James Morrison demonstrates multiphonics

[edozman47]

when he did 3 my mind = blown

[skawo4]

who needs another harmonic trombone when u can do this :P

[thenerdybr0]

240p we meet again!

[MamboMan2314]

Cool!



[skamatt1]

What's the name of this song and how can I get the full version?

[tromuniapp]

which pixel is james?

[orcunbab]

@tromuniapp take a guess, you have %33 chance

[tromuniapp]

@orcunbab haha!

[DjAlanBarratt]

if you close your eye's he's a black man

[BigMacWitCheez]

@wireless000gi you have to sing or hum another note while playing

[wireless000gi]

wtf??? how do you do it??

[PaggiJazzTrmbn]

COME ACCIDENTI FATE????? STUPENDO!!!

[MinceyFresh11]

how u do dat

[jarvis37th]

@MinceyFresh11 you just hum a note while you're playing the other

[Tubahero1]

What song is this?

[finnbone14]

@Tubahero1 "things ain't what they used to be" by Duke Ellington

[robo6129]

@VitalDave1 Awh.. Lucky!

[mycompasstv]

fantastic

[alexansbe]

Try some multiphonics by singing under the tone being played by trombone, that makes the growl sound used by saxes.

[2Girls1Tom]

What a goof!

[xXxJustForFunxXx95]

anyone know the name of the song

[ericoschmitt]

search for jaco pastorius video of Donna Lee, theres one which starts with free tuba solo with multiphonics!

[gcalvanetten]

0:43 fucked with my mind. That is SO awesome.

[brainac0cult]

so you can play chords on a trumpet then XD

[Impss12]

Basstrombone?

[psgchisolm]

@stealthedscout i think you are forcing the air out of your throat, try playing from a to f# as soft as you can play ppppppppp in long tones ex. A-Bb-A Bb-B-bb and so on until you it fixes good luck and happy tromboning

[tomorocko]

I am a string player so this may be a really stupid question but are Multiphonics very hard just something that very advanced players would use?

[pedropedaltones]

@tomorocko It's really more of a showing off tactic. It doesn't take too much skill if you just want the basics of it. But once you get moving notes in there, it takes a lot more concentration because tone and intonation suffer drastically from it.

[davdud101]

I LOLd so hard at this especially when he started up with 3!!!!

[psgchisolm]

play the note and then hum a different note and work on it pratice in octaves

[iequalztehgod]

Multiphonics is actually very easy to do. Just practice every day!

[itwontcomeout5678]

holy shittttt how the fuckkkkkkkk omgggggggggggggggg

[automaticlyill]

brass>woodwinds lol

[RandomAwe]

@automaticlyill Actually it's possible to achieve on woodwinds, most notable flute though.

[Bamchucknorris]

@automaticlyill indeed

[tubonianflute]

@automaticlyill You do realize woodwind players have been doing this for a loooong time...right?

[ericoschmitt]

@automaticlyill flute also has multiphonics with 2, 3, and even 4 notes. normal concert flutes dont have all multiphonics, but sankyo and kingma key-key- system and open hole flutes have all kinds of multiphonics and quartertones.. and fingering on flute/sax makes much more sense than trumpet horn tuba or trombone!

i only have a trumpet because it has a different sound, but i dont like the fingering....

actually the easier for me are the strings, being electric bass the easiest

[LfunkeyA]

@automaticlyill

no

[Bagurk93]

@automaticlyill You can do this on woodwinds too...

[kionay]

@automaticlyill piano > all :P :D

i don't play wind instruments but i ( thought ) i had an idea of how one plays them as i played the french horn many years ago i still remember what it feels like to put air in one's isntrument

but for the life of me, in all my knowleadge of music and instruments i cannot figure out how one plays more than 1 note on a trombone without it being electronic of some sort

i just cannot figure it out

to wikipedia!!

[jxue007]

@kionay as the video title itself indicates, it's a (relatively modern) technique called multiphonics. From what i can hear, however, it involves strenuous effort on the player's behalf, and there also seems to exist a limit in the interval produced between the two notes.

[DeedMDavid]

And for even more insanity, sing the note a semitone above the played note.

AWWWWW YEAH.

[johnlalala23]

I can get one awesome chord with multiphonics xD just practice

[GooGobbler113]

@johnlalala23 I can do this with my voice :]

[Stormbubi]

i don't get it O_O how the fuck is this possible? ...fuck..this is... OH MY GAWSH XD

[Joeasy88]

@Stormbubi you play a note, then sing a note thats in tune with it, then like some others said, some of the partials around it come out, so you can play several notes all at once, i can play 2 at once, on tuba, and its very difficult at first, but once you get it down its easy

[Stormbubi]

@Joeasy88 thanks man =)

[ksfhakjdghfdhgied]

how do you not know what this piece is called? everyone should know things ain't what they used to be...

