This is the third part of my Non-Mainstream Vocals series. Twelve tracks from Hungary introducing you to traditional Vlax Romani oral bass! (It also includes a Beás song.)
Here is an English-language description of oral bass from ROMBASE:
http://ling.kfunigraz.ac.at/~rombase/cgi-bin/art.cgi?src=data/music/instr/bumb.en.xml
Illustration of the mouth by Duncan Kenneth Winter, CC license - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
4 comments
2010-05-10T21:38:22Z
My other mixes in this series:
NMV01 - Index - http://8tracks.com/tzniuswarrior/non-mainstream-vocals-01
NMV02 - Central Asian music - http://8tracks.com/tzniuswarrior/nmv02-central-asian-music
I also have several Gypsy mixes with various themes, this one seems underappreciated -
http://8tracks.com/tzniuswarrior/childrens-day-mix--muro-shavo-muri...
![[NMV03] Oral Bass! [NMV03] Oral Bass!](http://cf2.8tracks.us/mix_covers/000/115/418/75245.sq250.jpg)
![[NMV03] Oral Bass! [NMV03] Oral Bass!](http://cf2.8tracks.us/mix_covers/000/115/418/75245.sq100.jpg)

![[NMV02] Central Asian music [NMV02] Central Asian music](http://cf3.8tracks.us/mix_covers/000/066/671/39349.sq100.jpg)


2010-05-16T02:21:29Z
I've just found this video, oral bass + cajón (!) -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6EXSRDlBkg&feature=related