Editing Vocal music (section)

===World traditions===
* [[Indian classical music]] is based on a rich vocal tradition, wherein even instruments are evaluated on their ability to follow the human voice, imitate it, or recreate the same expressions.
* Elaborate untexted vocal improvisation was and still is an important element in [[Turkey|Turkish]] and [[Middle Eastern]] music traditions. Such music existed prior to the 13th century and the [[First Crusade]] into Palestine and the city of [[Jerusalem]], possibly even before the year 900.
* The modern descendants of the ancient [[ǃKung people|Kung]] tribes and clans of Southern Africa utilize similar traditional music techniques.
* A form of improvisation known as [[thillana]] is a very important feature of [[Carnatic music]] from South India.
* [[Tuvans|Tuvan]] [[Overtone singing|throat singing]] often features wordless and improvised song. The [[sygyt]] technique is a particularly good example of this.
* The [[Anglo-Saxon]] and [[Gaels|Gaelic]] communities.
* [[Hasidic Jews]] use a form of voice improvisation called [[nigunim]].  This consists of wordless tunes vocalized with sounds such as "Bim-bim-bam" or "Ai-yai-yai!" often accompanied by rhythmic clapping and drumming on the table.
* [[Puirt a beul]], also known as "Mouth Music", is a Scottish vocal technique imitating the sounds of bagpipes, fiddles, and other instruments used in traditional Scottish music.  It was popularized in North America by [[Scottish Americans|Scottish immigrants]], and has been incorporated into many forms of American music from [[Traditional music|roots music]] to [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]].
* The [[Cante Alentejano]] is just based on vocal music. It is one of two Portuguese music traditions part of the [[UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists]], the other being  [[Fado]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=01007|title= Cante Alentejano, polyphonic singing from Alentejo, southern Portugal|access-date= November 3, 2015|work= unesco.org|publisher= [[UNESCO]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00563|title= Fado, urban popular song of Portugal|access-date= November 3, 2015|work= unesco.org|publisher= [[UNESCO]]}}</ref>