[DeluxeHobo]

@ksfhakjdghfdhgied Tribute by bob mintzer I believe

[blackthunder831]

oooohhhh i can almost completely make that sound clean on a trumpet

ecxept it hurts my throat aftr a while

[nadavnaz2]

crazy ass australian talent

[Ozter209]

what this piece called? IM gona try it cuz I can do multiphonis like that :L never knew you could do it as a song though !!!!! amazing tbf

[Oberkapo]

@Ozter209 Things Ain't What They Used To Be.

[falcon731boy]

how does he do the 3 voices????????

[dbunit92]

@falcon731boy

3 voices involves playing and singing specific notes so that the third one materializes out of the combined harmonic series:

Play a low Bb

Sing a middle G

An Eb (second ledger line) should materialize above the other two

As what tboneman1412 said, singing the 3rd of the chord, while playing the root or the 5th causes the other note.

It takes a bunch of physics and technical crap to explain exactly how the frequencies and wavelengths combine and all that jazz.

[globalistbrat]

WOW!

[daynelmarzo]

I know people who can do two voices...but THREE?...that's just sick!! James Morrison is a freak, I'd love to meet him in person.

[tboneman1412]

Its not that hard. You just hum the 3rd of the chord and if it is tune then you will get the overtone :) Therefore the triad

[daynelmarzo]

@tboneman1412 ...i tried to do it with my trumpet and it sounded like crap...is not only doing it, but doing it so it sounds good.

[olliea123]

this is amazing :D and is it just me or does he look like dara o'brien :L

[derektfraser]

does anyone know if this is on any of his albums? The three part has got to be one of the coolest things I've seen...

[fknzack123]

So if i i understand correctly, he is just humming in harmonie as he plays ?

[Wabblenator]

Actually, I've been told that you can't just hum for it to work. People say you have to find a way to actually sing while playing and really, it ain't too easy. A friend of mine was trying it today and he failed miserable after 20 minutes of practice.

[joshfieldstbone]

@Wabblenator Humming is singing with your mouth closed. Since with a trombone embouchure, technically your mouth isn't COMPLETELY closed, you're right, you would be singing. But it'll feel a lot closer to humming, since the only opening for the air is the aperture in your lips leading into the horn. It takes a little practice, but actually getting the simpler stuff isn't that hard. When you're required to change vowels, but not change the pitch you're playing on the horn, it gets more difficult.

[chronic480]

i can play mulitiphonics on my bone....but i cnt play a song with it yet

[assaflavie]

cool. I didn't know this was possible.

[Canadianspunge]

@assaflavie Just sing into the instrument sing any note other than the one your playing and this is what happens

[SuperKevinnn7]

@assaflavie yea, its really neat, and hard. ive tried and failed horribly lol.

[iequalztehgod]

All you have to do is hum and play a matching note :D

[axseven]

I haven't really been able to do this myself, but I have been told that it is possible to split a partial, say, play a Bb2 and D2 together. In theory I assume it means each lip is buzzing their own note, and then you sing on top of that. I could be wrong, but that's how it was once explained to me. I can do the standard multiphonics, but the partial splitting, I cannot.

[crush1338]

This is Multiphonics! It means that you blow and sing a tone trough the instrument at the same time ;)

[krizanac19]

yes thats correct...its very easy(for me)...but how do you explain when he plays 3 notes at the same tame...how make u that?!..well thats a bit hard :D...does anybodie know how he plays 3 notes ??! ;)

[dustinpedigo]

When you sing the pitch perfectly in tune with the pitch you are playing, it produces overtones and that's what gives you the fifth and seventh of the chord.

[SupaChard89]

How does one do this!?

[avfoering]

Is this multiphonics? It sounds like he is singing and blowing!

[JLewiz]

Thats exactly what he's doing. Its very difficult to do.

[avfoering]

I see..:) I thought that multiphonics was the note between two notes! Example between low c and low g on the trumpet! When you bend slowly down from c towards g, and you get that double tone...?? No??

[Frootloopsr1337]

Is the tone here arbitrary like it is when creating a growling effect or is he singing in harmony

[dumbo800]

He is singing in harmony.

[widerangledotcom]

thats it exactly :P

[darthnozo]

Wow. When he holds up the three fingers, he's playing three notes! XD

[pellymore]

i saw him live.. absolutely amazing!

[evilwombat51]

AWESOME!!!

[godoofakeman]

ha ha 3 notes...to bad no one really cares about this technique its kinda like circular breath...you dont need to do it its just fun at times

[AdamPlaysTrumpet]

just hum a not higher than the one you are playing. it's hard to concentrate but kinda sing a note while playing. he's going to like a 3rd or 5th in the chord so it's legit

[t47l22c31]

3 notes.....1 person.......i want to do that. on a trumpet?

