polyphonic overtone singing - explained visually by Anna-Maria Hefele

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  • @juliettemyers1710
    @juliettemyers1710 7 лет назад +2179

    Me: I wish I had friends to harmonize with
    Me: *learns how to harmonize with myself*

    • @Zappygunshot
      @Zappygunshot 4 года назад +20

      That's one half of the wish fulfilled at least... ._.

    • @scottwales5966
      @scottwales5966 4 года назад +12

      This is what Evangelion meant by human instrumentality

    • @jethroteece4750
      @jethroteece4750 4 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @buddyguy4723
      @buddyguy4723 2 года назад

      did you start to beat you own box yet....

    • @kodd10
      @kodd10 Год назад +1

      having no friends be like

  • @charlie-michener
    @charlie-michener 4 года назад +932

    this just made my bird really happy?? he's stretching and singing to the sounds i don't know what's going on

    • @jamiebalut-metzger1542
      @jamiebalut-metzger1542 3 года назад +63

      Language of the birds. It was in ancient Egypt too , the sounds of creation.

    • @itzychaeryoung6512
      @itzychaeryoung6512 3 года назад +64

      I TRIED IT AND IT WORK!!! MY BIRDS STOP THEIR SOUND AND LIKE LISTENING TO IT.

    • @charlie-michener
      @charlie-michener 3 года назад +8

      @Gharch Pariii My profile photo is of a guy named Jon. It's him eating his bird 😂 I have a cockatiel here, not a conure

    • @davidbostock6089
      @davidbostock6089 3 года назад +20

      Humans & other mammals have two vocal chords that one airway blows between. Hefele touches tongue to top of mouth for smaller (higher pitch) overtone resonance chamber after tongue in addition to larger (lower pitch) resonance chamber before tongue. Birds have two single vocal chords that stretch across each airway of each of two lungs and they can and do modulate their vocal chords independent of each other. Cornell has a web page with animation of bird vocal chords.

    • @to.lame.to.function5242
      @to.lame.to.function5242 3 года назад +11

      I started over one singing in my room and it summoned all my pets

  • @dwatak7380
    @dwatak7380 4 года назад +825

    RUclips algorithm never ceases to amaze me

    • @dwerg1
      @dwerg1 4 года назад +7

      I feel like it's going crazy today, I've seen a bunch of old videos in recommended. It's not usually that many.

    • @HimboJimbo
      @HimboJimbo 4 года назад +3

      It does however continue to confuse me

    • @paulantong
      @paulantong 4 года назад +1

      haha same :D

  • @P-Bass_Pete
    @P-Bass_Pete 7 лет назад +2095

    Don't even be tryin to hypnotize me with your elven magic woman!!

    • @truerosie
      @truerosie 6 лет назад +3

      Why are you watching then? Watch something else if you don't want to see this. What's wrong with people? it's your choice buddy.

    • @antimatter_nvf
      @antimatter_nvf 6 лет назад +76

      truerosie, whoooosh

    • @Hi-ke1kn
      @Hi-ke1kn 5 лет назад +21

      Disney Jazzcore I don’t know why you’re getting upset over it. He used the term correctly.

    • @naomiworgu2232
      @naomiworgu2232 5 лет назад +2

      😂😂😂

    • @nathanpierce6819
      @nathanpierce6819 5 лет назад +16

      *ULTIMATE WOOOOOSH*

  • @PTNLemay
    @PTNLemay 4 года назад +479

    It's so weird decomposing human voice like that, and exposing the nearly pure sine-waves hidden within.

    • @aslan1504
      @aslan1504 4 года назад +33

      There IS the pure sin-wave in any wave form)

    • @bastardbambi
      @bastardbambi 4 года назад +35

      @@aslan1504 lets Fourier that voice

    • @missbeaussie
      @missbeaussie 4 года назад +7

      You mean deconstructing?

    • @aslan1504
      @aslan1504 4 года назад +8

      @@bastardbambi It was Fouriered in the video already)

    • @lucasdkdkdj3526
      @lucasdkdkdj3526 4 года назад +1

      @@aslan1504 "fouriered" wtf xD

  • @rickyv8709
    @rickyv8709 4 года назад +835

    This is the siren’s song that history warned us about

    • @nt4f04und
      @nt4f04und 4 года назад +4

      4real

    • @adamsj01
      @adamsj01 4 года назад +4

      I'm hear for it

    • @JuanMartinez-jv5pq
      @JuanMartinez-jv5pq 4 года назад +5

      Yeah watch out for mermaids and hot babes who will capture you in their hypnotic prison

    • @xavierlongoria4562
      @xavierlongoria4562 4 года назад +1

      @@JuanMartinez-jv5pq what we could expect for uswho we heard it?

    • @theflaccidcactus6459
      @theflaccidcactus6459 3 года назад +1

      Most likely these things were only viewed in a negative light because people could not explain them at the time. For example, electricity was considered "magic" when it first was created, if anything it just shows peoples impatience and tendency to fear that which they cannot immediately explain.

