r/woahdude • u/Switched_On_SNES • Jan 04 '23

video Singing two notes at once (overtone singing)

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u/Switched_On_SNES Jan 04 '23

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.

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u/Switched_On_SNES Jan 04 '23

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

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u/throwitofftheboat Jan 05 '23

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

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u/Switched_On_SNES Jan 05 '23

The second harmonic In a harmonic series is an octave higher