what if you could play the melody AND harmony?

James Morrison strikes again, with a multiphonic rendition of Autumn leaves, providing himself with backings in between the melody. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for all the support!
Original: • James Morrison, Autumn...

[@GeorgeCollier]

the last chord really locks in - possibly because the voicing is shaped like the harmonic series, it naturally forces you to play more in tune. idk, this is just a theory

[@juliankirsch8540]

a game theory

[@bamagaming3007]

music theory

[@douwemusic]

Singing and playing at the same time REALLY brings out combination tones because the two frequencies travel through one instrument Singing a 5th above the played note creates the 10th (octave + 3rd) as the combination/resultant tone that all pairs of notes have (frequency of upper note minus/plus frequency of lower note = resultant tones), and the root an octave lower. Resultant tones can bring out new resultant tones with the sung and played notes, or even with other resultant tones, but those get progressively softer. Here, the 10th and the lower octave also give the root an octave _higher_ than the played root, so now you have a complete harmonic series with the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th overtones! (And the sung 5th happens to also be the resultant tone of the played root + the resultant 10th, so here it gets "doubled" as both a sung and a resultant tone - all the overtones and resultants "pull" this 5th in tune which is probably why it sounds so powerful here) Interestingly, this is also why all intonating instruments don't (shouldn't) play absolute pitches in chords - playing the major 3rd of a chord slightly lower (as it is in the harmonic series as well!) results in a perfect 5th resultant tone; playing the major 3rd "well tempered" results in a 5th that is slightly too high. Which is why supposedly well-tempered piano's, which are tuned in perfect 5ths, are out of tune when playing anything but 5ths!

[@ThanosJr1209]

"In a matpat voice" A MUSIC THEORY

[@Bardish_Inspiration]

@@douwemusic Someone make this fine upstanding gentleman a trophy. I've never seen this much good info on multiphonics in one place before.

[@macaroniwithoutcheese175]

What's crazy is this isn't the max. Its possible to do 3 note multiphonics by buzzing, humming, and throat singing the note.

[@vandelayindustries2971]

He's doing 3 notes at some points in this video

[@macaroniwithoutcheese175]

At 0:34 I see now.

[@esteban_osman]

And the end too

[@samstandard4715]

ok wait but if you do all these things is it technically possible to also use those 3 notes to create an overtone or maybe even two thus opening up possibilities for 4-5 note chords

[@Froi97Freixo]

@@samstandard4715 shut up kiddo. Stop commenting on KZbin and go practice an instrument, I'm sure you don't even play any. Send proof

[@taliesine.8343]

Man, I wish I could play chords with a trombone

[@gavinloeper9321]

If you wanna start, it’s as simple as singing into the instrument while you play. Not sure how he gets the magic overtones, though. Start with singing a fifth away from the pitch you play, it’s the easiest. It will feel wrong. That’s about all i got

[@christianfreehill9954]

"Yo what voicings do you know on trombone"

[@samspeight4944]

Last cadence literally heavenly

[@itsfuujii]

Now this here is million-view video material

[@alonzogarbanzo]

Beautiful.. Never knew anyone could do that!

[@J.L.E.4002]

James Morrison is from a whole different world

[@SpySappingMyKeyboard]

That magic overtone really is magic

[@cpjds1]

So awesome…James Morrison is the man!

[@nobody342]

Actually, Bill Watrous is the man, but glad that Morrison is copying in his footsteps.

[@MarcelYT16]

I knew this was gonna go ham as soon as I saw James Morrison's troll face in the thumbnail

[@DanielKJohanssonTrombone]

Beautiful!

[@lorenzobarreras433]

Laughs in piano

[@nobody342]

So finally someone besides Bill Watrous is playing chords on the Trombone.

[@hannahheeeh]

How is this physically possible???

[@Override9636]

He's humming one note while playing another, kind of like playing a kazoo. Only really, really, really well.

[@agnidas5816]

@@Override9636 don't need a kazoo - just your own two lips at that

[@liambohl]

And when he plays three notes, is he throat singing the third?

[@MrAbsentmindedprof]

@@liambohl Buzzing the lips at different frequencies from each other

[@NotBroihon]

@@MrAbsentmindedprof no, it's an overtone overlap between the played and sung note which creates a third tone. No double buzzing involved.

[@darrellmoore1743]

Vocal temperament. The new millennium band instrument.

[@bloodmoon920]

My man said “everybody take 5 I’ll cover you” lol

[@mateusvitor2774]

insane

[@bubbaseilhan9916]

I learned how to do this and it's really fun 😂

[@Starshine777]

First chord in bar 23, the middle note is actually a harmonic 7th above the root, i.e. Ab minus ~30 cents.

[@thomaswarren13]

It's not possible to... James Morrison enters the chat with a hose pipe and a funnel

[@NomeDeArte]

wicked

[@wolfknipfer3638]

Reminds me very much of Albert Mangelsdorff

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

What was actually happening there? Was he really doing that all with a bone? That's what all the cool jazz guys call a trombone.

