OVERTONES! What are overtones? What do they sound like?

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  • Check out these examples of AMAZING overtones (and undertones) in barbershop performances.
    See full performances of the examples here!
    The Vagrants: • The Vagrants- Chordbus...
    Scottsdale Chorus: • Scottsdale, Finals, La...
    After Hours: • After Hours - Nowhere ...
    Main Street: • Main Street Apple Blos...

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  • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
    @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @cassiopeiaguthrie1604
    @cassiopeiaguthrie1604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I LOVE this! Thank you for sharing, Kathleen!

  • @a-cappella-crazy
    @a-cappella-crazy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    LOVE this video. Thanks for the whole series.

  • @barbaragoldflam8518
    @barbaragoldflam8518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I was so excited to hear this one! Now I can definitely hear overtones, before I just wasn’t sure. THANK YOU Kathleen!

  • @TheIz92
    @TheIz92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is great Kathleen, thank you for doing this!

  • @bensmurthwaite
    @bensmurthwaite 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video Kathleen! Looking forward to the next one!!!

  • @acapellaplusdesormeau841
    @acapellaplusdesormeau841 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Kathleen, thanks for another awesome instructional video! You provide us so much useful, practical knowledge in a clear and fun package. Can't wait for more!

  • @judybootyem
    @judybootyem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m obsessed with this video! Watched it over and over. I can’t get enough of the examples at the end. Rewind, play, rewind, play. 😮

    • @calebonaopemipo9326
      @calebonaopemipo9326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🐯As in...."🇳🇬"... " over hand over again:O ..... Beautiful!

  • @safrone
    @safrone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic explanations with great examples. Love that all the videos are barbershop groups. Maximizing that expansion by taking advantage of the overtone series is one of the hallmarks of the style and the reason why many are addicted to the sound. You rarely get that precision in other a cappella styles not to mention the great compromise of untuning struck with Equal Temperament

  • @indibindylou
    @indibindylou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love how you explain things so clearly and cheerfully! Also, that compilation was so satisfying. Lions Gate Chorus watched this in our Friday "lunchtime learning" session the other week!

  • @victoriaelliott9425
    @victoriaelliott9425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely love your explanations and descriptions! And, as an aside, the resonance of your speaking voice is so great. You were born to do these TH-cam tutorials/info.

  • @brendacraft1013
    @brendacraft1013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video and so well explained! Thank you!!

  • @carolhale2996
    @carolhale2996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great session!

  • @neilbonavita8623
    @neilbonavita8623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW!!! I have never understood over/under tones till today!! I love following your channel. Your energy, examples, practice suggestions and explanations are so stimulating and enjoyable. BRAVA!

  • @MMAThailand
    @MMAThailand 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best explanation of Overtones 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @timsteryt
    @timsteryt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite part of this is how much you obviously enjoy this phenomenon (as soon do a lot of us!). Thanks for a very informative explanation of this.

  • @hedonia3114
    @hedonia3114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    incredible, my mind is shattered to pieces. the examples you used were very well explained and well chosen

  • @vedantthanki745
    @vedantthanki745 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was studying sound waves in Physics and had the curiosity of how the overtones actually sound... Thank you very much this does clear some doubts

  • @clemenceronald
    @clemenceronald ปีที่แล้ว

    This channel is so underrated. You explained everything super clear and easy to understand. Thank you

  • @celticstephenhill
    @celticstephenhill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    VERY well done. Great examples and execution.

  • @tdasher06
    @tdasher06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much! I have never had anyone explain Overtones to me in a way that I could understand!

  • @Ackbarfangirl
    @Ackbarfangirl ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh this was such a great explanation! Especially with consideration to “letting it ring clearly.” Which connects the scientific/mathematical structure of western music vs. reality… thank you!

  • @bradredford4846
    @bradredford4846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh wow. Thank you for this. I'm not sure why I couldn't get it before but it's awesome to hear them now!

  • @francoputin5785
    @francoputin5785 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super informative and clearly communicated. Excellent demonstrations and video composition. I found it elucidating and very helpful. Thanks!

  • @janniespain8277
    @janniespain8277 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great explanation and examples!

  • @andrewgraybill7920
    @andrewgraybill7920 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fabulous video. Thank you

  • @kadec7019
    @kadec7019 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That last one hit hard, insane chills

  • @JWSteiner
    @JWSteiner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've tried explaining this to a number of people - friends, family, others - with varying degrees of success, but your explanation with great examples is very good! Thank you!

  • @echoyogasound7703
    @echoyogasound7703 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was so good ,t ahnk you, you're a fantastic teacher. x

  • @treivien
    @treivien 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I enjoy music but not learning stuff in it coz it's highly technical and somewhat boring but you made me listen with excitement because you share with so much enthusiasm making learning music similar to an easter egg hunt where it becomes a journey of discovery than simply being forced to understand things. Thank you!

  • @hopejones1139
    @hopejones1139 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this! ❤️

  • @alex_prochazka
    @alex_prochazka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recorded a trio on euphonium a month ago. I hear a high Ab and I'm like "I didn't play that," Now I know.

