Watch Amazing Grace sung in Overtones (the voice sings 2 notes at the same time!)

This is a neat example of overtone singing – a special vocal placement that allows a singer to create a note that actually has a higher 2nd pitch, which is voiced simultaneously with the lower note.  When you listen to it – make sure to listen carefully for the higher note to hear the melody – the lower note never changes. 

In this example, the singer, Yuichi Tuba, creates a lower note that stays constant, and then manipulates his inner mouth shape to change the higher note into a series of pitches that creates the Amazing Grace melody. If you would like to see Yuichi Tuba‘s tutorial on how to do overtone singing yourself, click here.

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