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OVERTONE SINGING
is a technique that allows the production of two tones at the same time:
a low-pitched fundamental tone and a high-pitched partial or harmonic.
Musicians
work with the first 16 partials only, as they represent the tones of our musical
system. In therapy, all frequencies are used.
An example based on C is shown in the following table:
* These frequencies are
slightly inferior to those of the even tempered scale, which was created by
dividing an octave into 12 equal parts.
Overtone singing exists in several different styles, the most well known of
which are:
- Khöömei
- Sygyt
- Karguira
"Sygyt" is the richest and most harmonic of these styles. Sygyt means
"to whistle" and uses continuing tension of the jaw and larynx muscles,
the tongue, the diaphragm and the abdominal belt. Practicing this style is equal
to a kind of sound or voice yoga.
We are not going into further detail here, as there is enough literature explaining
this subject:
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