  • @JamesWrightNanuma
    @JamesWrightNanuma 9 лет назад +382

    I saw a demonstration of overtone singing at an Acoustics Society of America meeting years ago. Afterwards, when I returned to the hotel, I walked down the hotel room corridor and heard acoustic phoneticians behind almost every door experimenting, trying to replicate the sound.... :-) This is a wonderful explanation of the technique (and you are truly accomplished). Thanks!

    • @1.4142
      @1.4142 Год назад +3

      Imagine the hotel staff getting a bunch of calls complaing about people next door going eeeeeeeurerere

    • @enijize1234
      @enijize1234 Год назад +1

      @@1.4142 My house mate in about 5 minutes

  • @SoundAuthor
    @SoundAuthor 4 года назад +182

    Just listen to how clear and controlled her overtone singing is! 😲

  • @peccantis
    @peccantis 8 лет назад +2887

    My dog is so confused right now.

    • @LuluCamargo_arts
      @LuluCamargo_arts 7 лет назад +15

      peccantis so are my cats! :-)

    • @GeckoHiker
      @GeckoHiker 7 лет назад +34

      The dog woke up and looked for everybody who was singing. The lazy cats just slept on and let the dog do all the hard work, as usual.

    • @RolandMcGruner
      @RolandMcGruner 7 лет назад +8

      i am nobodys dog !!

    • @lanslater
      @lanslater 7 лет назад +6

      Im with your dog - how da foch ?

    • @bashkillszombies
      @bashkillszombies 7 лет назад +14

      My cat fled and I'm wearing headphones. :(

  • @mileskimasktheslumpgod
    @mileskimasktheslumpgod 4 года назад +233

    i just woke up from a nap and was in the middle of this video
    where am i
    who are you people

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 4 года назад +17

      This is the last stop btw

    • @FtHoodSRP
      @FtHoodSRP 4 года назад +2

      Talented ☺

    • @floatingdia9
      @floatingdia9 3 года назад +2

      I am me, who are you?

    • @tinashechivaviro
      @tinashechivaviro 3 года назад +1

      @@floatingdia9 I am yu, and he is mi

  • @bluxpretion
    @bluxpretion 6 лет назад +678

    7:32 When the cameraman doesn't warn you

    • @ryzzzbestyaomah7576
      @ryzzzbestyaomah7576 5 лет назад +1

      Hahahaha....

    • @KOjukhov
      @KOjukhov 5 лет назад +12

      either that, or you step on his/hers foot earlier)

    • @humanbeing1429
      @humanbeing1429 5 лет назад

      I wonder what you were looking for when you found that. 😎😂😎😂

    • @Marquis-Sade
      @Marquis-Sade 4 года назад +3

      @@humanbeing1429 Boobs

    • @Marquis-Sade
      @Marquis-Sade 4 года назад +2

      I laughed harder than I should

  • @MrTeneric
    @MrTeneric 9 лет назад +761

    This is the most cogent explanation of this I have ever heard. It is also one of the best explanations of anything I have seen. Extremely well done. I hope you teach somewhere. (Also eine hubsche Frau! (If I got the German correct.))

    • @remavas5470
      @remavas5470 7 лет назад +5

      MrTeneric hübsche

    • @JimCole1
      @JimCole1 7 лет назад +21

      Agreed: very well organized, clear, excellent visual props, easy to understand and concise

    • @kassiburnettify
      @kassiburnettify 6 лет назад +6

      also =/= also

    • @ScrapySweet
      @ScrapySweet 5 лет назад +3

      Well, you didn't. (Grüße aus Deutschland. ;))

    • @Marquis-Sade
      @Marquis-Sade 4 года назад

      *hübsche

  • @Gleesonglee
    @Gleesonglee 2 года назад +24

    I have taught overtone singing for 30 years. I am a bass baritone so I can't demonstrate how to do the high pitched stuff unless I lead with the muscle rather than the vocal chords, so it is quite an exertion. After discovering overtone singing I doubled my vocal range and was able to generate maximum musical notes of 110 decibels. I have been loud enough to run 600 Spontaneous Choirs of up to 600 outdoors with no technology. It is well worth learning. The next revolution is to shape the throat to suit the note from the mouth, so the one voice chord

  • @AgonyX1992
    @AgonyX1992 7 лет назад +399

    This is the first time I've ever seen a non-Mongolian non-male do this. Unbelievably great job! Are female's overtones generally higher than male's, due to the register difference of their natural voices? Anyway, your tone is so clean and solid that at first I thought it was MIDI that you put on to give the listeners a reference lol

    • @JimCole1
      @JimCole1 7 лет назад +18

      Another non-Mongolian overtone singer: Jim Cole
      View "Years of Grace" "Just a Moment" "Light Shines in Your Heart" "Sunsprung" etc
      Also: Jim Cole + Spectral Voices - listen to a whole group of overtone singers

    • @JimCole1
      @JimCole1 7 лет назад

      Easier way to search RUclips: "Jim Cole overtone"

    • @tiiuk
      @tiiuk 6 лет назад

      search on Seto leelo - I was 'shocked' !!!!!

