# Can women do the "tibetan monk chant" voice?

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**Created:** [January 9, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-do-the-tibetan-monk-chant-voice/646639 "2013-01-09T16:29:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-women-do-the-tibetan-monk-chant-voice/646639/21 "2013-01-14T22:24:41Z")

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> [@Johanna](#):
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> _tromba marina_ or ‘marine trumpet’

“In Germany, at the time when the trumpet was extensively used in the churches, nuns often substituted the tromba marina because women were not allowed to play trumpets — whence the name _Nonnengeige_ (literally, nuns’ violin).” [cite](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tromba_marina)

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