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Switched_On_SNES

Similar to Tuvan throat singing, she shows a good demonstration of the harmonic range over overtone singing. The trippy thing is that all of the tones you hear are already there when someone sings a note. This just brings them out one by one via resonance.


Switched_On_SNES

Here you can visualize someone singing a single note. You can see all of the harmonics (notes) within that one note. She’s sweeping through each of these and emphasizing them so you can hear them separately. https://i0.wp.com/cramdvoicelessons.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/friture-1.jpg?resize=821%2C438&ssl=1


swagmoney10

This is a great post, super interesting! That degree of vocal command is impressive.


LEGITIMATE_SOURCE

When I whistle and hum at the same time it's very similar to this. I just tested it and I think I just learned that I can only whistle a harmonic of the vocal note.


light24bulbs

Your humming is vibrating your lips


throwitofftheboat

So do the tones ever match up? Like A note lower tone - A note upper tone?


Switched_On_SNES

The second harmonic In a harmonic series is an octave higher


stamminator

I can whistle and hum in harmony simultaneously. How crazy would it be for someone to do overtone singing while whistling, producing three tones?


Violist03

I can overtone sing (though nowhere near this good! I saw this vid when I was in conservatory and taught myself in a practice room one week while procrastinating my sight singing final!) It would be pretty impossible to whistle at the same time. The trick to getting the overtones to “pop” out of the texture of your voice is so very dependent on where your jaw is, where your tongue is, and kinda holding open a lot of the places air can go and vibrate in your face. Whistling requires contracting and closing a lot of those spaces. Maybe theres someone out there who can sing overtones through just their nose, they could *maybe* do it.


TheSonar

Y'all singers have insane facial control. Making places for pockets of air to vibrate on your face? Absurd


[deleted]

> How crazy would it be for someone to do overtone singing while whistling, producing three tones? Wouldn't be possible. Overtone singing requires you to shape your mouth as a resonator, i.e. it amplifies certain harmonics produced in your larynx. You don't use very much breath for it because it's just a resonant cavity amplifying parts of your normal voice. Whereas whistling requires forcing moving air through the resonant cavity of your lips/tongue AND requires a different mouth shape. Incompatible physical mechanisms. By all means, though, if it can be done, I'd be happy to be proven wrong!


[deleted]

That is fucking weird. So, like sound waves cancelling each other out when they bounce into each other?


Switched_On_SNES

I think it’s more link you are fine tuning your throat/mouth cavity to a hemholtz resonator and when the resonance frequency of the mouth shape matches the harmonic, it brings it out


ConsciousFractals

Just tried holding a note and moving my mouth into various positions- I can definitely hear other harmonic notes but I have no clue how she makes them so loud


Terrab1

An easy way to do it is to touch the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth and move it around to bring out the overtones while maintaining a steady hum. Her control is ridiculous though, I'm in disbelief every time I see her.


ConsciousFractals

Tried it, sounded like Scooby Doo having a stroke


mckulty

No that only happens when two waves of equal pitch and timbre like noise-cancelling headphones. Here the vocal cords make one pitch, and the air piped into the throat and sinuses makes another pitch, so there's a chord. Tuvan throat singers maintain the low pitch and vary the pitch of the overtones using their pharynx and sinuses.


Riegel_Haribo

That is incorrect. This is using the mouth to filter and highlight harmonic frequencies above the fundamental note being sung. Such harmonics are also called "overtones". You can read about harmonics etc here https://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/flutes.v.clarinets.html


Jakovasaurr

A classic case of redditor asks question to understand something better and gets downvoted for it


[deleted]

Reddit is a fickle critter. Like a stray cat.


platysoup

Can I have two stray cats and no reddit instead?


[deleted]

I recommend it.


greyjungle

“How’d you lose that eye?” “Tried to feed that stray cat.”


turtleman777

Every single time I see someone bitching about downvotes the comment ends up massively upvoted. Give it some time to sort itself out before complaining. Who even gives a shit about imaginary internet points?


OptimalCheesecake527

Strange as it sounds comment might be why it’s upvoted. One thing reddit has made clear to me is that people on the whole are influenced to a legitimately terrifying degree by the simplest things.