    • @JGHFunRun
      @JGHFunRun 2 года назад +8

      I've also seen a decent amount of Altai folk singing, which is a people group in Russia. Although all the Altai folk singing I've found is by the RUclips channel BEK/VEK (cyrillic spelling/pronunciation respectively, they do a lot of Russian folk music)
      Although this is my first time hearing a non-male voice do it

    • @alexandrapedersen829
      @alexandrapedersen829 Год назад +9

      Here's a mongolian woman doing throat singing: ruclips.net/video/zeUkwkoCC8s/видео.html
      It should be noted that what Anna-Maria is doing is not throat singing but something called polyphonic overtone singing.

  • @stigmellem
    @stigmellem 5 лет назад +31

    I'm just an amateur and started following you 3 or 4 years ago. When I was 16-17 I listened carefully to one key at the time on the piano, trying to hear the overtones. Afterward I went into the kitchen. We had guests. They spoke to me I could just hear overtones from their voices LOL This year, 30 years later, I learned that vocalists also can change the "overtones" with their vocal chords. What a wonderful instrument you are in control of!

  • @Visigoth_
    @Visigoth_ 8 лет назад +377

    HOLY SHIT, that's so awesome!

  • @mr.raisin2492
    @mr.raisin2492 8 лет назад +252

    Talking about multi-tasking!!!

  • @OrangeC7
    @OrangeC7 4 года назад +81

    I love how because you're isolating one of the overtones it sounds like you're producing a perfect sine wave, and all with your voice! This is so cool!

  • @larrybrown6937
    @larrybrown6937 4 года назад +12

    I've heard split tones ( about a 5th above the fundamental)before in rare instances by some gifted vocalists when hitting a sustained note at a high point in the song) , but after being amazed at what I heard, I wrote it off to being sufficiently stoned and imagined it all. This goes way beyond anything I've ever heard. She has complete command of every interval and can take the notes in opposite directions at the same time.

    • @DougsBeers
      @DougsBeers 11 месяцев назад

      I'll bet you really did it, maybe accidentally. Kinda like when you wake up in the morning and your first pee comes out in 2 directions for a few seconds.

  • @koshersalaami
    @koshersalaami 3 года назад +40

    There’s a part of the explanation missing: what the overtones actually are. This is best visualized if you take a stringed instrument. Guitar, violin, mandolin, banjo, dulcimer, cello, whatever might be handy. You pluck a string. It vibrates along its whole length at a pitch called the Fundamental. That’s the note you’re playing intentionally. But while it vibrates along its whole length, it also vibrates in halves, each half at double the speed of the fundamental. And in thirds at three times the speed of the fundamental. And in fourths at four times, etc. When you double speed, you go up an octave. When you triple, you go up an octave and a fifth. When you quadruple, you go up two octaves (double twice). Quintuple, two octaves and a major third. Sextuple, two octaves and a fifth (double the speed of thirds, so an octave higher). When you pluck the string, you actually hear all these notes at once, you’re just not aware of it.
    If you take your stringed instrument, pluck a string (or bow it), and touch it very lightly dead center, which is where you’d play an octave up, on a guitar at the twelfth fret, your light touch will deaden the fundamental. However, because your finger is touching where one half ends and the other begins, it doesn’t deaden the first overtone, so you hear this sort of bell-like note. Overtones are also called harmonics and if you’re a string player the technique I’m describing is called playing a harmonic. If you pluck the string and touch it lightly at either 1/3 point, you’ll get the overtone that’s 3x fundamental. Where you’ll find one of them is where you’d play a fifth higher on any string. On a chromatically fretted instrument (guitar, banjo, mandolin, electric bass, but not a dulcimer) that would be at the seventh fret.
    You can hear these overtones in your own voice easily, just not nearly as loud as Ms. Hefele produces them. Just sing a low note, hold it a while, and sing the word “wow” Very Slowly. You’ll hear some sort of faint flute-like notes go up and down above your note.
    As to using your mouth to filter overtones, you do it constantly. That’s what vowels are (as shown by the wow exercise). However, vowels don’t typically filter out everything but a single overtone.

    • @xanblacq
      @xanblacq Год назад +1

      Great explanation. Thanks for taking the time to write it.

    • @ZijnShayatanica
      @ZijnShayatanica Год назад

      Thank you for this comment!! I don't play any string instruments, but I can more easily understand what an overtone actually IS based on your explanation. 😊

    • @key37raminus
      @key37raminus Год назад

      That's a very nice explanation! Thanks for mentioning vowels, I learned about them when studying phonetics, but it's hard to piece it all together. The mouth shape acts as a filter for the harmonics, shaping them into different vowels. So this singing technique is like "extreme voweling", where you shape the harmonics to damp all but the overtone you want? And with vowels it's more like a rough shape, making the 2nd stronger than the 3rd, for instance. Is that right?