[geekbeeterupper]

thats hella hard. if you can, start on a lower bore instrument, then get good, and do it on trumpet.

[geekbeeterupper]

and by "that is hella hard" im talkig about 3 notes at once. two isn't terrible, but the overtone is hard to get on trumpet.

[spum789]

how would you even play 3 notes

[SuperBabyStudios]

The base note (not bass), overtone and multi-phonics.

[SE4GY7]

h...h...how??

[DancingSpacePotato]

Weeeeeeeee! I just had to look this up again, I'm using some inspiration from this in one of the simple Jazz charts we're doing tomorrow night, I love James' styling.

[Moonmatt2]

It's fairly easy to make a puny multiphonic sound, for example I'm 17 and I can play a low Bb with a multiphonic sound, though actually playing something like this connected... uh uh not going to happen xD

[fantasticH5]

bill watrous is a monster at this as well.

[pacorodriguez26]

its true he did an amazing cadenza when he played with my high school band about a year ago

[MannDexx]

How do you do multiphonics??

[guerno1]

singing while you pay

[euphomism]

the best way to learn multiphonics is play a low note on yr instrument and then use a ooo vowel really high at the same time. then once you can control your buzzing start to bring your singing closer to the buzzing note and then you can create all sorts of chords such as 3rds and 5ths. give it a go.

[trump3t]

what did he mean when he put up three fingers? is that three notes he's playing? how would he do that?

[geekbeeterupper]

overtones. buzzed Bb, Hummed G, forcing a Eb on top to complete the chord. idk the physics of it tho

[Prismer6]

He's somehow producing three pitches at the same time...insanely amazing,

[geekbeeterupper]

i know lol

[Giggles154242]

When the interval is perfectly in tune, you can hear some of the partials surrounding it! That's why you hear a "chord" of 3 or more notes! Awesome, eh?

[Prismer6]

Oh, so he isn't really playing three notes. It's the sound created by the two notes that really intensifies the other harmonics. How interesting.

[zdildo]

I am trumpet player but this multiphonick was incredible....:-)

[peh123123]

look up steven mead. he does it better.

[maddhatterimage]

THIS DUDE IS A MONSTER

[slowduck123]

thats so hard to do...

[tongueboy777]

I came

[Neigeux]

me too!

[UserID20]

i find it really easy on tuba, but the higher pitch the instrument the more difficult multiphonics becomes IMO

[Renderello]

what the hell? its not fukin double buzzing you dumbshits.

its humming with the back of your thoat to the second pitch while buzzing the first

[1maxpower86]

lol-

[parkerweiss1234]

yeeeeah

[krzyysiekb]

ciekawe :)

[turbopirate]

i played with james this year. whoo.

[RogerSquawk]

hey at the very end he starts playing "things aint what they used to be"

[GBCE]

how to do multiphonics: put a nickel in the mouthpiece to split the embouchure. it is fucking easy to do, and i have won competitions doing this.

[UsTube]

wow that probably will be helpful o_O

[deltaray3]

What? That's not how you do it. Just sing while playing. I used to do this all the time. Its not that hard, especially on low brass.

[bacon2tasty]

multiphonics is not easy to do, what you were doing is cheating. It actually takes a lot of skill to do that, you have to have your mouth open and make sounds like you're talking through the instrument.

[bimmerfun]

Trumpet, Trombone AND saxophone...and multiphonics, too! WOW!

[joojoovokoroba]

what is that tune again, that he goes into at the end?

[geekbeeterupper]

ur stupid lol

[sigmaclass]

check out Fnugg for some tuba multiphonics

[ObjectManipulator55]

i actually learned to do this

[trbdann]

you dont really need to hum. it is possible to play two notes at the same time.

[coolbraz]

i'm pretty sure i saw this guy at the lionel hampton fest and i freaked out. how do you play 2 notes at the same time?

[geekbeeterupper]

double buzzing. its a step up from multiphonics

[genuineforce]

so wat hes doin multiphonics and dobble buzzing ?

how the fuk do you doubble buzz btw =)

id be inn=terested to learn =)

[geekbeeterupper]

i honestly donty know why i said double buzzing. i meant to tell someone else what it was maybe? idk im stupid but no this is not double buzzing. double buzzing is pretty damn hard.

[genuineforce]

hahah nah mate dont worry...

but if you know waht its called when he does like all three ( what ever those three are ) let us kno =)

thanx mate

genuineforce

[geekbeeterupper]

hes still just humming and playing. but the third note you hear is an overtone. if you listen hes playing three the whole time because hes perfectly in tune. the loudest overtone thats audible is :43, hes playing a concert Bb in the bass clef and singing G, f and A once (top of bass clef).

[viper3391]

yeah geekbee is right, all he is doing is humming while playing, but he is doing it very well

[geekbeeterupper]

ya this guy is the best ive ever seen do it.