  • @epithayadarcithia2117
    @epithayadarcithia2117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so cool I always thought those notes were being played/sung.

  • @duskmallow
    @duskmallow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow, I've always wondered what people mean when they speak about overtones, and I've never known what to listen out for. This blew my mind. Now whenever I hear an overtone, I instantly get chills.

  • @RJGODLIFE
    @RJGODLIFE 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pure wizardry! Why am I up at 12:40am simply amazed by my new discovery of undertones/overtones.

  • @MASTERLUKEYSLOC
    @MASTERLUKEYSLOC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re amazing thanks soo much

  • @joakimerbest3635
    @joakimerbest3635 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That made it clear, thank you :)

  • @Journal2Awakening
    @Journal2Awakening 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow so cool!!! My six sisters and I sing together just for fun and family but we never knew this!

  • @BethMannPresents
    @BethMannPresents 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy cow. I never knew. Mind. Blown.

  • @wifebeater69
    @wifebeater69 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I'd also like to point out that this can sometimes be seen when tuning certain instruments with a tuner app on your phone, or a poorly-made digital tuner. Sometimes I will play one note, but the tuner will pick it up as a completely different note. I assume it is picking up one of the overtones, perhaps due to an error in the code of the tuner, or the microphone being used is more sensitive at certain frequencies.

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, electronics can definitely pick up on all of the sounds. Spectrogram apps are pretty cool to see the sound output.

  • @judithjamison3909
    @judithjamison3909 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just have to say this made me so joyful I cried.

  • @aps3627
    @aps3627 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! May i know what is the name of the tuner app you are using to all also see the other overtones? Thanks in advance!

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The tuner app is Tonal Energy Tuner. I also find spectrogram apps useful - SpectrumView is a good one!

  • @blank000
    @blank000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic! I have shared this on facebook. Can I tag you on there too?

  • @coopsahoy8563
    @coopsahoy8563 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is so frickin cool especially when you realize nobody is singing those notes :))

  • @TransFormersPrime09
    @TransFormersPrime09 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was hoping for Max Q's overtone on their song "Put your arms around me honey" clearly there was a screaming overtone on the tag.

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TransFormersPrime09 Maybe I’ll have to make another compilation video!

  • @skidaddledo6919
    @skidaddledo6919 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! What was the second example? The chorus?

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      See full performances of the examples here!
      The Vagrants: th-cam.com/video/CdnTKH6kJDI/w-d-xo.html
      Scottsdale Chorus: th-cam.com/video/byPx8FHMt0A/w-d-xo.html
      After Hours: th-cam.com/video/Sk7KeG1WYf8/w-d-xo.html
      Main Street: th-cam.com/video/pkmkoX5ptGQ/w-d-xo.html

  • @philip7825
    @philip7825 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you saying that when you play just that first C, all those upper notes come within it? If that's the case, what's the formula of those overtone series?

    • @kathleenhansen8481
      @kathleenhansen8481 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! Short of the "perfect sine wave", playing or singing a C will include the other tones. The actual formula is pretty easy. f is the fundamental tone (the sung or played tone). Let's take A 440 for example. 1xf = 440Hz = fundamental, 2xf = 880 = first overtone, 3xf = 1320 = second overtone, 4xf = 1760 = 3rd overtone and so on!

    • @philip7825
      @philip7825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kathleenhansen8481 you took me way far in the past. Thanks!

  • @user-ms3hz3ml6g
    @user-ms3hz3ml6g ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could you send me a link of the piece at 5:48?

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi there! Unfortunately, that was an audio clip that was sent to me, so I don't have a link. The rest of them are in the "about" section!

  • @leahmarie84229
    @leahmarie84229 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish it were possible to like a video more than once.

  • @NeptuneatDawn
    @NeptuneatDawn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So the vndertones,... are they pſycological oꝛ are they the reſult of ſinging in tune like the ouertones, oꝛ are they the reſult of a vocal technique perfoꝛmed by the baſſe ſinger ?

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Undertones are quite complex, indeed! I know I skip over them in the video, but it would be big topic to cover! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertone_series

  • @militaryandemergencyservic3286
    @militaryandemergencyservic3286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi - i've realized that on the Schubert video I link in my comment below, at 2:48 you can also hear that overtone but less clearly than at 2:54. Please do tell me whether you agree it's an overtone that I have spotted!!! Actually you hear them all around the two time marks I have given!

  • @abdulgafoor7076
    @abdulgafoor7076 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Madam how vocal folds vibrate at multiple frequencies at the same time.
    How its possible , fundamental vibration and series of harmonics simultaneously by vocal folds ???

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Vocal folds are complex, but they only produce the fundamental. The overtones are reinforced by the rest of the vocal tract.

    • @abdulgafoor7076
      @abdulgafoor7076 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      Madam acceptable 🙏🙏
      But all said that harmonics means fundamental vibration and series of higher frequencies( noticable in spectrogram) are produced by the vocal folds and vocal tract acts as resonator means amplifier, but I'm unable to imagine how the vocal folds vibrate differently at a time.
      *# So you're saying harmonics and overtones are produced by the vocal tract which amplifies also. And definitely not by vocal folds right. Thank you so much mam 🙏.