    • @thederpydude2088
      @thederpydude2088 Год назад

      That "wow" example is such an easy and accessible demonstration of this 🤔 It might come in handy if I ever try explaining all this to a friend XD
      I have an idea of how to filter the overtones, but does anyone know how I could make it sound louder? I mainly struggle with getting it to sound more loud and prominent than the fundamental.

  • @linksaya
    @linksaya 7 лет назад +597

    Did they teach you this on your planet? Which one is it?

    • @ericchevalier74
      @ericchevalier74 6 лет назад +24

      LinkSaya The planet is called GOD.

    • @andicarusfell8387
      @andicarusfell8387 5 лет назад +11

      TROGLO BYTE that’s not a planet

    • @Zeekiel
      @Zeekiel 5 лет назад +2

      LinkSaya
      Earth.

    • @hatim9687
      @hatim9687 4 года назад +5

      @@andicarusfell8387 doesn't even exist

    • @Moonarale
      @Moonarale 4 года назад +3

      Or it is on earth but it's a hidden mermaid or elven society

  • @Littlefighter1911
    @Littlefighter1911 4 года назад +71

    Me:"I have trouble holding that one note"
    Her:"HOLD MY BEER!"

  • @AnnaMariaHefele
    @AnnaMariaHefele  9 лет назад +295

    the software is overtone analyzer, www.sygyt.com

    • @agustin3186
      @agustin3186 9 лет назад +5

      Anna-Maria Hefele Really good visual explanation. Did it take you too much time to control the overtones, I can make them sound but with not too much control to sing a melody. Thank you for this video =)

    • @AnnaMariaHefele
      @AnnaMariaHefele  9 лет назад +9

      yes it takes time.

    • @overtonesingingtv9890
      @overtonesingingtv9890 9 лет назад +1

      +Agustin Carnevale you should also train your ear to recognize the notes. Then you'll be able to use overtones to sing melodies. You'll take less time to achieve that, the more trained your ear is.

    • @sephirothmasamune5103
      @sephirothmasamune5103 9 лет назад

      +Anna-Maria Hefele How I do my overtone to be more intensive? My overtones are lowest :/

    • @avii2807
      @avii2807 9 лет назад

      How do I control my overtones? I always practice in the bathroom but when I try to control my overtones, they only go in either ascending or descending directions. How do I control it?

  • @bernarddubreuil9557
    @bernarddubreuil9557 9 лет назад +123

    thanks Anna Maria ! You are the first person to make spectral analyis a user friendly tool over a You Tube channel. Your overtome singing ''explained visually'' is setting a new standard for overtone teachers. Congratulations!

  • @j-money3608
    @j-money3608 2 года назад +10

    My mother was a voice instructor and most of my family is musically gifted. I never received such talent but even i can recognize the work that went into learning this. Amazing work ma'am.

  • @MsJoyMaeda
    @MsJoyMaeda Год назад +8

    i've watched this dozens of times and 1:24-1:48 still blows my mind. It's amazing that our brain decodes multiple frequencies playing at the same time as a voice.

  • @Galorious330
    @Galorious330 7 лет назад +48

    This is one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. You're amazing

  • @Reckless150681
    @Reckless150681 9 лет назад +35

    I think it's worth sharing that these are very analogous to partials for brass players and why changing the airflow and embouchure produces distinct tones rather than a chromatic scale.
    In fact, the physics are identical.

    • @thatbandgirl2535
      @thatbandgirl2535 8 лет назад

      I play trumpet, can you tell me how to play overtones?

