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| Prelude: Meeting With A Tuvan shepherd |
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11 | (4) |
| Introduction: Where Art Meets Science And Contemplation |
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15 | (10) |
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Chapter 1 Singing Harmonics |
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25 | (40) |
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25 | (2) |
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Vowels, timbre and harmonics |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (4) |
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Mouth shape and resonance |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (3) |
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Elementary techniques of overtone singing |
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41 | (8) |
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Singing the overtone series |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (2) |
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Defining overtone and throat singing |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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Oktavist multiphonic growls, anyone? |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (5) |
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Chapter 2 Listening To Harmonics |
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65 | (15) |
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Harmonics' hidden history |
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65 | (2) |
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Harmonics at the opera (I) |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (3) |
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The cycle of creation and perception |
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70 | (2) |
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Unusual acoustic phenomena |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (6) |
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Chapter 3 Tuvan Throat Singing |
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80 | (74) |
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Three children and a bull |
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83 | (1) |
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Throat singing in everyday life |
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84 | (2) |
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Two outstanding musician-composers |
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86 | (6) |
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92 | (3) |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (2) |
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A proto-musical sound world |
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100 | (1) |
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The world of spirits and sound |
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101 | (4) |
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105 | (2) |
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Throat singing in ritual, healing and shamanising |
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107 | (3) |
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110 | (3) |
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113 | (2) |
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Khunashtaar-ool: Khoomei redefined |
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115 | (1) |
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Cultural authorities and musical hierarchies |
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116 | (2) |
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From Vladivostok to Havana |
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118 | (5) |
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123 | (4) |
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127 | (3) |
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130 | (2) |
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A musical lineage continued |
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132 | (3) |
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Huun-Huur-Tu: Back (and forth) to the roots |
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135 | (4) |
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139 | (5) |
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144 | (1) |
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Kongar-ool Ondar: Mixed feelings |
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145 | (3) |
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148 | (6) |
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Chapter 4 Overtone Singing In Other Traditional Musics |
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154 | (61) |
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Mongolia: Nature sounds and metal music |
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155 | (2) |
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Mongolian and Tuvan throat singing |
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157 | (1) |
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Techniques of Mongolian khodmii |
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158 | (3) |
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161 | (4) |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (3) |
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Epics and throat singing in the Republic of Altai |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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The Republic of Khakassia: The spirits return |
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175 | (3) |
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Receiving a gift from the spirits |
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178 | (2) |
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The Republic of Kalmykia: Epics and ideology |
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180 | (3) |
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The Republic of Bashkortostan: An independent case? |
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183 | (3) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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Sutras, mudras and mantras |
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190 | (4) |
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A tool for the mind: The harmonic as symbol |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (1) |
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Inner Mongolia: Reinventing khoomii |
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197 | (3) |
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Sardinia, Italy: The quintina or virtual voice |
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200 | (5) |
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South Africa: The human voice as a type of musical bow |
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205 | (4) |
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American barbershop: Linking Africa and Europe |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (5) |
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Chapter 5 A History Of Overtone Singing In The West |
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215 | (63) |
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The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys |
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216 | (1) |
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Tuning up to the cosmos: Stockhausen's Stimmung |
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217 | (5) |
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Trials and errors: A Vietnamese in Paris |
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222 | (3) |
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The 1970s: Extending vocal technique |
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225 | (2) |
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Stratos: Singing the voice |
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227 | (1) |
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David Hykes: Solar winds & rainbow voices |
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228 | (7) |
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Michael Vetter. Zen and sound |
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235 | (5) |
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240 | (2) |
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Globalisation and cross-fertilisation |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (3) |
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Yat-Kha and the Global East |
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247 | (3) |
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From deep valleys to high peaks: Urban yodelling |
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250 | (2) |
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Harmonics at the opera (II) |
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252 | (3) |
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Shostakovich and the frozen song of Odna |
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255 | (2) |
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Toby Twining: Requiem for a Millennium |
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257 | (3) |
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260 | (3) |
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Rollin Rachele: Harmonic divergence |
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263 | (3) |
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Hefele's viral, solo polyphonies |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (2) |
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Beyond singing: Natascha Nikeprelevic |
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270 | (4) |
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The stepchild of European music |
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274 | (4) |
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Chapter 6 Body, Mind And Beyond |
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278 | (46) |
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281 | (3) |
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284 | (2) |
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Meditation: Listening to overtones |
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286 | (4) |
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Christian chants and Buddhist mantras |
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290 | (4) |
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Music, medicine, therapy and healing |
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294 | (1) |
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Therapy and healing with timbre and overtones |
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295 | (6) |
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How to make your bones sing |
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301 | (3) |
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304 | (3) |
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307 | (2) |
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309 | (2) |
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Music makes the world go round |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (2) |
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314 | (3) |
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Sound as a pivot to consciousness |
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317 | (7) |
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Chapter 7 The Great Realm |
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324 | (52) |
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Traditions and Metaphysics |
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326 | (1) |
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Universals and differences |
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326 | (2) |
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Dimensions of the spiritual |
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328 | (4) |
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Thinking music and nature |
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332 | (1) |
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Physics Versus Metaphysics |
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333 | (1) |
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A `theory of musical relativity' |
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333 | (4) |
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A subliminal driving force |
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337 | (2) |
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339 | (1) |
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The ancient marriage between music and physics reversed |
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340 | (2) |
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Mixed-up modernities and traditions |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (5) |
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The Quintessence of Science, Sound and Self |
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348 | (1) |
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Timbre: A paradox for the senses |
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348 | (3) |
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351 | (2) |
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353 | (3) |
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356 | (2) |
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About Pronunciations and Transliterations |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (6) |
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366 | (7) |
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Sources: Audio Recordings |
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373 | (1) |
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Sources: Audiovisual Media |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
| Index |
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376 | (3) |
| Anthology of Overtone Singing: The Audio Recordings |
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