Wolfgang Saus's Videos (Overtone Music Network) - Overtone Music Network

Strohbass vs. Kargyraa Undertone (Subharmonic) Singing

2016-06-03T18:22:09.807Z

Demonstration of two different ways to sing subharmonics (undertones). Voice Wolfgang Saus. Video laryngoscopy by Dr. Seimer, Stuttgart, 2006. https://www.oberton.org/obertongesang/untertongesang/

View into an Overtone Singer

2016-06-02T17:59:50.491Z

"Freude schöner Götterfunken" (Ode to Joy) in overtone singing style by Wolfgang Saus.

More information: https://www.oberton.org

What you see in this amazing dynamic MRI (MRT) is the tongue movement building up double resonances along the melody line of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". Overtone singing is based on bringing together the second and third resonance frequency of the vocal trakt (also referred to as "formants") on one frequency to enhance the loudness of a single overtone in the vocal sound spectrum. The second formant is controlled by the root of the tongue together with the epiglottis. The third formant is ruled by the space under the tongue, which is bigger than it seems in the video. Overtone singing is a constantly fine adjustment of the two resonance cavities.

It's not easy to record (and sing) sound in the very noisy environment of a MRT (MRI). The team in Freiburg developed highly specialized equipment for recording and filtering. Nevertheless, the sound is of course not HiFi.

MRT footage with kind permission and many thanks to:
University Medical Center Freiburg
Medical Physics Dept. of Radiology &
Institut for Musicians’ Medicine
http://fim.mh-freiburg.de/
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Richter
Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Hennig
Prof. Dr. Matthias Echternach
2015

"Jerusalem Dream" for polyphonic overtone singing

2015-01-06T22:00:24.243Z

23. Jan 2015 - Basel, Switzerland - European Premiere of "Jerusalem Dream"

http://www.oberton.org/?p=8067

Interview with Nori Jacoby, Israelic composer, on his composition "Jerusalem Dream" for soprano, baritone (polyphonic overtone singing), khoomej, oud, string quartett. Interview and footage: Stefan…

"Ihr Kinderlein, kommet" - Wolfgang Saus - Polyphonic Overtone Singing / Obertongesang

2014-12-28T18:01:54.228Z

Merry Christmas everyone on omn! With a nice German children's Christmas carol from 1794, by Michael Reimann (keys) and me (Wolfgang Saus). http://www.oberton.org/?p=1588

Pachelbel's Canon - Polyphonic Overtone Singing

2014-11-18T23:31:02.360Z

http://www.oberton.org/pachhelbel-kanon/

Wolfgang Saus sings two melodies at the same time: bass & soprano of Pachelbel's Canon simultaneously. It's a short demonstration of polyphonic overtone singing skills (sometimes referred to as throat singing) used in special new classical compositions.

The interesting thing about doing this with overtone singing is: the melody was always hidden in the overtones of the bass voice. Many ancient composers intuitively created "harmonic" melodies out of overtones of a basso continuo.

Painting: „Aachener Farbflügel-Altar” by Günther Beckers.