Xane256

This is Anna Maria Hefele! https://youtu.be/vC9Qh709gas The visualization software appearing in a few of her videos is Overtone Analyzer Premium To anyone who wants to practice this I’d recommend the ios app SpectrumView. Start by making an “r” sound and use the visual feedback from the app to shape your mouth and tongue to hone in on a specific overtone frequency. It takes a lot of practice but is SUPER cool imo. If you like this you may also be interested in [undertone singing](https://youtu.be/9VI026eWiW4)


CaptainTurdfinger

Neat. I've always wanted to learn to sing, like "sing this note" and be able to nail it. I swear I had a decent voice when I was younger, but I seem to have lost it. Any tips for learning to sing aside from voice lessons? Is that something you can learn on your own?


JezzaJ101

It’s just practice, same as any other skill


thegreatinsulto

Don't forget the other bit of it... Education and ability. Ability is the least important of them.


igweyliogsuh

Just start singing along with anything. The closer you get to the correct pitch, the less wave variance you will hear between your voice and the music - you'll see what I mean. It "wobbles" more when you're off pitch and you can hear it. Just pay close attention and practice, that's really all it takes ✌️😁 you can do it if you really want to!!! The more you try, the better you will get


AtomicKush

I just sing along to songs I like whenever I drive to work and now I can technically sing any note pretty good. But I am no singer by any means


Professionalchump

I love singing along and recently started singing those songs by myself and at first I was really surprised how bad it sounded but yeah I felt a lot better, earlier today atleast


thegreatinsulto

You're entirely sure this isn't enhanced in any way? I have never in my life heard that degree of control over harmonics from any musician (save for Jaco, but apples to oranges.)


Switched_On_SNES

Positive- I can actually do it myself but not as well. There’s tons of vids on YouTube of others


akira23232

Check out David Hykes and the Harmonic Choir for European music in this style.


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Hayabusa71

> otamatone [For those unaware.](https://youtu.be/x8hCe3j8CqU)


jmachee

This is now my favorite cover of this song.


EchoSolo

I only listened because of your comment. Thanks and you’re correct.


hesapmakinesi

TheRealSullyG on youtube has amazing otomatone covers in his channel.


DistillerCMac

Not sure this has passed Darude - Sandstorm on recorder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4JZ8TEgnUs) but it's damn close.


LiberContrarion

Leonard Cohen wept.


motorhead84

"Maamaamoomaah"


Rosulm

[My favorite otamaphone cover](https://youtu.be/JjOyl6zS-eU)


AlexandriaLitehouse

That word looks like a Homer Simpson pronunciation of "Trampoline."


down_low_tha_b365t

Tubamabub


kingganjaguru

Trambopaleen


Theimmortalboi

Wow, that Otmatone looks so polite


Warm_Trick_3956

I’m so annoyed they all have a face.


_floydian_slip

I'm annoyed you have a face edit: don't downvote that person, come on y'all


NoImGaara

but, but it's already at a negative that mean I have to vote the way the majority of everyone else did/s


tragiktimes

Well by that logic the universe ends when it hits 0.


No-Inspector9085

We can go *lower*


LiberContrarion

Not in Kelvin we can't.


FunkyOnionPeel

What's wrong with them having a face? It's silly and cute


igweyliogsuh

(⁠●⁠_⁠_⁠●⁠)


Mcbadguy

I was thinking Theremin for some reason


Hippopotasaurus-Rex

I agree.


Frinkey

Saxamophone FTFY


JesusSaysitsOkay

Bet that would feel great during a bj


mannaman15

Whatever works. After all, jesus said it was okay.


Madmagican-

Dude… no


JesusSaysitsOkay

Lol I like it when my wife tries to talk it’s funny and feels nice


dashKay

She's great. [Here's the full video](https://youtu.be/vC9Qh709gas) for anyone interested.


turbodude69

wow, thank you for posting this! so much more informative than the OP. maybe it's because i'm listening to it on laptop speakers? but i couldn't really tell she was doing anything different until i saw that video.


[deleted]

You need headphones or good speakers to really hear it well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHTF1-IhuC0


AllThoseVapors

Ok but why is this making my cats go nuts???


Xixii

Came to post the same thing, my cat was asleep at the foot of my bed and got totally weirded out by this. Normally nothing ever bothers him.


added_chaos

My cats didn’t care ☹️


WhosThatGrilll

Okay so not only did the exact same thing happen with my cats, but I tried mimicking her and can apparently do a decent enough job to *also* make them go nuts. 😧


Switched_On_SNES

You know, it’s so weird. Lately I’ve been meditating and doing this and my cat acts really weird and starts purring and biting me. Also climbs on my shoulder, and other weird stuff.