    • @Reckless150681
      @Reckless150681 8 лет назад +12

      +XxTrumpetCheerxX Let me be a little more clear. As far as I know, you can't play simultaneous overtones on brass instruments in the way she's doing it, but the notes you CAN play are identical to that she is singing.
      As you probably know, pitch is generated by a vibration. For stringed instruments, it's primarily the string, while in wind and brass instruments it's primarily the bell, but I'll focus on brass instruments. Now there's a concept in physics called standing waves, which is how brass instruments work. Basically, with an open tube, you
      create waves of air pressure that can only exist in very distinct frequencies. Translated to music, think about your open fingering (concert Bb, F, Bb, D etc. or trumpets' C, G, C, E, etc.). You can use your lips and airspeed to adjust the pitch a little bit in each direction, but for the most part, if you go too far you completely change pitch. Now if you took the frequency of each of those pitches, you'll find them to be somewhat related. If you take your lowest note and divided its frequency by 2, you'll find that all of the notes in any given
      fingering are just multiples of that notes. Now a trumpet is what's considered an open tube, because it's essentially one great, long, twisted tube that's open at both ends (the bell and the mouthpiece). In an open tube, standing waves can only exist in INTEGER MULTIPLES of a low, fundamental frequency. In other words, the same thing that is happening with your trumpet. When you change partials (go from C to G or G to C, etc.), you don’t actually change fingerings, and therefore you don’t really change the length of the tube,
      right? You’re just changing the frequency, and the only frequencies you can produce are integer multiples of your lowest, fundamental frequency, which high brass instruments can’t actually play. I can play them on trombone and euph, however, and tubas can play them. In music, these are a brass player’s PEDAL
      NOTES. In physics, doubling the frequency gives you an octave. So if we have a fundamental frequency (in other words, a pedal note, or a note that exists in low brass instruments but not in high brass instruments) of 100 Hz (that’s actually extremely low, but 100 is a nice, even number), then the next partial is 200 Hz. This is every brass player’s first partial, or your lowest note on any given valve combination. Next is 300 Hz. It’s three times the fundamental, but it’s not double of 200, so it’s not an octave. That makes sense. What’s
      above your C? A G. They’re not the same note. Next is 400, and that IS a double of 200. Above your G is another C, and that is definitely an octave. Next, doubling 400 gives us 800. That means that there are three notes in between the next octave, and that happens to be true. Between your mid-range C and your
      high C are three notes: E, G, and a flat Bb. All of these notes (integer multiples of the fundamental frequency) are known as the HARMONIC SERIES, and each separate, individual note is known as a HARMONIC, and on brass instruments they are known as PARTIALS.
      Ok, so that explains the hard physics (hopefully). What’s interesting, however, is that when you play the fundamental, you’re actually playing ALL OF THESE NOTES AT THE SAME TIME. The thing is, because they’re all integer multiples of the fundamental, your ear only picks out the fundamental. If you took all your separate notes and gave each of them a different volume, if you gave your fundamental just a teeny
      little bit of volume, you will always hear the fundamental. Everything else forms tone. The different intensities distributed to each note in the harmonic series is what defines tone and timbre. For example, a trumpet actually has quite low intensity in its fundamental, but its third harmonic (I think) is quite strong. That’s why it sounds so bright. You only hear the lowest note, but the effects of the high note still reach you. A trombone has a lot of its fundamental and I think the fifth harmonic, which is why it sounds mellower than a trumpet but still has some bite to it. Basically, different shapes create different tones. All of the tones of the harmonic series above the fundamental are called OVERTONES (hence the video title, overtone singing).
      Which finally brings us back to the video. She is essentially changing the shape of her cavities to let different harmonics ring out. (Metal guitarists do something similar (in concept, if not in practice), where they will let a string ring out, then quickly mute it a little. This has the effect of cancelling the fundamental and ONLY letting the high harmonics play out. This is how they get those squealies.). You’ll notice that all of her extra higher notes are somewhere in the harmonic series, because she’s only physically capable of producing them based on the physics from above.
      To recap: physics only allows specific notes to be played at a given tube length. This principle holds true for brass instruments and singing.
      I hope this makes sense, and I didn’t make any mistakes in my physics. If not, feel free to ask more questions (and for others to jump in and help)

    • @thatbandgirl2535
      @thatbandgirl2535 8 лет назад +1

      +Reckless150681 thanks so much! that helped me understand a lot more about this.

    • @Reckless150681
      @Reckless150681 8 лет назад

      +XxTrumpetCheerxX Anytime. i hope everything was clear enough.

  • @levitator36
    @levitator36 8 лет назад +6

    Amazing. I taught myself how to play around with maybe three or four overtones on a constant fundamental, but this is levels of mastery I didn't even knew existed.

  • @spocksmusic
    @spocksmusic 9 лет назад +31

    This is incredible. I've never heard anything more complexed than the fundamental moving up or down by a tone. As a composer it makes my mind reel! Have you ever had people compose for you? Definitely subscribing..... and thank you. (great video as well)

  • @gatorgoforth3097
    @gatorgoforth3097 7 лет назад +12

    Thank you so much for posting this! This and your other how-to videos for overtone singing have really given me a good language to teach others. Your explanations are spot on without any unnecessary fluff.

    • @JimCole1
      @JimCole1 7 лет назад

      ...yes indeed - Amen!

  • @RelativelyHostile1
    @RelativelyHostile1 3 месяца назад +1

    This is literally breaking my mind - how the hell can she have so much control over her voice and its harmonics o_O

  • @NiGhTeMpEsT
    @NiGhTeMpEsT 9 лет назад +6

    I've never seen such a clear harmonic explanation of overtones. Great job, awesome.

  • @davidpanic
    @davidpanic 4 года назад +26

    How the.. WHA?!?! I'm genuinely confused as to how this is even possible! Teach me your ways woman!

  • @briarrose5208
    @briarrose5208 7 лет назад +76

    Thank you for this! My voice has always had an unusual quality that I realize now is a very slight overtone. My father's voice did too. I'd like to learn more.

    • @softwartist
      @softwartist 5 лет назад +3

      Hey, do you have example? ;)

    • @God-kg1lx
      @God-kg1lx 4 года назад +12

      She did not give an example

    • @Mark_Grand
      @Mark_Grand 3 года назад +3

      God 💀🤣

    • @key37raminus
      @key37raminus Год назад +1

      @@God-kg1lx you don't have to narrate everything, God, you already made it, we can see it now, thanks.

