Overtone Harmonic Singing

Just an attempt to catch some overtones "on tape." I'm new to overtone singing and wanted to try to record something, as I find I hear the overtones better on playback than while I record them! Anyway, to my friends that are new to overtone singing, the tongue is placed a certain way inside the mouth while singing, creating a seal with the teeth while the mouth shapes certain vowel sounds (and the tongue arches in concert with this motion), to produce these shimmering harmonics. This is called "overtone singing." There is also "throat singing" that uses more of the throat to create these sounds. The really good throat singings, and overtone singers as well, can almost eliminate the fundimental pitch (the note they're singing with their 'normal voice') while bringing out the overtones. I'm still working on this!

I'm by no stretch of the imagination an expert at this, as I'm just beginning. However, there are many really good overtone singers right here on YouTube that are very generous with their music and knowledge. It is from these very good musicians that I learned to do this. Please visit these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a940YFaRI50

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbFB91eM34


Equipment used on this video:
Tascam DP-008 digital 8-track recorder (single path split to two tracks for voice, and two tracks for tanpura).
Neumann TLM-103 microphone.
Cool Edit Pro for reverb, no editing was done.
Quality tanpura drones can be found here:
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mrahaim/

Thanks for watching,

Dave

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Overtone
• Harmonic
• Singing

[DavesTrumpet]

@DearOldNutjob LOL! Thanks, Don!

[DearOldNutjob]

It's like someone doing my meditating for me. Cool stuff, Dave!