Steve, Actually the E you'll hear is a sixth above the G, and it'll be kinda whistly sounding. Move the G to an A and the E above moves to an F (nice plagal cadence - is that spelled right? It's been a long time). You'll only hear the differential notes if the two "main" pitches (singing and playing) are PERFECTLY in tune with each other. Here's another: Play C below middle C and sing the E a third above middle C. Once tuned, you'll hear a G (above middle C) and, sometimes, the Bb above that. Or, play the same low C and sing the Bb above middle C. Now move the C up a fourth (F) and the Bb down 1/2 step (A). Drop the F a fifth (Bb) and repeat. Voila - ii-V's around the cycle! There are lots more!!
I use multiphonics extensively in my solo improvised pieces (they're kinda hard to hear with the band playing) but it's "avant-garde" jazz trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff who has really taken the technique to another level. On 1/26/05 1:00 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ------------------------------ > > message: 10 > date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:20:14 -0500 > from: "Steve Freides" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: [Hornlist] Singing and Playing at the Same Time > > I just picked up the Franz horn method and, somewhere towards the middle, he > mentions singing and playing at the same time, suggesting that if one plays > written middle C while singing a fifth above on G, the E in between will be > heard as well. > > I tried it and I hear only the two notes I'm producing, no third pitch in > the middle. Is there some secret to doing this I'm missing? > > (By the way, it was fascinating to do this and listen to the beats between > notes - a great way for someone like me with perfect pitch to first do "what > comes naturally," which is to sing even-tempered pitches, secondly to become > aware of the beats between the pitches, and finally to adjust the singing > pitch to make the beats disappear. Very cool stuff.) > > -S- > > > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/listinfo/horn > > End of Horn Digest, Vol 25, Issue 38 > ************************************ ³Mark Taylor¹s quartet certainly is unlike any other performing in today¹s jazz scene.² ‹Don Williamson, JazzReview.com "An incisive soloist ..." ‹JazzTimes "Taylor plays French horn boldly and lyrically..." ‹Bob Blumenthal, Atlantic Monthly http://www.mark-taylor.biz The new CD ³Circle Squared² is available at: http://www.cdbaby.com/marktaylor http://www.omnitone.com/store/artists/taylormark.htm _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
