Yma Sumac - Chuncho

[antonellalr]

que maravill....

me encanta ..

[jimdollar1]

The "Amy Camus" story is an urban myth. Yma was Peruvian.

[tictocmm]

oh dios no hay palabras, viva la diosa yma sumac!

[focaccina71]

ayayay princesa, que pena no averte podido conocer dejaste en la tierra tu nombre y el nombre del Perù bien grabado y ahora Dios que te tiene en su gloria disfruta de aquel dono tan precioso que a ti a dado, tu voz! de ruiseñor humano.

[manuialoth]

Oh prodigio de la naturaleza...

quien puede considerarse cantante después de escuchar esa voz?

[mikathelittle]

from 1:46 to 1:56 : does she do it with her voice ???

[pabloxrkrg20]

yeah dude, she's amazing!! O_o when she was a chiled she liked to imitate the birds, so, that's where it came from, i guess =P

[Pufferfish]

Yes, you can hear she does it in one breath until 2:00. RIP Yma

[OswaIdo]

@mikathelittle , yes she does, isnt she incredible?

[Alleeexoscm]

Hey, if that is your voice. In fact the only known person is able, as has been discussed is the named Bird Trill, or Triple coloratura in vocal technique.

[breezyonetv]

@mikathelittle yes

[tictocmm]

Maravilloso!

Cuando fue esto grabado/When was this recorded?

[munirsham]

Que hermosa voz realmente es un ritual lo que hacia la princesa Peruana, le dio el uso que quizo a su don, la naturaleza no se confundio, gracias a los que suben y comparten estos videos que enaltecen las virtudes que algunos seres humanos poseen.

[omarory]

Who in the Yma Sumac is Rory Emerald?

[monanina7]

qué garganta!

privilegiada y única!

[lagarticus]

Could this possibly qualify as the first music video? I know that there are films which were synchronized to music in the 20s and 30s but a video for a musical performer that is specifically shot to promote the individual artist singing the song?...

[Jupitroid]

When I was a 3 we had a record player which would play the super slow 16 speed. My big brother used to tie me up, lock me in a dark closet, and play Chuncho. It terrified me and made me cry. Only song I've ever been scared of, haha! I love this and every other song on Inca Taqui. Great songs sung by an amazing woman! Thanks for posting this!

[tictocmm]

Too funny...

What a brother!

[QueenorQueen]

Yo no he dicho en ningun momento que solo cante Ópera, pero la canción que esta cantando en el vídeo si es Ópera Dramática, no he comentado sin saber.

[ALEJOINFORMAR]

Hermosa voz, lamento su partida.

[amigodelaluz]

Grande Yma gracias por tu ser. Gracias padre pòr este regalo.

[QueenorQueen]

si no os habéis dado cuenta es ÓPERA!

un genero en el que se le da mucha importancia lo dramático, si tuvieran un poco de conocimiento lo entenderían pero claro como no saben de este género comentan sin saber.

[llocosh]

Yma Sumac, aunque si ha cantado opera, no canta opera en la mayor parte de sus composiciones, siempre dijo que encasillarse en la opera limitaba su libertad de expersarse en distintos rangos de sonidos y le quitaba la espiritualidad y espontaneidad que tenía su musica e interpretación. Es un estilo libre y único. También has comentado sin saber.

[Stanizlaw0087]

No es ópera, solo está usando la voz lírica y haciendo una interpretgación dramática

[alejonightwish]

Her voice is unique, she seems many women singing.

[cjha1978]

tal vez tu percepcion no lo capte. pero esos sonidos, no lo ha podido hacer ninguna cantante, ni siquiera la gran maria callas, llegar hasta la 5ta octava sin usar en falsete es un fenomeno de la naturaleza, asi como la triple coloratura que solo lo puede hacer Yma Sumac., la musica es tan amplia que las interpretaciones abstractas muchas veces no son comprendidas por algunas personas como tu, pero es nomral, pues los gustos musicales tambien son amplios, no te juzgo :)

[LacrimaLunaMortua]

@cjha1978 Que gran comentario!

10000000% de acuerdo

al menos hay alguine más que también sabe apreciar esta música y a la divina Yma

[Arapaho08]

Such a wonderful piece. Thank you for posting this superb clip!