[@gavinloeper9321]

He’s playing one note, singing another, and the rest is basically music theory tuning magic

[@basielu]

how is this even possible

[@bushroot1956]

me, a guitarist: ah yes melody and harmony at the same time, magical

[@TheRealG-Gaming]

0:19 _everyone liked that_

[@Starshine777]

That hum note you have as a half flat toward the end seems to be a just-intonation 8/5, and actually just a tad north of equal temperament Bb instead.

[@Starshine777]

It's like 814 cents (ish), so I'd just call it Bb and not Bd

[@Starshine777]

by some odd coincidence I posted this message at 8:14 am local time lol

[@EderAge17]

Que maravilha!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@high-defRJ]

I wonder if he or anyone could pull off in playing two or more notes with a faster song like Cherokee, Donna Lee, or Giant Steps.

[@thadiamond1667]

Last chord legit sounds like a guitar

[@garethbevan1835]

dara o brien?

[@desdemona420]

What song Edit:nvm

[@samuellannutti]

Alright, time to quit trombone

[@phoenixmcgrew2964]

Any tips for multiphonics on tuba.

[@jaqthetrombone]

It's takes a lot of practice and some guessing, but generally the most successful use of multiphonics are with octaves, major thirds, major fifths, and major fourths on some occasions. Usually the further the notes are the better they'll sound. The hardest part for me is keeping the note I'm playing in tune while I'm singing through the horn. I hope this helps!

[@chrise9293]

Uh, how?

[@saxmanrich9796]

What’s the last chord called?

[@jaqthetrombone]

G Major The 3rd is on top with the fifth in the middle though, I'm sure there's a specific name for it

[@saxmanrich9796]

@@jaqthetrombone thanks

[@daxxon99]

Second!

[@Leomerya12]

He may be singing (humming) and playing at the same time. It doesn't sound like harmonics to me (most of the time, anyway). Plus the harmonies don't match the overtone series.

[@BigZapdos]

Then how does he play 3 notes?

[@5ilver42]

They actually do follow the series, as most brass instruments are just a fifth's-width of actual valves, fingers, or slide positions, and it is jumping through the harmonics around that length of tubing that gives the instrument it's full range. For the Trombone specifically, you have to go an octave below the bass clef (and lower) for the actual fundamentals. (Often called "pedal" notes if I remember my high school band classes correctly.) This actually causes a gap in the trombone instrument's range if you don't have an F-trigger extension between Bb1 and E2. But the instrument is not typically used in that range for compositions anyway as it really shines in the tenor register.

[@james_subosits]

If you know the tune really well, you can hear what he's going for harmonically. The man knows what he's doing.

[@james_subosits]

@@BigZapdos he's not, he's just singing really in tune which results in a 3rd note popping out. It's a weird physics thing.

[@agnidas5816]

@@james_subosits you don't get physics behind it. I will tell you from first hand experience that I can make three tones at once and I can also do only one of those tones at a time. Without a trumpet even. I heard the explanation you are thinking of before. It is based on a false premise. That's now how it all works. For starters when we make a sound it is not a note - it is a very wide band frequency blast in the audio frequency range. Even if you hit a single piano key- there are so many sounds coming out and at least 2 notes which are clearly heard, some times 3 or 5 depending on the piano resonance while humming at every frequency inbetween and around as well just at different dynamic levels. The initial modelled understanding of how a human makes sound and what kind of sound a human makes is false in that explanation you are thinking of. They played around with SINwave generators and absolutely blindly assumed that the same thing is happening when humans are making sounds. It's not. It comes from the same retarded science that says we don't gasp for air but to clear out CO2 ... even though everyone who held breath under water who comes up for air will feel infinitely better if they take in a gulp of air without having to breathe it out the burning sensation stops. Scientists go so far into their theory that they stick their head up their ass and ignore basic observations of humans. They also make shit up to sell a good story to be popular and make money at any cost

[@minuetgreenberg4096]

p

[@nuberiffic]

so, just didgeridoo?

[@prim4681]

Interesting, but it sounds like a fart

[@bruhnumerodose9749]

first ":))

[@Hello-wo4sx]

it’s extremely impressive and cool but does anyone actually think this sounds good?

[@ballsemail9239]

Yes

[@Zogerpogger]

*Laughs in 0 upvotes*

[@AllegroFPS]

As a jazz trombone performance major with almost a decade of trombone experience, yes.

[@Euclib]

tf, yes

[@agnidas5816]

@@Zogerpogger and when everyone jumps off the bridge you will too ? That bit around 54 second mark sounds nasty. As an exercise in what is possible it's intriguing but as a method to produce nice timbre - no. Following the crowd is almost always a sure way to be wrong. You been doing it most of your life and you have no idea what kind of troubles you been causing yourself. And your first reaction will be to attack and defend ego instead of take the opportunity to reflect on your life and tackle the blind spots you are missing all the time. Feeding the hand that feeds and all that.