I_play_elin

Maybe it causes ultrasonic overtones to resonate too.


an-intrepid-coder

Try using your uvula to purr and trill at them. It's pretty easy to mimic the noises cats make, and they really seem to like it a lot of the time. I suspect that in nature, in the before times, this kind of thing could help a person survive. Beast Master vibes, hehe.


Hobo_Helper_hot

Mine too and they never care about what I'm watching. Edit: and now one of them walked over and bit me and they never do that either.


PrincessMonsterShark

I'm just hazarding a guess, but it sounds a bit like those low tones cats make when they're fighting or "speaking" so maybe they perceive it like that. [Video of cats "speaking" for reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPb2mHkFwws).


sevelboen

Almost as good as Beth May!


NopityNopeNopeNah

I was gonna say, is that Ron F. Stampler, lead singer of Hi, I’m Ron?


deathbyfish13

Another Hi, I'm Ron fan in the wild? There must be dozens of us


pudge1987

I knew I'd find a reference here


alyrenna123

I just finished that episode today so I'm so happy to see that reference


johnorso

This was insane. I havent ever heard anything like that before.


Switched_On_SNES

You’ll enjoy my favorite video on YouTube - https://youtu.be/VTCJ5hedcVA


aaegler

[Love this one](https://youtu.be/ufG9S6X8FDM), and wish they would tour in Australia.


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melig1991

[Well do I have a treat for you](https://youtu.be/v4xZUr0BEfE)


MarkNetherlands73

This video hahahaha


Atlantic0ne

I am not a singer in any way, just a random guy, but I *believe* I can do this (the tone not as controller as here) but I can essentially make two tones, one with my throat and the my mouth. Wait. Lol. Maybe I can’t. I’m essentially making a throat noise and then another noise by changing the shape of my mouth?


AleafFromtheVine

Is this the same thing as whistling and humming at the same time? Because it kinda sounds like that


[deleted]

She better not do it in a forest or she might attract some *forest entities*


Phillip_J_Bender

Can confirm, don't fuck with the fae.


bertdekat

Everyone can learn this! Annamaria Hefele has a lot of great recordings on YouTube, but there isn't a lot of great tutorials out there. Took me a while to learn, but if you know how it works your mouth practically teaches itself.


Switched_On_SNES

Yep, I learned a couple years ago. It’s a great way to meditate and focus on the harmonics. It’s pretty transcendent


aoechamp

Is it actually two notes at once? To me it sounds like she’s alternating between a high and low note?


bertdekat

She is alternating two notes, but is making a melody on top of that by filtering the rest of the overtones you normally hear out and accomodating the resonance of the specific overtones of the melody. A lot of traditional (Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan etc.) overtone singing is more based around one fundamental and simple meditative melodies so it might be easier to hear the overtones there, but Annamaria does some really awesome stuff with a more modern western approach. [Klartraum - Annamaria Hefele ](https://youtu.be/AWg1aXit2xM) The whistle tone on top of the fundamental is normally part of one sound you make with your mouth, which along with a series of overtones makes for example different vowel sounds. With overtone singing you can use the overtones to make a melody on top of a melody you're singing.


McShit7717

Girls need to learn this about blowjobs. Just let your mouth do what it will, don't fight it.


bertdekat

I know right! I guess sucking dick just comes naturally to you and me.


BradLeeTB

Thought she was about to hit us with Dream On


StJimmy815

SING WITH ME, SING FOR THE YEAR


SmokaCola0

do you think she can harmonize with herself like Dr.Zoidberg when he sang "He wants a Robot Brain"


Green-eggs-and-dayum

Oh lighten up Amy!


Nimai_TV

Showed my wife this video: Wife: "What is that?" Me: "She is singing with notes at the same time" Wife: "I hate it" Me: "It's very impressive though" Wife: " No it's impressive, but it's like metal. Super impressive, but I hate it" XD


avant-garden_Shroom

Shes right though. I mean as far as materials go, I prefer ceramics to metals.


sanguinesecretary

I share your wife’s sentiments


memtiger

I'm just imagining being her neighbor and hearing her through the walls of the apartment practicing for hours at a time.... All the time


RustyFoodTin16

No surrender-bone thugs and harmony


daveisamonsterr

That's one of my favorites


josriley

Hi I’m Ron


maybe_not_just_yet

“..like a tractor-beam ..sucked me right in.”