[thesaraheffect]

is she making ALL of the sounds on this recording? Who wrote this? Fascinating.

[keretceres]

I dont know who wrote it but it was in the film secret of the incas- so check Imdb maybe it is mentioned there...

[thesaraheffect]

grazi!

[zzzxtreme]

i would get broncitis trying to sing like her

[josepha631]

If you want to hear a good example of the whistle voice or register go to "MINNIE RIPERTON'S HIGH NOTES" on YOUTUBE. This video features women singing in their whistle voices register. Also,check Wikipedia for a much more detailed explanation of "whistle register" and "vibration."

[operagodess78]

Shut the fuck up

[josepha631]

A vibrato is a pulsating effect when singers hold a note. It sounds like a flutter. It is caused by a very fast fluctuation between a pitch and a pitch very close to it. The whistle voice however, is a very high pitch that can be produced way above a singers highest notes. Mariah Carey uses this alot. It is produced with a different physiology than normal singing. Little kids use this voice when they squeal. It is difficult to access the whistle voice, Yma is comfortable in this register.

[eternalsilverlight]

I don't understand this,Is there any lyrics to this or what?Cause it just sounds like she mimicking animals

[spiffyacey]

Chuncho means 'forest creatures', so I would imagine she is.

[josepha631]

I saw another version of this video where Yma Sumac is explaining that she learned to sing from imitating the birds of the Amazon. This is one of her most popular creations and I feel her best. It is not a pop tune that has words with melodies that repeat. This is a masterpiece. As a teacher of voice I am amazed with her vocal virtuosity. The intervals she chooses creates a haunting and mystical ambiance.

[eternalsilverlight]

Since your a teacher of voice explain to me that 1:48 she did that with the whistle register I know that but like is that just a super fast virbrato?

[Joshuamalmsteen]

That's not Wistle, she uses "triple colorature" (actually I don't know how it's called in english).

[SCharton1972]

@Joshuamalmsteen It's called flagolet register.

[Kortoso]

People seem to be fixated on her range, like she was some sort of singing freak.

I really appreciated her daring stylings the most. :)

[josepha631]

I am a choir director. When a person has a 3 octave range, they are admired. Yma has a range that is close to 5 octaves. She can go from an incredibly low note to one that is in the highest part of her voice with such ease and fluidity. Like Bobby McFerrin, she uses her voice in very non traditional ways. She also uses a part of the voice known as the whistle register which Mariah Carey also uses.This is a voice that is above normal human range and is difficult to access. Yma is amazing.

[anselmej]

!! overall

[SopranoLeggero]

simply without words! perfect!

il misterio de los incas!!!!

[elchanchin]

shit da highest whitle note ive ever ever in my whole live have listen what can i say wow peruvian queen!!!

[chowsteph]

fantastic!!!

[KoekJBakker]

Wow amazing voice, Try to do the same O_o

She is really good!!

[barranquillababe]

haunting O-o

[koshurnikov]

Beautiful and original.

Thank you. Is she brasilian?

[aiapaec69]

She is peruvian

[SCharton1972]

@aiapaec69 SHE'S FROM BROOKLYN! Her real name is Amy Camus. She spelled it backwards and called herself a Peruvian Princess for marketing...

[SuperSharpboy]

@SCharton1972 Heh u fool :D

Her real name is Zoila Augusta Emperatriz Chavarri del Castillo.And she is fom Peru and she is incan :)

[JetBlueIce]

@SCharton1972 Wow you really are ignorant aren't you? Do you actually do ANY real research at all before you make such ignorant statements? The whole Amy Camus myth was based on a joke of Yma and her stage crew walking down the street, seeing her name on the theater sign board being reflected back through a store shop front window. Why don't you look up her videos where she is awarded the highest honor by the Peruvian government or her albums recorded BEFORE she even arrived in the U.S.?

[Nicoco95310]

She has a 4 and a half octave voice. from B2 to C♯7. Both extremes can be heard in this song. she sings in the low baritone register as well as above the range of an ordinary coloratura soprano

[Jabe88]

I heard she has sung an E7 in a live performance!

[Nicoco95310]

I've read about it too. She claimed that after a italian journalist told her that she could not sing as well as a opera singer, she sang the queen of the night and reached an E7. But I don't know if it's true because there never was a recording.

