This video presents what seems to be an unreported multiphonic harmonic on the vibraphone. For the vibraphone, a common technique in contemporary literature features the isolation and production of a single harmonic (h04) in the lower octave. However, through experiments by Olaf Tzschoppe (DE) and Michael Edgerton (SE) on the vibraphone, an unreported multiphonic was found on the lowest thirteen bars on five different instruments in Bremen, Germany.
This unusual flageolet features multiple, perceptible tones produced from a single mallet strike with precise placement of a single, lightly touching finger. Compared to the isolated harmonic 4, during this unusual flageolet the right-hand str...