[youngjinkimusic]

lol

[itsthunderoutthere]

for this i must hum really hight, isn't it

[geekbeeterupper]

ya, its easiest for me to hum A at the top of the bass clef, and play f below. and its not TOO high depending on the range of your voice

[Champloo321]

To get the sound you need to sing into it. If you sing the same note, you get a nice harmony, but its kinda hard to hear. Going a half step higher or lower gives it a sort of musical "turbulence". And the higher you go off the original note the more turbulent it gets until you reach exactly one octave higher than the starting note. I believe in this video Morrison went up an octave, than down a half step; quite tricky.

[q4wc]

He's actually humming a third (or a tenth) higher.

[alextamuk]

umm theres a big difference between 3 and 10 i dont see you could get them mixed up even though they are 8v's

[born1914]

Thats freakin ridiculous !!!!!!!!!!

[machpovii3]

Man, he is sick.

[mackdadd222]

how do you do that?

[samiam32]

I'm not an expert, but I have been able to get 3 notes at once. Play the Bb (1), hum/sing the F (5), and the D (3) will come out. It is a bit faint, but it's there.

It's hard for me because I have to think (and hum) a different note than that I'm playing. I could be wrong, though, but that's the way I've done it before.

Obviously Morrison is amazing and can play a compete tune.

[onyx1898]

to get the effect that he has going you actually have to hum the third, perfectly in tune, and the 5th will come out.

thing is you won't be able to hear it completely but if you have someone nearby or you are in a practice room with some good acoustics you will hear it fine.

I can actually almost play this... minus the part where is actually making three notes happen...

[hastringer08]

The "5th" that you hear is an overtone and so not technically part of the harmonic series. Very nice observation though.

[geekbeeterupper]

first time i did it was with

buzzing Bb(5)

humming G(3)

and the overtone was Eb (1)

idk just happened lol

[wiredjazz]

"Blues for Judy" is the name of the chart.

[sherwelthlangley]

Actually, this is "Things Ain't What They Used To Be". Morrison will use the multi-phonics bass line for multiple blues charts.

[wiredjazz]

ah - makes sense.

can't tell from the video what head is over the top, but I know Blues for Judy is the chart he recorded with this technique so i assumed.

[trentistuff]

This technique is really bitching, I know it's definitely used on the didgeridoo, i never thought to move it to any other instrument though, how can you do more than one? you can play one note and sing/hum another, how the hell do you do more?

[sigmaclass]

Hey, with this you hum one note play another. Then by some physical phenomenon a third "buzz tone" comes through from the interaction of the wavelengths. Some people call the buzz tone something else but the name escapes me at the moment.

[fl1bbertygibbet]

that was amazing,multiphonics really amuze me, but in all honesty, i don't know 100 percent how to play them, i have managed to make the sound of 2 notes at once, but i hummed as well as played, is that right?

[chris47watson]

its close...first off, you REALLY have to support...second of all, its more of an "ooo" sound than a hum

[Mattmcd1]

Wow! You're right... I saw this comment and tried it and now I got it haha

[fl1bbertygibbet]

ooo, that is so cool, thanks it worked :)

[DancingSpiderman]

This is great song to motorboat some Tiggobitties to!

[DancingSpacePotato]

This is amazing! I love Multiphonics and use them in alot of jass solos, too. I don't do the triads though, I just add textures and pedals ( Hehehe )

[DancingSpacePotato]

FACK!!!!!!!! I finaly watched this again, and I realized I wrote Jass, not, Jazz. Ha!

[mollendinooo]

que bravo....dos notas a la vez !!!

[teddyluv24]

i dun getit...

sry..mebbe its because the video quality isnt that great. well at least on my comp. =]

[chris47watson]

basically, you hum and play at the same time...im working on it now on trombone...all i have to say about this guy is DANG!..o ya, and that im jealous :)

[RandomTask3000]

Great video, but you should change the tags. It's not a trumpet, it's a trombone.

[sacsplr]

RE: "you should change the tags. It's not a trumpet, it's a trombone" -> thanks for the suggestion. I had loaded this video with the Morrison videos where he plays a duet with himself on both trombone and trumpet. The trumpet tag relates to that. Also, Morrison's fame comes largely on his trumpet playing and for this reason I think that I'll keep the tag as is.

[RandomTask3000]

Ah, I see. The tags is a very tricky business; accuracy vs. traffic.

[Friesiansavvy14]

that frickin crazy

but i love it!!

[joliver1023]

720 in the book, name of the tune he plays @ end

[rockinonguitar13]

does anyone know what song he breaks out into at the end??

thanks

[ScanlonJazz]

Things Ain't What They Used To Be - and he takes a great solo.

[TboneWertman]

he is very good at multiphonics and i would love to see the rest of the song

[Fabisteas]

not bad.. but not really difficult....