Anna-Maria Hefele, a musician based in Munich, has an unusual talent. She can sing two notes at once. In the music world, it’s known as polyphonic overtone singing, and it’s believed that the practice originated and still endures in Mongolia. Above, Hefele offers a pretty captivating five-minute display of her technique. On her YouTube channel, you can also find a series of lessons (seven so far) where Ann-Maria teaches you the basics of polyphonic overtone singing here. Find the lessons here. Enjoy!
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I was hoping she would show us how to begin to learn this. Really interesting, and I know the throat singers do this, but HOW?
There’s plenty of guys in youtube who teach how; no one that I’ve seen comes close to this woman’s amazing skills, though. You can learn a modest version of this technique in this video (as this kind guy says, getting the overtone sound is really not that difficult ;) ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a940YFaRI50
Salut!
There’s a difference between “shows us how” and “shows us that she can” – i really wish clickbaiting wasnt a thing in 2014.
That’s amazing.
Take a look at this Mongolian overtone singer and the low frecuencies he achieve: http://youtu.be/HwANedEkqaY
He’s called Enkh Jargal if anyone is interested.
Enkh Jargal