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Pages in category "Tibetan music" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aku Pema; L. Lhamo; M.
Pages in category "Tibetan musical instruments" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Damaru;
Music of Tibet [1] is a historic recording, made by world religion scholar Huston Smith in 1967. [2] While traveling in India, Smith was staying at the Gyuto Monastery. While listening to the monks chanting, he realized that each monk was producing multiple overtones for each note, creating a chord from a single voice.
Buddhist music retains a prominent place in many Buddhist traditions, and is usually used for ceremonial and devotional purposes. [5] Buddhist music and chanting is often part of Buddhist rituals and festivals in which they may be seen as offerings to the Buddha. [6] Most Buddhist music includes chanting or singing, accompanied by instruments.
Monks playing dungchen, Tibetan long trumpets, from the roof of the Medical College, Lhasa, 1938 Street musician playing a dramyin, Shigatse, Tibet, 1993. The music of Tibet reflects the cultural heritage of the trans-Himalayan region centered in Tibet, but also known wherever ethnic Tibetan groups are found in Nepal, Bhutan, India and further abroad.
Tibetan Freedom Concert is a live album by various artists, recorded at the 1997 Tibetan freedom concert held in New York City to support Tibetan independence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was recorded and produced by Pat McCarthy and Sylvia Massy , and mixed in New York City at Greene Street Studios.
Possession music [8] is typically longer in duration, mesmeric, loud, and intense, with climaxes of rhythmic intensity and volume to which the medium has learned to respond by entering a trance state: the music is not played by the medium but by one or more musicians. In shamanism, the music is played by the shaman, confirms the shaman's power ...
Other styles include those unique to the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, such as the classical music of the popular Gelug school and the romantic music of the Nyingma, Sakya and Kagyu schools. Secular Tibetan music has been promoted by organizations like the 14th Dalai Lama's Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts.