Vocal Music of Lithuania

There are three olden patterns of singing in Lithuania linked with the ethnographical areas: monophony, multi-voiced homophony, heterophony and polyphony. The monophony mainly occurs in the southern (Dzukija), southwest (Suvalkija) and the eastern (which is Aukstaitija), which are parts of the Lithuania. The multi-voiced homophony widespread all over the Lithuania and it is the most archaic in Samogitia. Also the traditional vocal music is held in high esteem on a world scale: the song of Lithuanian fests and sutartines multipart songs are on the UNESCO’s representative list of the masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.