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1. I never positively knew that overtones existed, I’ve heard of them before, but never actually heard of the concept in action nor any teacher I’ve had confirm it. The use of low notes to, in a way, create high ones is really interesting! I honestly didn’t think anything like that could be done without some kind of audio editing, an instrument, or help of some sorts!
ReplyDelete2. The overtones were stronger than I thought they would be. Since they’re sort of like a hidden note, I expected them to be weak or hard to hear and comprehend. In fact, it was the exact opposite. At about the two minute mark I started picking them up and it was really, really weird... It felt, eerie to say the least...
3. The tone Hykes uses is pretty creepy in my opinion. I did picture several things, but one was more prevalent above the others. While I listened, I pictured a barren world and a city (some big city like New York or Chicago) in ruins. The sky was a perpetual dark gray and the landscape was pock marked with huge craters, the type that can only be caused by nuclear weaponry. Something terrible happened in my image, like a great war that ended most of human kind. It felt like an eerie premonition of the possible future...
4. In chorus, we’re trying to make an impressive sound and it’s necessary for us to understand the different concepts and underlying things like overtones to fully comprehend the extensive nature of sound and music as a whole.
1) My first impression is that it’s complicated, creepy, but funny and kind of cool. Yeah, this is the first time I have been introduced to the overtones concept and it will be awhile before I can learn how to do something remotely similar to it.
ReplyDelete2) My reaction was that this is really creepy but also strangely interesting. I felt kind of scared of it because it was ominous at first but as it continued, it felt claming and ominous at the same time. Eventually, the ominous feeling delves into a more mysterious feeling and it turns into a cooler sound as he raises up the scale.
3) Yes. I had the images of the sound vibrations going through the cave as it echoes and the visual of the voice as a drop water dropping into darkness and then create a vibration as the drop disappears and then the vibration goes out of my vision.
4) By using overtone, We can create better sounding constants and will be able to create even better sounding vowels that would make us sound awesome for all the songs we will be learning. We aim to sing to the best of our ability and to learn more about what it means to sing in a chorus and learning about overtone and dissonance will greatly help us to be better singers.
I was amazed by how full the sound was when the overtone was used. It was like the sounded reverberated in my ears. It sent a chill down my back when I heard it. It was really cool. I think that if we could practice hard enough then we could pull something like that off with an amazing reaction from people who heard it.
ReplyDelete1. I love this concept. I think this is very interesting. I have heard of this before but never actually heard it happen. I really want to learn how to do this and will try to start teaching myself right away!
ReplyDelete2. When I finally heard the overtones produced I fell in love. I almost wanted to drive out and constantly search for someone to teach me to do that. If I could get this down it would make an epic addition to my band.
3. This first thing my mind went to when I heard this, was me walking through the woods next to a shallow river with my eyes closed, then the overtones showed up and I immediately was sucked into the ground and immerged in a cave with a swarm of bats circling me(to me that’s a good thing, yes I know I’m weird). I will very much so attempt to produce this sound myself.
4. I think mostly it’s to strike more interest in the choir. I have always been very interested in singing, but now I want to do this as well.
1. Up until this moment I never knew that overtones existed. I find it very amazing that such a sound can be made by just one person. To be able to do that, it must take years of practice to accomplished that. It seems like an almost alien sound.
ReplyDelete2. They are very creepy, almost disturbing sounds, but they are very cool. It is like a sound i would hear in a horror movie. But at the same time it is very calming and sounds like a ritual sound.
3. The first image that popped into my mind is a battle scene. I can image this being the music being played in a World War 2 movie. But I had another image of being in the mountains surrounded my a mist.
4. In choir, or in anything, it is important to understand not just the concept you want to aim for but all concepts that can help you achieve your goal. We need to be able to understand all aspects of music, not just the sounds we are trying to achieve.
1) Like Malic said, I never would have thought that low notes could be used to make such a high pitch. Even a pro's seasoned voice could not make some of those sounds. (5:10) This is the first time I have heard over tones and knew what they were.
ReplyDelete2) I loved the idea and the sound. When I first heard the over tones I thought they were from a woman singing in her head voice.
