Mnemosyne wrote:
Overtone singing/throat singing, or singing more than one note at once, is probably most commonly thought of as coming from Tibet. It's not terribly difficult to learn how to do, really; I've been able to teach everyone from middle schoolers to college students to my own mother how to do it. Just make sure you don't hurt yourself if you try
(The big difference between western overtone singing and throat singing is that in throat singing there's a constriction of the throat that is thought to be pretty darn bad for you).
Try making an "arrrr" sound (like a pirate, almost) on a single note and work on focusing the tone as much as you can and bringing it forward in your mouth, or switch out other vowels ("eee" works best for me) but keep the r "color". Really, just play with your mouth and see what works
Chances are, the "fundamental" (the note you're actually singing) won't be all that pretty (in fact, it's usually a fairly annoying sound on its own), but the overtones will sounds great.
(Oh, and I love that Sicily finally got her revenge on me....)
I've been hearing a lot about this lately. I first heard about it either last week or two weeks ago when my boyfriend found out that he could produce two tones at once. When he showed me, he did it pretty soft and deep but I could hear the main note he started with, a second note he slipped in and baaaarely hear one overtone above it (I don't have the ear for that stuff like he does).
Annnd I found out today that my younger bro can do this...really well. He got into Region chorus this year and they did a piece that was pretty heavy with throat singing. I caught him singing in the shower with some volume behind it...
They may be doing it two different ways. My bro is too shy to just do it alone in front of someone so it's difficult to compare.
*shudders* Cool as it is, it has to be one of the
creepiest sounds I have ever heard from a human voice. It sounds so...artificial (for lack of a better term). I still have the jibblies listening to him.