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Herausforderung für gute Obertonsänger

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Zurzeit (März 2014) unterrichte ich in Schweden und genieße den nordischen Frühling. Zum Anlass zweier Konzerte am kommenden Wochenende in Lund und in Kopenhagen habe ich einen Satz des schönen schwedischen Volksliedes “Ack, Värmeland, du sköna” für Obertongesang geschrieben, der dort zur Uraufführung kommt. Zusammen mit Anna-Maria Hefele singen wir eine Version für zwei Stimmen und Nyckelharpa.

Two overtone melodies at the same time – Cosmicbow

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Christopher Vila is the inventor and manufacturer of this ravishing music instrument, that leads you in a deep self-forgetfulness when you play it, what you can still feel as a listener:  Cosmicbow.

In the video, he demonstrates an incredible control of the first and second formant, by playing two independent melodies simultaneously with both resonances. He controls the deeper overtone with the anterior mouth, the high harmonics are determined mainly by the position of the epiglottis and the root of the tongue.

This skill is an example of how much music is yet to be discovered in our vocal resonance cavities alone. A reference to the vocal Phonetics is interesting, in which also a control of the formants is required to enable the brilliance and load-bearing capacity of the voice, which is required for classical singing. I can recommend any classical singer to play around with the Cosmicbow for a while.

Overtone Singing in Foreign Languages

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Try entering “overtone singing” in other languages into a search engine. I have compiled over 50 translations. You will find videos and other treasures you would never have been able to find otherwise.

New creative developments of overtone singing are often not easy to find if you only search with the usual terms: Throat singing, overtone singing, khoomii, etc. According to Google, “throat singing” is the most searched term in this context, but treasures from France or Russia may be lost.

Do you know another translation? Then please put it in the comment below.

Bashkir 18px-Flag_of_Bashkortostan ba:
Өзләү, Özläü, Uzlyau

Basque Flag_of_the_Basque_Country18.svg eu:
Kantu armoniko

Chakassic 18px-Flag_of_Khakassia tut:
Khai

Chinese flags-republic_of_china zh:
卡基拉

Danish flags-denmark da:
Strubesang, Overtonesang

Dutch flags-netherlands nl:
Boventoonzang

German flags-germany  flags-switzerlandflags-austria - Kopie de:
Obertongesang, Obertonsingen, Kehlgesang, Kehlkopfgesang

English flags-united_kingdom en:
Overtone singing, harmonic singing, harmonic chant, throat singing, diphonic singing, Tuvan singing

Estonian Flag Estonia et:
Kõrilaul

Finnish flags-finland fi:
Kurkkulaulu, yläsävellaulua

French flags-france fr:
Chant diphonique, Chant de gorge, Chant harmonique, Diphonie

Hebrew (Ivrit) flags-israel he:
שירת צלילים עיליים

Italian flags-italy it:
Canto armonico, Canto difonico, Diplofonie, Triplofonie

Japanese flags-japan ja:
喉歌

Lithuanian flags-lithuania lt:
Virštoninis dainavimas, Harmoninis dainavimas, Virštoninis giedojimas

Low saxon (Netherlands) flags-netherlands nds-nl:
Strötsingen

Luxembourgish flags-luxembourg lb:
Baovetoeënzaank, Kaelzaank

Mongolian flags-mongolia mn:
Хөөмэй, Transkriptionen: (ISO9) Höömej, (Duden) Chöömei, Chöömej, (Engl.) khöömei, khöömey, (auch verbreitet) khoomej, khöömej

Norwegian flags-norway nn:
Strupesong, Strubesang, Overtonesang, Overtonesong

Polish flags-poland pl:
Śpiew alikwotowy

Portuguese flags-portugal pt:
Canto difônico, Canto dos harmónicos

Russian flags-russia ru:
Горловое пение

Swedish flags-sweden sv:
Strupsång, Övertonssång

Serbian flags-serbia sr:
Аликвотно певање

Serbo-Croatian flags-serbia sh:
Alikvotno pjevanje

Slovenian flags-slovenia sl:
Alikvotno petje

Spanish flags-spain es:
Canto difónico, Canto de armónicos, Canto de la garganta

Tatar 18px-Flag_of_Tatarstan tt:
Бугаз җырлавы

Czech flags-czech_republic cs:
Alikvotní zpěv, Hrdelní zpěv, Harmonický zpěv

Tuwinian 18px-Flag_of_Tuva tyv:
Хөөмей

Ukrainian flags-ukraine uk:
Горловий спів

Vietnamese vi:
Hát Đồng Song Thanh (“singing with two simultaneous sounds”. Thanks to Tran Quang Hai)

Xhosa flags-south_africa xh:
Umngqokolo

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