3) I thought of LOTR when Gandalf calls shadowfax. The sound reminded me of the battles when the main character looks around and sees all going to ruin.
4) I think the point of this video is to show us that sounds blend. The sound that the audience will hear will be different then what each of the four groups will be singing. I do not know how to explain it, but if the four groups were recorded and played in que, the result would be different from when all four groups are recorded and played from one tape. The affect of having so many voices blending effects the ears and a new sound is heard.
1)The concept of overtones is very interesting because it allows us to hear a higher range on the human voice then what is usually possible. This is not the first time I've been introduced to overtone series.
ReplyDelete2)My reaction was not priceless to say the least, but I do find overtones a wonder of the human voice. While listening to the overtones, my ears began to hurt because of the high pitch of the sound.
3)An image that came to my mind was looking up through a cave into the light with rain descending down and making resonant sounds as each drop hit a puddle.
4)This connects to achieving a beautiful sound from our voices as a whole. Each of us needs to be on pitch to execute a precise sound.
1.) my reaction to overtones is that it surprises me that one can get ones voice that high by using overtone. this is the firt time it has been introduced to me.
ReplyDelete2.)my reaction to the overtone is that i am impressed. i think that its a very good techingue to have but after listening to it, it was not the most soothing sound.
3.)i did not really have any images come to mind as i listened to this except for a really high voice and thinking about using an overtone.
4.)i think this connects to what we need to do in mens chorus by acheiving a greater sound and really working on techingues and really making our voices sound beautiful
1) I was very impressed with the concept of overtones seeing that it was my first time introduced to the overtone series. The overtone seems very complicated and looks like it takes a lot of practice.
ReplyDelete2) I was very interested in the overtone. It sent a chill down my back when I heard it. It began to put me to sleep after awhile with it repeating the same thing.
3)Yes, I felt like i was running away from something or someone chasing me threw the woods in slow motion.
4)This connects to what we are doing by not only trying to get through just one song, but to get through the song just right way to were it sounds perfect coming out of our voices.
1) I have never heard anything like this but it is very interesting.It is the first time that i have ever heard it and it reminds me of one of the warm ups we do in class.
ReplyDelete2) I was expecting to hear more singing so it kinda caught me by surprise, I like it though.
3) It made me think of dark images somewhat depressing and scary.
4) It connects because it shows us how to make the tone stronger and stronger and when we take a breath we should pick up right where we were.
1. This is the first time I have ever been taught what overtones were, but i have heard of them before. I think its a really cool concept and it is kind of wierd that we cant hear them normally but now we can.
ReplyDelete2. When I first heard them appear I thought what is that. It sounded like something else was playing but there wasn't. It reminded me of chords like on a guitar or piano. It is difficult to hear the individual note when you hear a chord played, but when it is played individually it sound different
3. When I listened I was actually thinking of a rainbow to be honest. It was playing dark low tones then beautiful bright colors around the middle of it when the overtones showed up.
4. In our chorus we are all trying to create our own beautiful sounds. when our sounds blend they create a mixture of sounds that make something far more beautiful then the notes themselves.
1. This whole concept is new to me and very confusing. This is defiantly the first time I have ever been introduced to this topic.
ReplyDelete2. When I listened to it I was shocked and confused maybe a little flabbergasted. It kind of scared me a little it resembled like Halloween music in a sense. They almost made me feel uncomfortable just listening to it.
3. Well the thing that came to my mind was Halloween and like tribal or Native American music when I heard it.
4. Well this shows that chorus is more than just singing it is an art form and has a technique and requires skills and practice.
1.) First Impression of Concept: My first impression was almost of doubt, because when working in music I've heard about frequencies and ranges of the frequencies. It seemed like a strange concept for the human ear to hear multiple frequencies that would accentuate one dominant frequency
ReplyDelete2.) My reaction: My reaction was that of surprise. When the audio first starts the voice is so low that it is almost droning, but as his voice escalates up into his range the overtones just popout due of all of the natural reverberation. You can really only hear it when the sound is changed and you hear that change because of the delay in sounds, but it's "cool".
