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What Is Overtone Singing?

By Oberton — 2013

Overtone singing is a vocal technique that creates the auditory impression of polyphony by filtering individual overtones from the sound spectrum of the voice by controlling the resonances in the vocal tract in such a way that they are perceived as separate tones.

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Healing Sounds: The Power of Harmonics

Healing Sounds explains from both scientific and spiritual perspectives the healing and transformative powers of harmonics. This book includes: • Practical exercises demonstrating how to use sound in healing and meditation, including "Vowels as Mantras" and "Overtoning".

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Jonathan Goldman
2002
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Vibrational Sound Healing: Take Your Sonic Vitamins with Tuning Forks, Singing Bowls, Chakra Chants, Angelic Vibrations, and Other Sound Therapies

A practical and accessible guide to sound healing therapies • Explores tools such as tuning forks, gongs, singing bowls, drumming, chakra chants, and angelic vibrations • Provides simple practices such as humming, vowel toning, and affirmations that you can begin using right away for...

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Erica Longdon
2025
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Nestor Kornblum - Amazing Overtone Chant

Nestor Kornblum, mentor, sound therapist and certanly one of the best overtone singer worldwide, sings an Overtone Chant at "The Dome" at his home in Spain, a large structure especially designed for its spectacular acoustics which amplify the subtle tones of the voice and acoustic instruments.

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2012
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Overtone Singing Duet: Natascha Nikeprelevic & Michael Vetter

Natascha Nikeprelevic and Michael Vetter are virtuosos at overtone singing. With their program "Okyo" (japanese. "prayer") they show the sound dimensions between linguistic and instrumental overtone aspects.

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2010
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Polyphonic Overtone Singing - Explained Visually

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2014
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O Antiqui Sancti - Polyphonic Overtone Singing - Anna-Maria Hefele

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2014
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Overtone Singing- Lesson 1: Basics by Anna-Maria Hefele

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2014
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How to Sing Overtones (Tutorial)

Short tutorial on how to sing and control overtones.

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2015
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Avi Kaplan Overtone Singing Lion Sleeps Tonight - Pentatonix Orpheum Los Angeles 3-2-2014

Avi Kaplan demonstrates his overtone singing and takes it to the next level! This was a segment from the Pentatonix performance - their second Los Angeles show of their 2014 tour at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angles, CA on Sunday March 2, 2014.

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2014
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Amazing Grace with Overtone Singing by Nestor Kornblum

Nestor Kornblum sings the melody of Amazing Grace using only the overtones (harmonics) in his voice. There are NO musical instruments or electronic effects involved.

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2009
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Overtone Chanting