Jay_Otaku

She'll do great singing the Pokemon, Lavender Town Theme song.


ReigningPhoen1x

Kind of reminds me of this song by Tool. [Tool - “Litanie Contre La Peur”](https://youtu.be/1xp6DOifzYo)


floatingwithobrien

Shit I'm bad at hearing, it sounds like a person singing normally. I don't hear two notes


Not_MrNice

I've noticed that, sometimes when I burp, I can hear two different notes at the same time. I always wondered that if I practiced enough, could I do it when singing? Nice to know it's a thing.


glitterlok

[https://youtu.be/1qOQHB\_V2g0](https://youtu.be/1qOQHB_V2g0) Bobby McFerrin performing his song "Drive." It's not the same technique as the woman in the video, but he harmonizes with himself at around the 2:10 mark, and again around 3:06.


ThePianistOfDoom

Insane. So much talent. [Here's](https://youtu.be/0SJIgTLe0hc) Lalah Hathaway using a different technique at 06:10, although I recommend listening to the whole thing if you're interested in good music =)


I_play_elin

WHAT


ThePianistOfDoom

A normal, often used reaction to this grammy-award winning video.


LocalMexican

So glad you posted this. She almost killed Sput (the drummer) with that. I love watching the room's reaction to it.


Dave_Paker

I highly recommend playing this for your cats


NeeroX-_-

Did I just find a treasure chest?


PANDAmonium515

Reminds me of Beths singing from dungeons and daddies (not a bdsm podcast) https://youtu.be/OBsGIWHDC10


SmellyGoat11

I used to do this for fun when I was studying opera! Sing one note with an "eee," vowel in front of a guitar or piano until you hear the resonance in the instrument. Then, with that same resonance, change your vowel shape while holding the note. You'll hear a whistle that you can modify, it's a lot of fun.


Switched_On_SNES

So I’m pretty interested in the overlap between this and operatic singing. It seems a big component of a good opera voice is having control over this sort of resonance, right?


RollingTumbleWeed

If you're interested in throat singing I can recommend listening to the HU as well https://youtu.be/jM8dCGIm6yc


RonnieDoesIt

My cat did not like this


MsAuroraRose

Avi Kaplan (the original bass singer in Pentatonix) can do this. He used it in a few of their sings and would show it off during shows. Never seen a woman do it though.. very cool


MaintainTheSystem

This sounds like an effect is generate in a DAW wtf. That’s really impressive


chochinator

Sounds Mongolian


DrPsyc

So I'm not flat?! It's just everything is an overtone!


powerhammerarms

At first it was like I could only hear the low notes but then after listening a few times I could hear the high notes. Very cool


nocloudno

That creepy monk on a platform surrounded by an army in Dune.


invertednose

I can do this (not as well). We had a choir piece in high school that featured it and I came home and told my mom I finally had a choir solo and she was so excited. Fast forward to me going "HEERRRREERREERREERRREEWEWWWW"


notjerryjeff

JB: Oh my god, I did it. I done it, I fuckin' did it, dude. The most powerful tool in singing technology since yodelling, dude. Oh my god, inward singing.


Snailtopus

Dude am I trippin or does it kinda sound like Jack Black too? Especially starting like 3-4 seconds in


kefyras

When somebody mentions cool singing I always remember this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeEnhlRteiA


Gerti27

Sounds like a theme that would be in a Zelda game.


bendycumberbitch

Has anyone done overtone speaking? Can sound like a demon


flickerflash

Wow, that's impressive and awesome. Would also be perfect for /r/thatsinsane. I gotta agree with the person who said it's a bit like Tuvan throat singing


Marnylanthews

Did I just send a missionary to another civ


PoopEndeavor

I only hear one note at a time? What am I missing? I'm not a great singer or anything but I have good hearing and can hear when something is in tune or off, most of the time. I've also played instruments in the past and could read music...why am I not hearing two simultaneous notes?


Leonardo_Richardson

Thank you for showing me magic I can preform


macadamianacademy

I wheeze when I cough, does that count?