3.) I almost meditated. When I closed my eyes to listen, colors popped into my head. Blues, into purples, purples into red, and just across the color wheel. It's weird but the colors just kinda pop out
4.) Relativity: This topic connects as we explore into our own sound and what noises our instrument can make. This clip expresses the depth and aptitude of the voice
1) In the seven or so years that I have been acquainted with this wonderful thing called “music,” I have not once realized that these “overtones” were such a prominent figure in musical theory. I knew about the term “overtones,” but that was the furthest extent of my knowledge on the subject. To think that these covert sounds exist almost brings about a feeling of the supernatural: what we cannot see (or, in this case, hear) still exists.
ReplyDelete2) I didn’t expect the overtones to be quite as audible as they were. When the first one made itself known early in the experiment, I thought to myself “What the heck was that?” As these secret sounds revealed themselves and combined to form actual melodies, I was in awe of how beautiful and mysterious these “overtones” really are.
3) At first, there was a huge feeling of anxiety building up in me…almost as if I were watching a very well-done horror or suspense film. As the sound progressed, however, I began to associate the key of the melody with that of prayer in exotic religions such as Islam (I’ve been told that, in reality, these melodies are based off of Tibetan chants). Monks, at one point, also came to mind.
4) In order to perform any task exceptionally, one must understand all the concepts that surround it. Music, so it goes, is a subject I STILL don’t fully understand. It baffles me that sounds, it seems, can conduct themselves in a manner that is most pleasing to the ear. All overtones need to do this is that first sound, and they’re off. Our grasp on the subject of music theory in Chorus will help us to completely understand Music itself, and will aid us in our quest for the perfect sound.
1) This is the first time that I have been introduced to the concept of overtones, but as I think more about it, it makes sense. I always thought that the sound of someone's voice hitting the right note fully, sounded better than just the note on the piano. Also, it makes sense that overtones are kind of like a musical note's shadow.
ReplyDelete2)As soon as the overtones appeared, the music gained a more magical and captivating quality.
3) I thought of the vast mysticality of a desert and also of Gladiator and slow motion battle scenes.
4) In chorus, we aim to sing as a unified voice and as a group of men who want to share the richness and wonder of music with others. This concept represents how the chorus's mission is to make people realize how much more there is to music.
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ReplyDelete1) I think that this concept is just the most amazing thing I have ever heard! No, I don't know what an overtone is and have never heard of it!
ReplyDelete2)The overtones kind of sound tribal to me. I feel eerie when listening to this kind of music.
3) I felt like I was in the hit TV show lost when the plane crash survivors met the Others.
4) This seems to connect to our beautiful Men's Chorus because it shows that a human voice can protrude images into other humans minds. It is as if the voice is a drug that has capabilities to take over other people's minds, somewhat like LSD.
1) My impression of the concept was that it is really cool and I have never heard something like that being sung. It is almost unreal and hard to believe because it does sound so much like an instrument or like it is being whistled.
ReplyDelete2) My reaction towards the overtone was different than I had expected. It was real different and intresting even though it was one of those things that got a little irritating after a few minutes.
3) As I listened to it images of a buddhist monk monstary and monks praying on top of a big mountain kind of thing.
4)I believe that the way this connects to what we aim to do is in that we produce a mixture of sound and we try to blend together for one good sound.
1. I always thought that when sound over lapped it was normal this is my first real introduction to overtones.
ReplyDelete2.I felt as though it was normal in all music until I read the blog. As I listened I was more able to seek out the overtones and reconize them.
3. I thought of how the notes would look if they were written on sheet music.
4. Overtones require perfect timing and diligent practice. We strive to achieve these both in our first year.
1) This is the first time I have been introduced to overtone series. I'm a little misunderstood, but I think that the overtone "effect" is definitely prevalent in how a note is received in our minds. The image with all the notes above it was cool-I could really hear the effect of those tones in the video.
ReplyDelete2) When I heard the overtones appear, I had this sensation of peace and serenity. I felt like meditating. The song was definitely interesting to hear. It's something to think of when we sing as a chorus.
3) At first I was curious and thought of a Bhuddist monk doing one of those chants-then as the overtones started to bloom, I thought of Lisa Gerrard, the singer of Now We Are Free, the last song of Gladiator.
