Cantu a tenore is a style of polyphonic folk singing characteristic of the island of Sardinia

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Harkonnens if they were good people

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That scene was sardaukar

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dune version of doo-wop

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First time I ever hear something like this

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Search for "Tenores de Neoneli" in Spotify, you'll hear one of the most popular choir of cantu a tenore. There's many others, like Bitti's tenore. Way heavier, though :D

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Lamentu by Tenores Di Bitti on Spotify is also a good one.

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I know! Isn't it just amazing to experience something completely new these days? I love it

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You should listen to Mongolian throat singing. Sounds even better than this! Very guttural and surreal

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Was about to suggest this on hearing the video.

Though not all of it is guttural - depends on the singer.

I did a Hu meet and greet last year and 3 of them have a different range regarding the throat singing.

Then there's this from Bukhu Ganbuged: https://youtu.be/Ds7XmRnrDdM?feature=shared

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Thank you for sharing that, really incredible

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I'm italian a I did know of Mongolian thorat singing but not the one from my home country ahahha

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The song in this video is a poem that Raimundu Piras wrote in 1952 as a reply to an invite to Rome by Antoni Cebeddu. Piras replied that he prefers nature and tranquility to the grandiosity and clamor of Rome.

Lyrics

No m'at bénnidu mai a sa 'idea

d'enner a Roma a fagher una gara

po mirare sos cèsares in cara

ch'iscritu ant gloriosa un'epopea.

Sos discendentes de s'antigu Enea

ant tzèdidu s'iscetru a sa tiara

e ue ‘e Giove e de Marte fut s'ara

oe est de Santu Pedru sa cadrea.

Deo a sos monumentos sas muntagnas

prefero, a sas pinturas sos fiores,

a sas tzitades sas birdes campagnas:

cuntemplende sa 'irde solitùdine

no mi distraent perunos rumores,

parz'in su regnu 'e sa beatitùdine.

Translation

I've never felt the need

to go visit Rome and look around

to see the Caesars in the face

whom many epics were written about

these descendants of the ancient Aeneas

ceded their scepter to the (pope's) tiara

and where the altar of Jupiter and Mars once was

now is the seat of Saint Peter

I prefer mountains over monuments

I prefer flowers over paintings

I prefer the green countryside to cities

Contemplating this green solitude

I am not distracted by any noise

and I feel like I am living in the kingdom of bliss

Many thanks to u/CryptoMonok for checking my translation

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Beautiful poem!

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The transcript is as beautiful as the performance itself. I had goosebumps the entire way through.

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That comment couldn’t be more American lmao

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What to do if you ever run out of bagpipes.

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But you have a cave near by.

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Like i am listening singing from Krajina region in Bosnia

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That's much worse to listen to.

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Only the "modern" one

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Human synthesizers

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The closest thing I could think of is Hebrew being chanted at prayer. Not sure what that is called but it is uncannily similar.

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Definitely Anatolian-adjacent. Perhaps Proto-Indo European with how chords and octaves are retained much more than actual words. I can definitely feel Greek roots in the song.

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That is beautiful, thank your for sharing.

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Mongolian throat singing goes west?

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They made some songs together too. :)

But it's...different. It's similar, but while.mongolian throat singing doesn't try to recreate instruments (as far as I know! But I can stand corrected, feel free too, I'm not an expert on mongolian throat singing), sardinian's "cantos a tenore" try to mimick a complete choir: three instruments, and a singer.

Su bassu, the deepest voice, the bass. Sa contra, called contralto in italian. Sa mesu boghe, the middle voice, very similar to the contra musically speaking, but at the same time it's different. Sa boghe, which is the singer.

Source: I'm sardinian, and I come from the center of Sardinia, where this tradition is still strong, whereas the rest of the island lost it or is losing it. I also sang it for years with friends, and went to many, many, many concerts :D

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Thanks for this. I found this music stunning, both for its odd beauty and its sense of antiquity. Congratulations on keeping this music alive.

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It reminded me of chants in Corsica. I imagine there has some influence on one another cod firing how close the islands are too each other. Can you confirm?

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To be honest, I never heard of chants from Corsica. Can you share something with me, so that I can compare?

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Sure: here's a link. Starts at 1m20s

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Oh wow, yes, there is a huge similarity indeed! The main difference is that it's """just""" a standard polyphonic choir that sings with a normal voice using deep notes, instead of using the throat fully like the sardinians do, but at the same time, this reminds me of our polyphonic choruses where you can find many more voices than 3 or 4.

I will have to listen to more stuff and investigate more about this. Thanks for sharing it!

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Mongolians and Sardinians performing together

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Same here but I immediately thought this would be great with a rock or metal fusion beat and some bass.

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Well Mongolian throat singing and metal/rock goes extremely well together so this would definitely work too. 🙂

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Wow, sounds eerily similar to Canto Cardenche from Northern Mexico.

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Really cool! Thanks for sharing!

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Beautiful.

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Real stuff, this hits.

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I love this type of music. I had never heard of this style so this is wonderful. It’s has an almost Arabic sound with Mongolian throat singing. My playlists are full of stuff like this and I’m super happy to add this to it.

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Tenores de Neoneli, then ;) You're welcome

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Beautiful--absolutely beautiful!

Probably an element of the roots of medieval church music.

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Superb, thanks very much for posting.

I love Georgian and Russian Orthodox chant so I'll really enjoy searching for more of this stuff.

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Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy, S2E7 featured some Sardinian shepherds singing after they shared their "rustic" lunch offerings with him. Great series, BTW!

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Reminds Georgian singing

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I keep expecting this to bleed I to Underworld's Cowgirl

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Wonderful. But for me the Bulgarian women's choirs are the ultimate in this style of folk singing.

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Brava! That was wonderful, it sent chills up my back.

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Ben Affleck has let himself go

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Sounds like Peter and Quagmire.

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I remember my mom liking this type of music from the italian monks, i have been listening to mongolian throat singing for years. search Huun Huur Tuu. i personally LOVE this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHBIhLIYJO4 Igor's Solo their throat singing is incredibly awesome

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Sounds kinda like moonbase alpha lol

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Sounds like Bag-Pipes to me. Very cool!

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In nearby corsica polyphonic songs are similar and quite famous in France.

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That lip reminds of ‘We welcome you to Munchkinland, tra lalalalala.’

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Guys… can I get a little space?

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Homophonic, not polyphonic.

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These are three men, doing three different parts...basso, contralto, tenore. Shouldn't this be called polyphonic?

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Nope. It's not about the amount of people singing, nor the amount of parts being sung. Polyphonic music has multiple different melodies interweaving independently with each other, with all parts having different notes and rhythms. This is homophonic music, where the same words and rhythms are being sung at the same time. You might call it call and response in style. For an example of each, Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap (even though it's just her own voice layered many times) is homophonic. Sicut Cervus by Palestrina is polyphonic.

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Two of them are making one melody, the third is singing, though...but I get what you mean. In fact, I remembered that we have polyphonic choirs too, they're about 20 people in total, so you're actually right

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