Musicology Annotation << Back Three vocal styles in the musical folklore of the Sakha people (The genre intonational aspect) Victoria G. Grigoryeva The article describes three singing styles of the Yakut traditional musical folklore: “jieretii yrya” (Sublime singing), “degeren yrya” (Orderly singing) and “uyulga yrya” (Introspection singing). If such terms as “jieretii” and “degeren” were shown in the middle of XX century then the term “uyulga” are being introduced by author of the article for definition singing type in ecstasy condition. Musical-expressive tools typical for these three styles are being studied as well. Particular attention is being paid to the timbre features of singing. Keywords: epos olonkho, style, the folklore sphere, genre, type of intonation, timbre, kylysakh (the throat singing), jieretii yrya, degeren yrya, uyulga yrya. Contacts: E-mail: grigfolk@mail.ru Pp. 22-31.