4)This song connects to what we do in chorus, because our goal is to blend many different sounds into one cohesive, core, full, diaphragmatic phonation that emotes feeling, energy, and narration. The overtones are like the sugar in a piece of cake, you can't see the sugar inside the cake, but you can taste it, and it's satisfying. If we consider the fact that the sound we produce is not JUST notes and chords, but a full range of tones, then we will be able to truly satisfy our audience.
1. Its a really cool concept. I believe it. it makes sense when you think about how some voices are dull and others are bright, even when they are singing the same note.
ReplyDelete2. It was really cool, and it put me in a kind of relaxed state of mind.
3.It makes me think of egyptian slaves or some kind of ancient religious lamentation.
4. We should work on making a brighter sound. Make use of all the overtones.
1. This is a really cool concept because I never knew that low tones resonating like that could create such different sounds. This was the first time I had been properly exposed to them, I have probably heard them before but maybe never really noticed.
ReplyDelete2. My reaction was just, wow, i didnt really know what to think. I just listened closer as the song progressed because it is a very cool sound.
3. The images I got were that of something like the last scene in Gladiator, like when someone is taking their final path to heaven, the so called white light is the sound it most seemed to represent.
4. In chorus we are striving to get many different voices and sounds to combine into one that will create a totally different type of sound just like this.
1.I knew that when two or more sounds blend, it makes a harmony where a person can actually hear the individual notes, but I didn't know the when a person in in a place with good enough acoustics, that the overtones could make a new note and eventually make a sound that is almost like a whistle.
ReplyDelete2.My reaction as I heard the the overtones was a state of awe because i didn't know that it was possible to make a sound like that with only the human voice and extremely good acoustics. WHile I was listening to the music, it put me into a state of meditation.
3. While I was listening to this, it kept reminding me of the movie Avatar because it sounded like a sound of nature instead of the human voice.
4.I think that we should work on and use the overtones to the best of our ability and make a brighter sound.
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ReplyDelete1. To me, the fact that someone can sing a lower note and somewhere in the air come out with such high sounds that we cannot hear them amazes me. That is a true talent to be able to create something so pure. This is the first time i have heard about these.
ReplyDelete2. When I first heard the overtones, I honestly thought that i was listening to the wrong peice. I thought that it was instruments making the noises, not a voice. While I was listening, I felt more peaceful.
3. The images I conjured were of a band.
4.This piece connects to what we do in chorus because we want to have absolute control over our voices to have a richer, more pure sound, and I believe that overtones is one way of showing that.
1) Such a unique sound is truly amazing i must admit am not that familiar with overtune but i have heard of it vaguely.
ReplyDelete2) I felt very peaceful and serene but at the same time i was bewildered at such a sound and how it can be made with proper training.
3) Colors came to my head only really way to describe it as if you were looking at the itunes visualizer but that is somewhat that came into my head.
4) By Becoming one and working together to create this sound is how we can accomplish this amazing sound.
1. I have never heard of Overtones till this time but in now know what they are I have heard it when musical notes are hit just right.
ReplyDelete2. It was a little odd it sounds like horror movie music at first but as I listened I felt like it was more like chanting rather then just random noises into a cave.
3. I thought of monks in prayer chanting together creating overtones.
4. In chorus we want to be able to blend our sounds and have that resonance of a great mens chorus.
1.)My first impression was that someone was not singing but I listened closer and could hear that the piece was actually being sung, and no this is not my first time being introduced to overtones.
ReplyDelete2.)My reaction was calming actually when the overtones came in. It made me feel very relaxed.
3.)The main image that came to mind for me is a man walking in the desert in the middle east as the sun went down.
4.)This connects to our chorus because we aim to do great works well with the sound of a mature and professional mens chorus.
1. The concept of overtone to me, reminds me of a desert seen in a movie. It sounds very familiar to an engine starting up at the beginning then towards the end, it morphs into a moans and whistles. The whole piece builds up greater in volume till the end where it dies out to a low pitch hum sound. This is the first time I have been introduced to an overtone series, and it isn’t the most beautiful thing I have heard.
