Singing two controlled vocalized notes at the same time! German singer Anna-Maria Hefele stunned the world with a viral video showcasing polyphonic overtone singing, a vocal technique that lets her sing two notes at once. By skillfully shaping her mouth, tongue, and throat, she amplifies harmonics above a base... pitch, producing clear, flute-like tones. Trained at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Hefele has since performed worldwide, blending art, science, and education. Her unique voice has been studied through MRI imaging and praised for its precision and beauty. Through concerts, workshops, and research, she continues to expand the boundaries of what the human voice can do.show more

Thant's exactly Mongolian #khoomei singing (#Mongol)

This is the technique that caused me to open a portal near the kitchen ceiling that our cat stared at for the next hour like she was watching TV. Likely formed a standing wave of just the right sigil-like shape to “dial an active number.”

Tuvan throat singers Anatolii Kuular, Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, and Kongar-ool Ondar are featured on Frank Zappa's "Dance Me This".

Haven't the Mongols been doing this for ages?

Stunned the WESTERN world perhaps…. Not the rest.

You are really late to this. The Mongols, Tibetan monks have been doing it for decades. Appropriation without appreciation is a blatant theft.

Overtone singing 🎶

Laughs in polyphonic Mongolian

This is an ancient vocal technique. Check out Tibetan throat singing. Very cool video hearing this vocalist adapt it.

Check out Tuvan throat singing. This has been around for eons. Head to YouTube and you'll find more.

This is simply Tuvan Throat singing with European face on it.

Virtuosic Saxophonists can do the same thing. So can Tibetan Monks.

>what the Siren's actually sang to Odysseus.

Yeah singing is something i can do This is something very fucking different holy mother of god this woman is literally a wave table synth As a person Holy

There’s one Abdul in almost every lane who gives this note 5 times a day. What more, he even prostates on the cross road while doing it. STOP appropriating Abdul’s only talent.

Yes, it's Tuvan throat-singing. Kongar-ol Ondar was a renown master who introduced Tuvan throat singing to the west. Nobel Physics legend Richard Feynman was a fan along with his friend Ralph Leighton.

@Kyra2001 It's nice that this technique has arrived in the West, but it comes from central Asia. Plus there's Sainkho Namtchylak from Tuva, who lives in Vienna.

don't send me down weird rabbit holes 😅 she offers courses too

In high school, I had a Juilliard trained trumpet teacher. He could breathe in through his nose while breathing out through the mouthpiece. It was the most amazing thing to behold.

This chic’s voice is just..

It’s interesting because all of those notes she’s singing are already a part of the fundamental. They are just being overwritten by it…but when she shapes the throat it magnifies whichever one she chooses. This is incredibly sensitive work, figuring out those shapes. It takes so much listening and trial and error.

Reminds me of Layne Staley His Voice was Haunting, This was MTV at their best:

Mongols like a thousand years 🥀

This is not new. It has been a part of many cultures and should not 'stun the world'. Youtube has thousands of videos on this type of singing. She is good, not unique.

Tuva would like a word.

Sounds a little like a Theremin.

I like these two Tuvan Throat Singing via @YouTube

"We mean no harm to your planet. Take me to your leader..."

Now that's weird.

I can too but it ain’t direct intervals or anything considered tones. In fact I don’t think I even know what I’m talking about

This is absolutely wild. First time I have ever heard anything like this. ♥️

I used to make sounds like that as a child. Had no idea it was a valuable talent. I missed my calling, lololol