Music of Tibet (album)

1967 studio album by The Gyuto Monks

Music of Tibet

Studio album by

The Gyuto Monks

Released| 1967 (LP) 2005 (CD)
Recorded| 1967
Genre| Ethnic
Label| GemsTone
Producer| Huston Smith

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. He made a recording of the chanting and had engineers at MIT confirm the phenomenon, which is known as overtone singing.[3]

The recording was originally released as an LP on Anthology Records. In 2005 the master tapes were digitized for a CD on the GemsTone label. Royalties from sales of the CD go to the Gyuto Tantric University in India.

## Track listing

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* 1 Drumbeat to Summon the Deities
* 2 Guhyasamaja Tantra (Excerpt)
* 3 A Prayer for Refuge
* 4 Invocation of mGon-po
* 5 Invocation of Mahakala
* 6 Prayer of Absolution and Purification
* 7 Selections from Guhyasamaja Tantra (Chapter 5)
* 8 Prayer to mGon-po (Mahakala)
* 9 Prayer to Hla-Mo
* 10 Prayer to Chos-Gyal (Dharmaraja or Yama)
* 11 Prayer for the Preservation of the Buddha Dharma
* 12 Invocation of Mahakala
* 13 Prayer to Mahakala

## Credits

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* Mickey Hart \- Technical Assistance
* Nick Morgan - Technical Assistance
* David Schonbrunn - Technical Assistance
* Romio Shrestha - Images
* Huston Smith - Engineer, Liner Notes

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic.com listing
2. ^ Huston Smith telling story of recording
3. ^ NPR story of recording and MIT analysis