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Wolfgang Saus

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  1. Both videos are not available in Germany. But I was in Belgium yesterday Yes, there is some kind of overtone singing effect there. But it's probably not concious overtone singing. He uses a lot of electronic effects, it sounds very much like that. If you look at the new version of Melodyne it seems that overtone singing can be simulated by software manipulation of normal singing.
  2. Hi muffinhead, unfortunately this video cannot be seen in Germany due to YouTubes censoring (YT would have to pay a little fee for the artist according to German law).
  3.   I've written a comprehensive instructional book about practice and scientific background of western overtone singing. It's well known in German speaking countries. It is scheduled for translation into English and Czech for 2015. Oberton Singen, 132 pages, audio CD included. http://www.amazon.com/Oberton-Singen-Lern-CD-Wolfgang-Saus/dp/3933825369/   I also published a detailed step-by-step instructional DVD. It has English subtitles. The publisher unfortunately only produced the PAL version. But it has no copy protection, so you can easily convert it. http://www.traumzeit-verlag.de/verlagsprogramm--shop/gesamtverzeichnis/der-oberton-workshop---lern-dvd-mit-wolfgang-saus.php   Stuart Hinds published sheet music for advanced polyphonic overtone singers. http://www.amazon.com/Oberton-Erfahrung-Overtone-Experience-Wolfgang-Stuart-Hinds/dp/3933825733   I also recommend Steve Sklar's Tuvan khöömej lessons available at http://khoomei.com
  4. I really don't understand why overtone singing is still not known in the classical world. There are quite some published compositions: http://www.oberton.org/obertongesang/werke/ Though there are some great pioneers in the US - like David Hykes and The Harmonic Choir, Baird Hersey & Prana, Stuart Hinds - the main development of composed occidental overtone singing seems to happen in Europe right now. Listen to Nordic Voices, Latvian Radio Choir, Düsseldorfer Obertonchor, European Overtone Choir, Vox Clamantis...
  5. KillerKu, the diatonic semitone is part of the harmonic series, it lies between 15th and 16th harmonic. It is usually not in the controlled formant area, only in the low bass range. If you want to tune a semitone in just intonation you usually build on other harmonic relations. You can download a chart of the harmonic series with all intervalls in the formant range here (English and German version available): http://www.oberton.org/obertongesang/die-obertonreihe/#intervalle
  6. Thanks, Robert. Kiva, Steve and me know each other since many years. There are not so many experts in this topic I started overtone singing as a classical baritone in 1983. I developed polyphonic overtone singing - singing two independent melodies with fundamental and harmonics simultaneously - in 1984. I interrupted my singing career for 10 years working as a physico chemist and came back to music in 1994, now a full time overtone singer, vocal researcher and teacher.
  7. Robert, you're right, every singer produced overtones. I define overtone singing as a singing technique that intends to make the overtones audible as separate tones with their own musical purpose. But there is indeed more about that in classical singing. My new complete "singing phonetics" will be published shortly. It's related to what you say. Recently I presented my "choral phonetics", which is part of the more comprehensive singing phonetics, at the International Stuttgart Voice Days. Find a short version on my website (you'll find an english pdf at the bottom of the page): http://www.oberton.org/chorphonetik/   At the 5th International Conference on the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing in Stockholm 2010 I presented the two main differences between classical formant tuning and overtone singing: 1. in formant tuning the singers are usually not aware of individual harmonics, 2. in overtone singing you combine two formants to build a double-resonator in order to separate a single overtone acoustically. Find more here (use Google translate for now, I am working on translation of my whole website): http://www.oberton.org/obertongesang/was-ist-obertongesang/ If you're interested in the benefits of overtone singing in classical singng I'd be happy to introduce you to the fascinating world of overtones that I am exploring scientifically and artistically since 30 years. (BTW, Anna-Maria presents in her video some of my advanced singer's exercises, and the software used for visualizing is Overtone Analyzer, which I developed together with Bodo Maass).  
  8. Jabroni, yes, that's overtone singing. It's a verticular fold singing technique (similar to the Tuvan singing technique "kargyraa") in combination with overtone singing. The ventricular fold singing technique is one of the two subharmonic or undertone singing techniques. Here I am comparing strohbass with ventricular fold technique:   Steve Sklar published a beautiful video of his Tuvan kargyraa style:
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