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Sound Portrait by Robert Warren

May 14th, 2012 8:30 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Create an audio file which sounds like you, without speaking.

For groups of people, an audio collaboration is encouraged.

"speak - verb \ˈspēk\
intransitive verb
1 a : to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice : talk
b (1) : to express thoughts, opinions, or feelings orally (2) : to extend a greeting (3) : to be friendly enough to engage in conversation
c (1) : to express oneself before a group (2) : to address one's remarks "
-- The Merriam-Webster Dictionary


Speaking, to me, is considered to be conveying information through a verbal medium, to "utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice," as good old Merry-Web up there puts it. So I decided to still make sounds with my voice -- just not words or articulate sounds.

What I'm about to show you is known as overtone singing, and it works by manipulating throat, sinus, and mouth shape to bring out partials of the harmonic overtone series. These partials make my speaking voice sound like how it does, and I want to display them, because without these harmonics, all my vowel sounds would sound the same. From a, e, i, o, u, to you, partials: thank you for being my friends.

(Just to clarify, you should be listening to the high, warbley, whistle-like tone about an octave above the tone I am singing, which sounds a bit like errrrrrrrrrrrr.)

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sound-portrait-final-cut.mp3

Me doing some overtone singing.



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posted by Samantha on May 16th, 2012 4:18 AM

This seems like an excellent skill to have, and I am envious sir

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posted by Robert Warren on May 16th, 2012 8:00 AM

It's super-easy to learn, if you would like to try. I started by singing the vowel sounds (mostly ee and oo, but all of them work) to hear what the higher partials sounded like. Then, move your tongue along the roof of your mouth and hear how they change. To really get the partials to resonate, you have to sing with your sinuses open. To keep them open, I imagine singing with a really nasal accent. I imagine pushing my voice to the very tip of my nose. Once you can get that far, it's a matter of shaping your mouth, tongue, and throat to correspond to vowel noises.

http://www.spectralvoices.com/techniques.htm
http://accessingyourhigherself.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/learning-overtone-singing-for-accessing-the-higher-self/

These two sites were very helpful for me!