1:30 PM.
This is the first time we do this in high Summer and we might adapt the program a bit to accommodate to the needs and energies of the group – and to the weather.
Day 1: 9:00-12:00 introduction to the program. Light exercising, breathing exercises start moving toning, improvising. Deep sleep session included! 12:00-15:30 lunch & siësta 15:30-18:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations and more. 18:30-20:00 diner & rest 20:00-21:30 evening program: active sound meditation.
Day 2, 3, 4 (half day): 9:00-12:00 Slow meditative warm up, mild to vigorous exercising, toning, noise making. Once again: restorative (half-)sleep/dream. 12:00-15:30 lunch & siësta 15:30-18:30 Guided movement and sound practices, walking meditations, improvisations and more. 18:30-20:00 diner & rest 20:00-21:30 Moongazing. Sound searching. Mark’s concert. Yours?! Ours! Day 2, 3, 4: optional: Early morning yoga sessions: 7-8 AM. For those who rise early anyway or those who would like to get the most out of this retreat of active relaxation, this session of yoga-only is the best start of the day. (we suggest you discuss the option of bringing your breakfast along with your b’n’b host unless you stay in walking distance from our site).
PLACE We hold our sessions in Shufang’s Energy Healing, a gorgeous new yoga studio in Dulan, Taidong, isolated from nearby properties so we can make any sound we need to make. The studio has all utilities we need and is fully air-conditioned of course. There is a big lawn outside for musical workouts in fresh air, giant rocks to repose, and a few shady places. Have a look here!: https://www.facebook.com/shufang.energyhealing/
LODGING Several comfortable options nearby in Dulan, different prices, some at walking distance.
OUR TEAM This workshop is brought to you by Mark van Tongeren, Sunny Chen (translator) and Jackal Mei (general manager), and hosted by Shufang Wang. For any questions about the contents in English ask Mark, in Chinese, ask Sunny or Jackal. For registration, lodging and food details ask Jackal. (contact info below)
YOUR TEACHER Mark van Tongeren is a Dutch sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has over 25 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative of Performing Arts. He practices yoga for some twenty years and all kinds of voice/music/performance practices for 30 years. Read more details below or check out www.fusica.nl.
PRICES Regular: 21.000 NT$ Students who joined one year or more of Voice Yoga or the first Retreat , the RESONANCE course or multiple Sound Journeys: – 25 % (15.750 NT$) (sign up before July 11) – 10 % (18.900 NT$) (after July 11) Bring a friend: – 1000 NT$ for both (cannot be combined with 25% discount) Students, pensioners and poor struggling artists: – 25 % (15.750 NT$) (limited number of spaces available, earlier sign up is better).
CANCELLATION POLICY If you cannot make it for some reason, we will always keep 10 % admin fees. For cancellation within 4 weeks up to the start of the event , we retain the right to keep 50 % from the total fee, within 2 weeks up untill the starting date, 80%. If you find a new replacement student we will refund except admin fees.
INCLUDED: + Tuition + All lunches and diners from Saturday till Tuesday lunch
NOT INCLUDED – Transport to Dulan – Lodging
CONTACT INFO:
JACKAL MEI: Phone: 0936596910 Mail jackallala@gmail.com LINE: Jackallala
SUNNY CHEN Phone: 0912024285 Mail ly.sunny.chen@gmail.com LINE: soleilc77
Or contact Mark directly in English: mark@fusica.nl Phone 0910382749 LINE: 0910382749
TESTIMONIALS “I felt many sounds inside me first time and I felt there is an inner space inside my body. That was an very powerful experience for me. The body wasn’t what I knew before. I felt peace when you sang… I do have a lot of fun when you want us imitate your voice… Every time when we make sounds together I feel I am decomposing and putting every part of me in one again. ” – Judith
” Your class shows me the magic of breath and voice. This makes my inner child very happy. ” – Nancy
” I enjoyed the class very much today. You had everyone engaged and creatively expressed as well as discharging and recharging well. ” – Tina
” More than ever, it brings back my childhood so I can play again. ” – Kovida
” Your class shows me the magic of breath and voice. This makes my inner child very happy. ” – Nancy
” Voice Yoga helps me feel lighter. ” – Jennifer
” I enjoy a lot and feel relaxed, this is a special course for me. ” – Judy
Saturday August 22 / 10AM – Tuesday August 25 / 11AM Once again the succesful Voice Yoga Retreat. In Voice Yoga’s dynamic group process, students go beyond their own habits and expectations. Often, something larger than ourselves emerges: a flow of hidden creative potential. We work with all kinds of sounds without meaning, without emphasizing → Workshops ⋅ 3rd July 2020
SOUND OUT! Kaohsiung concert Friday July 17 / 7:30 PM-9 PM For English, Please scroll down~ 【發聲! 共鳴：音樂會】 ◇ 泛音大師Mark van Tongeren ◇ 參與式音樂會 共鳴是存在於每個身體之中的聲音震動，不僅僅在你之中，也穿越你以及完全包圍著你。它不是文字，也不是歌聲或旋律；它是音樂及聲音的DNA，運作於潛意識甚至是上意識精微的感知層級之間。 生活在視覺導向的現代世界，我們的聽力變得愚鈍，失去了聆聽許多聲音細緻面向的能力。 在這個音樂會中，Mark van Tongeren會唱出不同頻率的聲音，讓聲音的共鳴來洗淨你的耳朵、按摩你的頭腦，也震動放鬆你的骨骼。 這是一個關於聲音以及進入聲音的旅程。這個聲音旅程的主軸由泛音串起。泛音，又或是泛音歌唱，是一種特殊的歌唱技巧，一個歌者可以同時發出兩個音高。 R E S O N A N C E 【聲音的共鳴】也是Mark的泛音密集課程的名稱。課程主要的內容是泛音歌唱技巧以及開啟對於身聲隱藏層次的聆聽能力。這次的音樂會也會邀請所有的觀眾一起來發聲、共鳴。 【費用】 300 共鳴舊生: 免費 【報名】 https://www.accupass.com/event/2005071329462803003510 【聯繫資訊】 中文： ly.sunny.chen@gmail.com / lineID: soleilc77 陳亮伃 In English: → Overtone Singing ⋅ 3rd July 2020
NEW WORKSHOP: RHYTHMS & CYCLES Video impresssion: Colours Rhythms & Cycles NEW CLASS: SHRUTI NIGHTS I began a new class: Shruti Nights, and ran No. I-VIII throughout the year, each with a different theme. Listen to a nice duet I did with Sunny, translator, co-producer of many of my events, and talented singing → (ethno)musicology ⋅ 4th January 2020
TRAN QUANG HAI's world throat singing 