ReplyDelete2. To be honest, when I heard the overtones I wasn’t blown away. Yeah I could tell when they where going on, but they didn’t end up making a beautiful sound that I enjoyed listening to. I felt the whole time, especially, at the beginning that I was at the barbershop getting my haircut. I got the tingling sensation down my spine like when the barber places the fine clippers on the back of your neck.
3. Like I said before I got mainly the desert scene in a movie or the barber shop with the clippers. Nothing I pictured looked like paradise from listening to the overtones.
4. This connects because since most of us are new to men’s chorus, and have no singing experience. We do not always understand and appreciate all the musical theories that we are applying in our singing,
My entire Impression of David Hykes- Rainbow music was surprising and I wasn’t expecting it to sound anywhere like that. I figured something would out there that sound like that because music can vary in so many different ways. I was pretty cool at first it sounded like something very peaceful and something that sounds like what Buddhist monks listen in the mountains then it just changed into what sounded like an airplane landing and it just increased to get weirder and weirder.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first heard the overtones I thought it to be not to bad and that it had a very peace at mind. Like something mellow on the beach but as it got louder and louder it made me feel as if I was on a landing strip and an airplane was about land right above my head. Then it went into a deep screaming noise, but overall the song was actually some way kind of relaxing in a way.
In chorus we aim to reach our own wonderfulness and show the difficult and very cool pitches that we can make in the songs that we sing and to also to show a different side of magnitude and another version and style of a form of music.
1) The whole overtone thing is quite odd but strangely beautiful, jusst like my friend Mike Williams. The tones come from nowhere and then disappear into the strange abyss they arose from. It starts out like a large v8 cranking and then dies off only to arise once more in a completely different shape.
ReplyDelete2)The overtones were really cool but didnt blow me away. They kinda were there and cool and all but werent overpoweringly awesome.
3) I also got the image of a man walking in the Australian desert. It was kinda like those black guys that arent really black. I think they are called Aboriginees or something, but it was quite like their prayer chants.
4) I agree with Mark in that this is a new experience for all of us. None of us except Jeff, my hero, are professional singers. In this way, we are all connected but sometimies we dont know exactly what we are listening to.
1) the sound that comes from the overtone is one that i didnt know was possible. The high tones are a great sound and it makes me want to learn more about overtone.
ReplyDelete2) this sound is good but i think the overtones in the first one. They were powerful but they didnt have as much substance as the first one
3)i get a feeling of being on a deserted island or desert from this overtone. There is definantly no paradise feeling that i get.
4)we are all individuals coming into a new experience in learning how to blend the sounds together. We are starting to learn how but when we fully master this is when we will see success as a choral group
1. I have never heard of Overtones until this time and I didnt know this was possible. Its interesting but seems tough.
ReplyDelete2. It seemed weird at first but all connected eventually.
3. I thought of dark images. This seems like a dark, gothic song.
4. We need to come together so that we can make sounds ilke this, better than this. We need to step it up.
I have never heard of Overtunes but I thought it was pretty cool.
ReplyDelete1. I had never heard of overtones before i read this. i still dont really understand it, and it seems kinda complicated. i would like to learn about it though.
ReplyDelete2.The sound of the overtones seems almost unrealistic. i didnt think the human vocal curds could make such a sound.
3.It seemed very middle eastern. i imagine some kind of desperate situation. Heat so close to loosing consciences that all other sound is drowned out and lost touch with reality.
4.This concept is intended to show us that we can do stuff that we before didnt think was possible as long as we put our minds to it.
1. I've heard overtones before in cathedral style organ playing but I've never heard a person using sound waves to create the frequencies to produce the overtones.
ReplyDelete2. The piece gives off a middle-eastern vibe that builds upon itself to give a depth to the song through the frequencies intermingling.
3. I could only think of a bunch of monks sitting around in a cave with candles and religious symbols.
4. We want to harness the full power and abilities of our voices and use them to their maximum power. Sometimes the underlying themes in the music are the most important parts of the songs.
1 it was like an organ playing in a church on a special evening
ReplyDelete2. THe next piece gave a certain vibe that made it sound very good
3 When i heard the 3rd piece it made me thing of something that was chanting.
4 Sometimes as singers we want to harness the full power of our voices and do the best we can