What an incredible skill! I suggest you jump to 3:34 if you don't have time to listen to the entire video.
[It was interesting to read through the YouTube comments: aside from innumerable references to alien life forms, a couple of people mentioned that their cat had "exploded" — in fact, mine started at the screen for a few seconds, and then jumped off my lap. No video has ever caused that reaction before.]
Where does this "school" of overtone singing originate from? The Wikipedia article suggests that it is indigenous to a number of cultures, notably Tuvan and Mongolian.
Is this style something that has arisen independently or was it inspired by traditional practice elsewhere?
Jürgen Neubauer's dissertation, Nonlinear Dynamics of the Voice: Bifurcations and Mode Analysis of Complex Spatio-Temporal Signals, has a chapter on nonlinear phenomena in the voice of several avant-garde vocalists, with examples from Anna Homler's Signals, Demetrio Staros's Investigazioni (Diplofonie e Triplofonie), Fátima Miranda's Entre Nosotros – Epitafio A Las Ballenas, and others. Staros, in particular, may have been the first European to perform Central Asian–style throat singing in the West, in 1975.
Hoping this isn't too much OT.
The way human voices can transport emotions never ceases to amaze me.
BTW, Nah Youn Sun(나윤선) will be singing in our town, we got tickets, and I'm already glowing with anticipation.
@Y: thank you very much for precious new tracks to follow!
Two examples of traditional Korean singing styles:
A mother mourning the loss of her son in the Korean war.
Warning: This one really hurts me, listen at your own risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_c-gt0joUU
Chang Munhee(장문희) – 하늘이여
BTW, Nah Youn Sun(나윤선) will be singing in our town, we got tickets, and I'm already glowing with anticipation.
Thanks. I first encountered such wonderful sounds from Huston Smith's recordings of Tibetan Buddhist chanting (LP: Music of Tibet, Gyuto monks). Similarly here (Requiem for a Faith): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4qGwG7NSWI
By coincidence I was watching this again last month after going to a gig by Huun-Huur-Tu, a wonderful folk band from Tuva who specialize in polyphonic and other forms of 'throat singing'. Worth a search on YouTube, or catching live if the opportunity presents and appeals.
Laura Morland said,
April 18, 2018 @ 5:50 pm
What an incredible skill! I suggest you jump to 3:34 if you don't have time to listen to the entire video.
[It was interesting to read through the YouTube comments: aside from innumerable references to alien life forms, a couple of people mentioned that their cat had "exploded" — in fact, mine started at the screen for a few seconds, and then jumped off my lap. No video has ever caused that reaction before.]
Jeff DeMarco said,
April 18, 2018 @ 5:58 pm
Standard practice in central Asia, especially Tuva. Check out the film "Genghis Blues."
Y said,
April 18, 2018 @ 6:13 pm
Hefele was featured here before, in 2014.
[(myl) I knew it seemed familiar — and in 2014 I even showed a spectrogram explaining things graphically! Still, worth a re-post…]
Bathrobe said,
April 18, 2018 @ 6:30 pm
Where does this "school" of overtone singing originate from? The Wikipedia article suggests that it is indigenous to a number of cultures, notably Tuvan and Mongolian.
Is this style something that has arisen independently or was it inspired by traditional practice elsewhere?
Y said,
April 18, 2018 @ 6:52 pm
Jürgen Neubauer's dissertation, Nonlinear Dynamics of the Voice: Bifurcations and Mode Analysis of Complex Spatio-Temporal Signals, has a chapter on nonlinear phenomena in the voice of several avant-garde vocalists, with examples from Anna Homler's Signals, Demetrio Staros's Investigazioni (Diplofonie e Triplofonie), Fátima Miranda's Entre Nosotros – Epitafio A Las Ballenas, and others. Staros, in particular, may have been the first European to perform Central Asian–style throat singing in the West, in 1975.
Y said,
April 18, 2018 @ 6:53 pm
Stratos, not Staros
번하드 said,
April 18, 2018 @ 10:04 pm
Hoping this isn't too much OT.
The way human voices can transport emotions never ceases to amaze me.
BTW, Nah Youn Sun(나윤선) will be singing in our town, we got tickets, and I'm already glowing with anticipation.
@Y: thank you very much for precious new tracks to follow!
Two examples of traditional Korean singing styles:
A Buddhist chant, if I'm not wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqZkhpWADYQ
Song Sohee(송소희) – 회심곡(回心曲)
A mother mourning the loss of her son in the Korean war.
Warning: This one really hurts me, listen at your own risk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_c-gt0joUU
Chang Munhee(장문희) – 하늘이여
BTW, Nah Youn Sun(나윤선) will be singing in our town, we got tickets, and I'm already glowing with anticipation.
번하드 said,
April 18, 2018 @ 10:45 pm
@*: Sorry for edito:(
@Laura Morland: this one seriously freaked out my late parents' long gone cat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ra2xYKdP8w
Aphrodite's Child and Irene Papas- Infinity ∞
Neal Goldfarb said,
April 19, 2018 @ 12:24 am
@myl:
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who thinks of something to post, only to discover that you've already covered it.
Stephen Goranson said,
April 19, 2018 @ 4:46 am
Thanks. I first encountered such wonderful sounds from Huston Smith's recordings of Tibetan Buddhist chanting (LP: Music of Tibet, Gyuto monks). Similarly here (Requiem for a Faith):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4qGwG7NSWI
Stan Carey said,
April 19, 2018 @ 11:51 am
By coincidence I was watching this again last month after going to a gig by Huun-Huur-Tu, a wonderful folk band from Tuva who specialize in polyphonic and other forms of 'throat singing'. Worth a search on YouTube, or catching live if the opportunity presents and appeals.
Michael Braun Hamilton said,
April 20, 2018 @ 8:20 pm
Here's a pretty interesting example of overtone singing in a cowboy song recorded in 1928: https://youtu.be/XyhmDYLXFto