    • @alexandrashvydun8726
      @alexandrashvydun8726 Год назад

      do you produce a lot of high rounded vowels?

  • @skyletwings5711
    @skyletwings5711 4 года назад +7

    The good thing about overtone singing is that they always harmonize with each other, as the harmonic relation is built-in. :-)

  • @HYPERPLASMATIER
    @HYPERPLASMATIER 4 года назад +9

    the last set of scales with alternating fundamentals sounded egyptian, like that lady singing in the back of every track sung over a desert scene ever

  • @sadsnail755
    @sadsnail755 4 года назад +36

    I had a dream that I could actually sing overtones. But then I woke up, tried it, and sounded like a donkey.

  • @DanielGirardBolduc
    @DanielGirardBolduc 3 года назад +5

    You are the most tallented signer i ever heard. This video was awesome and really well made. Thanks

  • @logiarhythm6285
    @logiarhythm6285 4 года назад +2

    Wahnsinn, so guten Overtone-Gesang hab ich noch nie gehört! Die Grundtonmodulation ist unglaublich, meinen größten Respekt!

  • @syborg64
    @syborg64 4 года назад +4

    "Listen to me singing CHORDS" -basically
    Wow, this is amazing!

  • @Luna_LU6546
    @Luna_LU6546 4 года назад +320

    nobody: ...
    the mosquito when I'm trying to sleep:

  • @KarenSinmiasa-VYP
    @KarenSinmiasa-VYP 3 года назад +3

    Wow... Incredible... She's don't need an instrument because she is.. the chord for the rythm and melodic at the same time...

  • @lukadjordjevic3716
    @lukadjordjevic3716 4 года назад +53

    "It's not a glitch it's a mechanic"

  • @bollingtonfolkclubnextgues1498
    @bollingtonfolkclubnextgues1498 8 лет назад +11

    I don't think I've heard it so tuneful before. Previously when I've heard overtone singing I've thought "very clever, but why would I want to do this?"This actually sounds good to hear. Skip to ~ 6.55 for an example.

  • @elaboratus
    @elaboratus 8 лет назад +3

    the moving in opposite directions one was amazing

  • @Jbm0230
    @Jbm0230 7 лет назад

    The presence of these overtones, and the fact that we hear them together rather than separately, gives each person their own unique voice.

  • @leepeterson8391
    @leepeterson8391 7 лет назад +1

    INCREDIBLE. Every part of it: singing, explanations, visuals - everything. Thank you, Anna-Maria Hefele!

  • @nkalajackass
    @nkalajackass 8 лет назад +115

    7:32 was intentional? LOL awesome shit

  • @magiv4205
    @magiv4205 9 лет назад +6

    Started practising it some hours ago at school. It's so addicting! Now I can't stop and am already annoying my whole family X,D

  • @dissonantiacognitiva7438
    @dissonantiacognitiva7438 4 года назад +2

    That's pretty good Anna-Marie, the frequency spectrum display is a good way to show people the differences

  • @QuickBoi
    @QuickBoi 4 года назад +1

    It’s incredible how well she can do it

  • @jandestiny626
    @jandestiny626 7 лет назад +18

    please do the Diva Dance song from 5th Element using these skills!!!

  • @kelvinhouston6701
    @kelvinhouston6701 7 лет назад +8

    Anna you make me cry everytime i hear your voice sorry ..It is instant recognition and memory of being in service in Atlantis and Lemuria overtone singing as a vestal virgin in the Temple of The Golden Moon over etheric Crete...that is what my guides tell me to share.. I just have always known my oversize throat chakra was meant to heal the Earth and move with the Light Whales who are my Channels and Pod. I love you thank you for this memory! blessings Please do more we need to come together!

  • @KreativeInstinct
    @KreativeInstinct 7 лет назад +1

    never even heard of polyphonic before, just listened to her in the first minute and i can do it, now to practice and get as good as her, pretty nifty

  • @cedrickbinuya1851
    @cedrickbinuya1851 4 года назад +1

    The breathing that she does is at an insane level

  • @14tev65
    @14tev65 4 года назад +9

    2:45 I cant be the only one hearing the legend of korra right???

  • @henrylmijaresm7782
    @henrylmijaresm7782 9 лет назад +151

    My dear lord this is so new to me... How is this done? Can any human does it?

    • @moth138
      @moth138 9 лет назад +6

      Henry L Mijares M Yes everyone can do it.

    • @yummyjackalmeat
      @yummyjackalmeat 9 лет назад +38

      +Henry L Mijares M Yes, you can do it. Practice, listen, and relax. The overtones are already there. Once you learn to listen for them, and you get comfortable droning on different vowels, your body will learn what to do to zero in on specific overtones. Practice in a reverberated room like a bathroom if possible :)

    • @Clemsonshawty
      @Clemsonshawty 8 лет назад +4

      +Henry L Mijares M its basically humming and whistling at the same time

    • @hloyhesit8403
      @hloyhesit8403 8 лет назад +56

      +Clemsonshawty no, it isn't. It sounds sort of like that, but that is not the technique

    • @magicstix0r
      @magicstix0r 7 лет назад +34

      You do it every day when you speak. The human voice is a set of filters (your throat and mouth) interacting with a fundamental "buzzing" sound (your vocal cords). She's just very good at using her voice in a way that it wasn't normally designed to operate.

