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If you're curious about overtone singing, listen to this -- it's insane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9Qh709gas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9Qh709gas
by depoll 12y ago
If you're curious about overtone singing, listen to this -- it's insane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9Qh709gas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9Qh709gas
The principle is actually the same -- she is modifying her singing apparatus to emphasize different upper partials that are already in her voice. Barbershoppers do this as well, though less explicitly (we do vowel matching, which helps emphasize upper partials to produce greater ring).
Here's a video from a perennial favorite quartet (the Gas House Gang): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvYT_yWiLqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvYT_yWiLqU The top/tenor note is often the same note as the primary overtone produced by the other 3 parts (adding further emphasis to the overtone), but this effect is what gives barbershop the quality of sounding like more than 4 voices, and produces the "ring" in the sound.
- depoll 12y agoJust had to add (since I'm a giant Barbershop Geek in addition to all of the other ways I'm a geek ;))... Lest anyone think that barbershop is just for old folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWmFfFx24zs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWmFfFx24zs (Vocal Spectrum, 2004 international collegiate quartet champions and 2006 international quartet champions) Or just for Americans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFWhnOP_UVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFWhnOP_UVk (Ringmasters, 2012 international quartet champions, from Sweden) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HM-oLG_cI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HM-oLG_cI (Musical Island Boys, 2014 international quartet champions, from New Zealand) Or always serious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihdtI0E_mmQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihdtI0E_mmQ (Storm Front, 2010 International Quartet Champions and comedy quartet) Or just for men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqtFxW4kiE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWqtFxW4kiE (LoveNotes, 2014 Sweet Adelines International Quartet Champions) Or just for adults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sREQu_AaUso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sREQu_AaUso (The Osmond Brothers... yup ;))
- hrvbr 12y agoIt's a traditional way of singing in Mongolia I think.
- hobs 12y agoMy favorite example of this is Huun-Huur-Tu, I hadnt even seen a non-tuvan do it before this thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0djHJBAP3U&t=100 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0djHJBAP3U&t=100
- jtheory 12y agoI can do it pretty well -- the higher one, not the deep version (I can approximate the growly version, but it'll have me coughing after about 10 seconds, so I'm clearly doing something wrong!) -- after seeing Huun Huur Tu in concert back when I was in school I just tinkered until I could get the overtones reliably. I also did a bit of barbershop (we called ourselves The Overhead Projectors...) and playing with throat-singing was actually quite useful in that context. I'm not sure how much it affect my actual voice control (probably some), but mostly I just became keenly aware of how much tone could vary just based on little changes in positioning of mouth, throat, tongue, palate, etc..
- lcedp 12y agoIs it an example of an overtone music? http://www.nealstephenson.com/anathem/music.htm http://www.nealstephenson.com/anathem/music.htm