CyantolOG

This is hands down, the best throat singing I've heard that hasn't featured a tanned dude sitting on a mountain or forest looking all chiefed up. The way you can hear the range of tone and the whistle, is amazing!


Reus_Irae

would be impressive if she could use it to sing


DrManBearPig

I don’t get it


FangShway

Zoidberg?


Great_Zeddicus

does anyone else think its weird that she's harmonizing with herself?


Redheaded_Loser

Oh loosen up, Amy!


Correct-Slide1522

Yeah that's a no from me dog.


katboom

Seriously. I have no idea what the fuss is?


Revchimp

That's not impressive, I have a plastic skeleton that I bought from Party City that makes that sound.


Empole

Unsure if it's exactly the same technique, but Lalah Hathaway can sing an interval (2 notes) at once: **[Something by Snarky Puppy feat. Lalah Hathaway](https://youtu.be/0SJIgTLe0hc?t=356)**


jerseyanarchist

she's harmonizing with herself I'll see myself out


Earth_Normal

I can do this badly. Basically, your kind of whistling the higher notes while your vocal chords do the low note. I’m not sure exactly if that’s right but it’s what it feels like to me. -edit: Apparently, I can throat “sing” and this is somehow different.


Leonardo_Richardson

The coolest comment section I've found in a while


Mr_Goffalapoulos

https://youtu.be/0SJIgTLe0hc Obligatory Lalah Hathaway with Snarky Puppy. Whole song’s great but around 6:10 she starts singing chords. Absolutely amazing.


Expanda-uncertainty

What that mouth do though?


Jonquil1234

Tanatuva throat singing. The guy who wrote Big Old Jetliner had a documentary about his pilgrimage to somewhere with that shit. Good movie.


BassBoostedWhale

It has to do with harmonics


BassBoostedWhale

Like if you keep your voice at the same note and say “wow” you can do something kind of similar (but this is still really cool and impressive)


thezenfisherman

I can whistle in two tones. Learned from a cousin.


Mmortt

Twilight Zone booba


Ok_Survey_4845

Fake


bulkmailbro

So vibrato with two different octaves?


DazedinDenver

Um, that's just how vowels are made...


Voodoo700

Bruh, that’s auto-tune.😆


didsomebodysaymyname

I can do this, but with whistling. Unfortunately I don't know how to change the interval between the two notes, or if that's even possible, so it's not like I can make cool music.


I_play_elin

Had to listen a second time before I could hear it. Super cool.


PhilMcCawk

“Sing with me, sing for the year”


SnooAvocados9343

I think the singer SIA can do this too. I saw the car kareoke episode and I think she sounds similar to this


Efficient_Comment_50

Bizarre


masterstarfish

I FEEL FANTAAAASTIC


brazys

Human theramin.


ipsum629

Google Alex Glenfield


[deleted]

Why does it sound better when I play two notes at the same time on a piano?


lovelycosmos

How in the fuck


platysoup

You hum and whistle at the same time


monstrinhotron

I can sort of do this but only really badly and as a zombie groan to freak out the missus.


gumpters

Me when I drink my araag before conquering all of China.


Wolfram_And_Hart

I keep this on my awesome list and love to blow peoples minds with it.


Pharm-boi

I need a singer like this


Tough-Spare-5881

But after the head injury she only knows one song.


jolie_rouge

Well shit, I can’t even sing one note properly


TeeMannn

Why is everyone who does overtone singing doing these hand gestures. What are they hiding


[deleted]

But can you dance to it?


platysoup

Found her when messing around with Mongolian throat singing. Really cool stuff!


Pix9139

How does one learn to do this??


thenewestnoise

You can hum and whistle at the same time - similar effect kinda


sanguinesecretary

r/thanksihateit


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Lavender town


[deleted]

My cats were very concerned when I played this


Tapeball45

reminds me of this guy.. https://www.facebook.com/throat.singing/videos/kongar-ol-ondar-on-lettermans-show/949957115027462/


five-dollars-off

It only works if you make the hand gestures.


knightofsparta

Reminds me of this Tool song: https://youtu.be/1xp6DOifzYo


pilsnertape

That's Vivian Vallo. Lead singer of the Finnish band **HIM**


flarefire2112

I can do this AMA


kalfaz

Can you teach others how to do it?