Notated by Theodore C. Levin
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From: Levin, Theodore and Michael Edgerton. "The Throat Singers of Tuva." Scientific American (September 1999). Available on-line at: http://www.sciam.com/issue.cfm?issuedate=Sep-99. |
| ARTY-SAYIR "the far side of a dry riverbed" is a melody performed by throat-singer Vasili Chazir. The numbers identify the harmonic relative to the fundamental, transcribed here as a sustained low C note. The actual performance is about a semitone lower. | |
Notated by Theodore C. Levin |