  • @bantawoo8686
    @bantawoo8686 5 лет назад +1

    while i was watching your introduction video on overtone singing i thought: "man, i wish i could watch her singing with a spectral analyzer!" and well, here it is! really well done, thank you.
    and it is also nice seeing you having fun doing what you love.

  • @Melpheos1er
    @Melpheos1er 7 лет назад

    Your overtone is very clear. In many case, you have to focus to hear the overtone but you make it almost as loud as the "main" tone

  • @oivinf
    @oivinf 4 года назад +29

    "Sing a folk song"
    *Actually sings Mozart*

  • @EpicVoiceShitposting
    @EpicVoiceShitposting 4 года назад +6

    6:27 is the one that I liked

  • @GabrielAndroczky
    @GabrielAndroczky 7 лет назад +1

    That is sooooooo amazing! And the ease with which you use your voice and the overtones, is even more. Congratulations Anna-Maria!

  • @Silverlining1111
    @Silverlining1111 3 года назад

    The graph @ 4:22 is so beautiful that makes an album cover.

  • @honk1680
    @honk1680 9 лет назад +3

    das ist ja echt wahnsinnig gut, anna-maria.
    ich habe dich bei stefan raab gesehen und dich jetzt endlich bei youtube gefunden. du warst ja leider viel zu kurz dort, um
    ein solch interessantes thema richtig ausführlich zu erklären.
    das video ist wirklich sehr anschaulich und man kann viel besser den tönen folgen.
    ich bin echt begeistert, was du für eine begabung hast .....bzw. was du kannst.
    muss dich erstmal gleich abonnieren. finde das super interessant. vielen dank das du den obertongesang so anschaulich rüber bringst :)
    ich wusste vor deinem auftritt bei raab gar nicht, dass es sowas überhaupt gibt oder auch möglich ist.
    einfach toll ^^

  • @scottm2553
    @scottm2553 7 лет назад +24

    Mind Blown.

  • @jacksonedwardmokalu7101
    @jacksonedwardmokalu7101 3 года назад +1

    You r not human..... what a voice....... what a gift

  • @HeyKevinYT
    @HeyKevinYT Год назад

    I didnt think this was possible until my music class yesterday. Yo, this got to be some superpower

  • @taliromero391
    @taliromero391 5 лет назад +3

    Dude!!! This is so sick!!!! I can't feel my brain

  • @TheFloridaPappy
    @TheFloridaPappy 9 лет назад +41

    I get the overtones and the fundamental, but what are the mechanics of how the notes are created simultaneously by your vocal chords?

    • @RayhanTee
      @RayhanTee 9 лет назад +15

      The fundamental is created by the vocal folds but the overtones and filtered out by the filter of our instruments, in this case, mouth, tongue. Which in turn, modifies the space in our vocal tract. Thus filtering out unwanted overtones of your choice once you've learnt to do it.

    • @Gongasoso
      @Gongasoso 9 лет назад +2

      Rayhan Tee Is it somehow intuitive or, say, this note requires a certain change in the tongue, but the next semi-tone requires a change in the mouth?

    • @RayhanTee
      @RayhanTee 9 лет назад +3

      Gongasoso Once you know ho wto do it it is somehow intuitive and you might not even know what is going on.
      Every semi tone requires a slightly different tongue position or rather, only the back of the tongue. Anna-Maria Hefele posted a new video on this, do check it out! :D

    • @lukeroe3434
      @lukeroe3434 7 лет назад +2

      TheFloridaPappy it's created by the movement of the tip of your tongue behind your dental ridge. The only thing that you're vocal cords have to do with the sound is the production of the initial pitch

    • @mgc7199
      @mgc7199 6 лет назад +4

      The vocal chords produces all the notes. The cavity of mouth and sinus determines what wave(s) are emphasized and slightly change the vowel in the process. (small cavity vowel like 'e' changes to 'u' upon expanding it (drop the back of the tongue slightly), emphasizing a lower overtone.

  • @jovanpetrov8824
    @jovanpetrov8824 Год назад

    You touched the tongue of an angel, Ana-Maria, thank you for helping us to do the same.

  • @Little_Lotta
    @Little_Lotta 5 лет назад +2

    This is actually insanely fascinating.

  • @almarc
    @almarc 4 года назад +4

    Well, guess I'll need to watch this for the fourth time, RUclips recommendations.

  • @toploz_jr5597
    @toploz_jr5597 4 года назад +53

    Plot twist: there's a guy with a whistle right behind her

  • @JCW7100
    @JCW7100 4 года назад +1

    2:44-2:54 For some reason I was getting some Legend of Korra vibes right there. Awesome video!

  • @abowlitionist9780
    @abowlitionist9780 6 лет назад +2

    OMG this is insane! Never heard anything like this before.

