Kargyraa Kargyraa Khoomei Category="Xoomii"Kargyraa is a deep, "undertone" technique used in Tuvan Throat singing. The vestibular folds or false vocal folds are vibrated to produce an "undertone" exactly half the frequency of the fundamental produced by the vocal folds, and the mouth cavity is shaped to select harmonics of both the fundamental and the "undertone," producing from four to six pitches simultaneously.

There are two main kargyraa styles, the dag kargyraa and the khovu kargyraa. The dag or "mountain" kargyraa is the lower of the two. There are also the distinctive kargyraa styles of Vladimir Oidupaa and Albert Kuvezin, the latter also bearing the name kanzat kargyraa.

Examples of kargyraa in pop culture would be the cartoon character Popeye, and the lead "singer" of the German heavy metal band, "Rammstein".