    • @abdulgafoor7076
      @abdulgafoor7076 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If the vocal folds vibrate at fundamental vibration, then where do all harmonics come from???
      Madam pls clarify

  • @MooseEatsBears
    @MooseEatsBears 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:20
    Dundalk is pronounced "done-dahk" by its residents! The "dahk" is like a Boston accented "dark". =)

  • @Basketball101.26
    @Basketball101.26 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    get that piano tuned ?

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the middle of a pandemic? Nope! ... we'll deal with it being out of tune for a while =)

  • @JPurvis10
    @JPurvis10 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Here is an amazing overtone th-cam.com/video/NwbiaqLb-O4/w-d-xo.html and here is an undertone th-cam.com/video/KaFxWmp7d2w/w-d-xo.html

  • @canadiansolegirl
    @canadiansolegirl ปีที่แล้ว

    🤯

  • @rapid13
    @rapid13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    UNDERTONES BECAUSE MYRON IS AWESOME!!

  • @amyandharveyrose
    @amyandharveyrose 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    04:27 examples

  • @militaryandemergencyservic3286
    @militaryandemergencyservic3286 ปีที่แล้ว

    hi - what great video! Thank you so much! I have found what I think might be an overtone - it's at 2:54 on Schubert's d 946 no2 played by Katsaris. I have another CD of d946 no 2 played by a different pianist and the same thing (if I remember rightly) happens. Please tell me if you agree with me. Here it is (after the link I give you also a link to an essay I have just found on Schubert's use of overtones in his d959 sonata): th-cam.com/video/HcxGGyB0xZk/w-d-xo.html
    and here is that essay: www.esm.rochester.edu/integral/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/INTEGRAL_7_hatten.pdf

  • @jojopianist6830
    @jojopianist6830 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    her face looks like disney character... super cool

  • @militaryandemergencyservic3286
    @militaryandemergencyservic3286 ปีที่แล้ว

    hi! Here is another at a DIFFERENT place in the piece by a DIFFERENT pianist - at 3:14 if I am not mistaken: th-cam.com/video/YHnNxE1msIg/w-d-xo.html

  • @shadowlaze4869
    @shadowlaze4869 ปีที่แล้ว

    4:45 warning, this just broke one of my headphones the pitch is very high so probably play on speakers, thank you for the vid but also no thanks for my headphones ;(

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  ปีที่แล้ว

      Is this where I say sorry/not sorry? ;-) Condolences on the headphones. Sounds like it was time for an upgrade anyway!

    • @shadowlaze4869
      @shadowlaze4869 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VocalWarmupsWithKathleen yeah your rig, might need that upgrade, luckily the airpods work so yeah, thank you for the video though needed to describe overtones

  • @mrosskne
    @mrosskne 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    is everyone in the comments pretending to hear what she's talking about or?

    • @samuelskeete2629
      @samuelskeete2629 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How can you not hear them??

    • @mrosskne
      @mrosskne 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@samuelskeete2629 hear what? you on shrooms?

  • @frankkirschner
    @frankkirschner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Undertones are not like overtones. Overtones are real physical components of natural (i.e., non-sinusoidal) signals. Every natural sound has overtones, and they can be seen on a spectrum analyzer, as you showed. You can use Fourier series to show this mathematically.
    Undertones are the result of the auditory system's non-linearity. The auditory system is logarithmic, not linear, and so causes product detection. Undertones are the difference frequencies between the actual frequencies. For example, using made up numbers to make the math easier, if we have a note at 200 Hz and another note a fifth above it at 300 Hz, the logarithmic response of the auditory system produces a difference frequency of 100 Hz, which is an octave below the 200 Hz note. This is what was happening with the quartet. If you play the sound into a spectrum analyzer, there will be nothing (or almost nothing) at the low frequency. Anything showing there is the result of non-linearities in the system.
    When I was nine years old, I discovered I could play my recorder and my flutaphone at the same time. I wrote a piece that had the two in harmony, and had the difference frequency be the bass note of each chord. I had to pick the notes carefully to do this, so it wasn't a great piece, but it demonstrated the principle.

    • @richardjones4982
      @richardjones4982 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yay, physics! Always thought there would be a use for the lessons in Fourier transforms!

    • @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen
      @VocalWarmupsWithKathleen  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frank Kirschner yes, all of this, and Fourier transform... but all of that is a wee bit beyond the material of the video :)

    • @frankkirschner
      @frankkirschner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@VocalWarmupsWithKathleen Yes, but you are so good at explaining things, taking complicated concepts and making them comprehensible, I thought you might address this at some point.
      Thanks for your reply, and your great videos.

    • @gretchendennison2316
      @gretchendennison2316 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well how cool is that!!! Thanks for the added insight!

  • @TheLamboman640
    @TheLamboman640 ปีที่แล้ว

    What. Gender. Are. You.