[acitipo]

@Nicoco95310 Ella fue una cantante ligera y no de Operas, sin embargo Lily Pons la admiraba y la Callas la invito a Paris para una presentacion.

[cleobach]

@acitipo Si embargo amigo, su registro vocal era de 5 octavas, la primera persona en alcanzar ese registro en la historia de la música, ni siquiera la gran María Callas lo lograba. Ima Sumac Podía representar todos los papeles de la ópera, desde Soprano coloratura hasta los graves profundos de un Bajo. La única capaz de lograr la triple coloratura perfecta (el trino de las aves).

[cjha1978]

@acitipo como fue eso que maria callas la invito a una presentacion? se que en alguna entrevista, dijo admirarla...pero no sabia que la invito.. cuentanos como fue eso, ya que maria callas, era una persona muy pereccionista.

[acitipo]

@cjha1978 Tu sabes que las divas se encontraban todas en Paris, eso era charm, una fecha coicidieron ambas en Paris para una presentacion, una en el Lido y la otra en el teatro de la Opera, y Maria Callas la invito

a el teatro a ver la Opera en donde ella iba a actuar. Eso lo lei en una revista de Paris.

[141407078989]

qué pena que no haya cantado la reina de la noche!!! o la muñeca de los cuentos de Offman, o Turandot!!! con la cara y la voz, Lakmé hubiese sido maravillosa también. Es una verdadera pérdida en ese sentido, qué voz!!!!!!

[Nicoco95310]

She claimed that after a italian journalist told her that she could not sing as well as a opera singer, she sang the queen of the night and reached an E7. But I don't know if it's true because there never was a recording.

[Jabe88]

Actually she did NOT sing the Queen of the Night! She sang as THE FLUTE in the queen of the night!!!! Which is much more impressive

[Jabe88]

It's unfortunate there's no recording of it!

[Nicoco95310]

yeah really really unfortunate I would have dearly liked to hear that!!! thanks for the info by the way

[Nicoco95310]

Alas the queen of exotica, the princess of Peru , Nightingale of the Andes, wonder of music died saturday the first of november at the age of 86. May she rest in peace. I know that she is now singing to the angels and they are listenning at her in wonder. I love you Yma, you shall ever be alive in my heart.

[miguelreategui]

It´s true, E2 - E7 five octaves

[RodoXtrano]

What astonishing is the fact that she still amazes people to day with her music & performance, sooo far far ahead of her time Even after more than half century the finest artists are no match for IMA SUMAC. She is unpopular among tha masses cos of her finest quality and third world background. However, she's still descovered & remembered. Thanks x posting this beautiful clip.

[Jabe88]

You people can look at my videos to listen to her only live version of the song!

Pueden escuchar en mis videos la version cantada en 1961!

[music39]

yo pensaba que Monserrat Caballé era la mejor del mundo... es increíble qué voz de esta mujer!

[cvte2]

I saw another video of this song and I don't know which one I like the best. This one is a little more haunting but the voice is still the same Yma. One of my favorites of hers. Her voice is unique and beautiful!

[HevanL]

Can someone upload "Chuncho" off the Recital album. It's the only live version there is and I'm dying to hear it!

[OrpheoCT]

Ya vieron el vídeo completo de Chucho que parece haber sido grabado en un estudio? Chuncho es una composición genial! este es el vídeo: /watch?v=1KprLT-JxPY

[OrpheoCT]

Dice en la descripción "en la Amazonia peruana" y en el vídeo salen un pavo real de India y un avestruz de África jajaj. Y cuando canta el trino agudísimo de pájaro, lo que sale volando del árbol son murcielagos jajaj.

No me estoy burlando de ella, no crean. Yma Sumac me ENCANTA! Solo me causa gracia el vídeo que comete ese tipo de errores típicos de la época cuando lo que importaba era que fuera exótico.

[krazyb0ne]

wow!!

[eskberg]

Double trill!!

Miraculous voice!!!

Oustanding!!!!

[HevanL]

Perfection!

[bobbierock]

UNIQUE and SPECTACULAR VOICE!

Bravooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rita014]

LO MÁXIMO PORQUE ES PRODUCTO PERUANO

[christoc99]

lovely!