Audio Overview
This is a song performed by Dratul. Dratul comes from a local family of herders and learned songs from his family. He described them as pastoral songs (glu gzhas). From a later interview with some of the Sokhang Quintet, David Germano adds: "He sang songs sung when herding yak and sheep. This music is called 'nomad style' ('brog lugs), or 'Atak' music (gzhas a dag?). Evidently 'atak' is just a verbal sound that figures in the music." The singing is highly melismatic, starting low with glottal shifts to high crescendo.
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MEMO Memo: Filename: A0227 SongTitleEnglish: - SongTitleTibetan: - SongDescription: Highly melismatic starting low with glottal shifts to high crescendo. Dratul comes from a local family of herders and learned these songs from his family. He described them as Pastoral songs (glu gzhas). From a later interview with some of the Sokhang Quintet, David Germano adds: 'He sang songs sung when herding yak and sheep. This music is called 'nomad style' ('brog lugs), or 'Atak' music (gzhas a dag?). Evidently 'atak' is just a verbal sound that figures in the music.' Genre: Pastoral song (glu gzhas) Instruments: Vocals: Male solo Tibetan Lyrics: - English Lyrics: Lyrics not yet available. Artists: Dratul (dgra 'thul) Artist Region: Penam Mak Sokhang (pa snam mak gso khang) Song Region: Penam Mak Sokhang (pa snam mak gso khang) Translator: Transcriber: RecordingLocation: Penam Mak Sokhang (pa snam mak gso khang) Duration: RecordingDate: 2000-08-07 MediumType: CD MediumID: J016 CDTrack: 5 StartTime: StopTime: SessionId: LANGUAGE INFO Dialect Family: dbus gtsang Specific Dialect: pa snam mak gso khang Speech Type: Song MASTER TAPE INFO Master Tape Label: NDRP Master 1 Recorded: 2000-08-02