  • @CyroBittencourt
    @CyroBittencourt 9 лет назад +7

    Admirable and beautiful, thank you :)

  • @BearDaBotC
    @BearDaBotC 9 лет назад +7

    After watching this I was like 😱"HOWWWW??!!!???"

    • @allysonh6410
      @allysonh6410 3 года назад

      Same. Still. Wish she would explain

  • @soberTrezviy
    @soberTrezviy 2 года назад

    this is maybe the best video about music in the whole internet, very clever explanation and clear demonstration
    also the skill and precision level is astonishing, Anna plays with overtones like playing the piano, just wow

  • @secularpilgrim1372
    @secularpilgrim1372 2 года назад

    There are so many crazy and wonderful things in the world. It is such a treat when you stumble across one.

  • @BrookJolley
    @BrookJolley 7 лет назад +4

    Craziest shit, lol I actually did figure out how to do this shittily in 9 minutes by watching this.. but if i do it in front of my dog he loses his mind.
    If you can hold a C4 then move your mouth around bigger to smaller and change tongue positions you'll hear some of them with little/no effort. It's in the mouth/tongue shape. You stay singing the same note with similar pressure but moving the mouth around creates differentiation in tones.

  • @lauralima772
    @lauralima772 5 лет назад +4

    This bothers my cat... Weird! Is a beautiful and cool technique by the way

  • @rosadiamonds2204
    @rosadiamonds2204 4 года назад +2

    I had never heard about this technique, this is so cool and sounds a bit surreal

    • @MacStoker
      @MacStoker 4 года назад +1

      try this, its amazing, its called tuvian throat singing
      ruclips.net/video/qx8hrhBZJ98/видео.html

  • @Elixear
    @Elixear 6 лет назад

    Jamais je n'aurais imaginé que le chant diphonique pourrait aller si loin. C'est tout simplement incroyable ce que le corps humain est capable de faire.

  • @conlangknow8787
    @conlangknow8787 4 года назад +89

    Mongolian throut singers:ok wow i didnt learn anything new

    • @Terren69
      @Terren69 4 года назад +1

      So you can do it then?

    • @trazwaggon
      @trazwaggon 4 года назад +4

      Mongolian throat singing works in a completely different way

  • @kennydoomster
    @kennydoomster 9 лет назад +5

    this technique reminds me of abes odyssey...or the second one

  • @milododds1
    @milododds1 2 года назад +1

    This video is incredibly informative, it's quite amazing how much control and precision that you have with overtones.

  • @Sprengstoff
    @Sprengstoff 3 года назад

    I am pretty sure you will go into history at some point, this is crazy!

  • @stercola956
    @stercola956 8 лет назад +6

    And you didn't notice she was in black and white

  • @lunaminari8
    @lunaminari8 4 года назад +6

    6:27 what song is that? It so familiar

    • @jameer8225
      @jameer8225 4 года назад

      One of Mozart's piece

  • @spencersmith7266
    @spencersmith7266 Год назад

    Thank you for this comprehensive audio/visual explanation, Anna-Maria.

  • @matszz
    @matszz 7 лет назад +1

    I didn't even think this was possible, amazing!

  • @megasocky
    @megasocky 4 года назад +5

    Why does the overtone sound like the majoras mask harmonica

  • @Boychaos12
    @Boychaos12 9 лет назад +12

    I can use overtones, but can't change it.

    • @jensboettiger5286
      @jensboettiger5286 7 лет назад +8

      You have to control the size of the chamber your mouth makes to change the pitch. It's a very small difference, and the reason you are staying on pitch is probably because you are afraid of losing the overtone entirely. Experiment more. It's largely in the lips. Small movements.

  • @eebangpromotions
    @eebangpromotions Год назад

    I've been learning how to do this and my brain can now pick out that overtone scale everywhere. It's like we are predisposed to the overtone scale of the human voice. So I have made a song using this and the scale in a random note generator. when people hear it it makes them feel something... Could be onto something here!

  • @rcfanaticdublin
    @rcfanaticdublin 9 лет назад

    Absolutley Gobsmacked!!!.
    I remember as a child screeching down a vacume hose and achieving a similar effect...i also remember feling the change of tone resonateing in both my throat and chest with each change in the pich...felt like a clicking as each tone climed a bar,if that make's any sence.
    I have no musical trainig but have always been facinated by resonance and harmonic's.
    This subject has awakend my curiosity in the physic's of Sound and resonance.

  • @kojimapromeatspin
    @kojimapromeatspin 7 лет назад +14

    can you actually sing words with this technique???

  • @saulfranco9058
    @saulfranco9058 8 лет назад +3

    xD her face at 7:32

  • @imagin64
    @imagin64 5 лет назад

    This information is worth BILLIONS !!!!
    !!!!!!!
    Your insight into your own sound is absolutely fantastic

  • @DaRanged
    @DaRanged 9 лет назад +1

    Absolutely FANTASTIC explanation and visualisation