Getting Started with Overtone Singing by STUART HINDS

Getting Started with Overtone Singing by STUART HINDS

16 viewsAug 21, 202150ShareSaveTheStuartHinds 90 subscribers Stuart Hinds demonstrates a very easy way to bring out the overtones in your voice.

0:00 – Introduction

3:15 – Exercise 1

4:11 – Exercise 2

6:24 – Exercise 3

Covid-Romanesca /Romanesca – for two overtone singers and harpsichord Filip Rydlo and Stuart Hinds – polyphonic overtone singing

Covid-Romanesca

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Alas! – Stuart Hinds

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Alas! – Stuart Hinds

Alas! – Stuart Hinds

254 views•Jun 3, 2017 50ShareSaveTheStuartHinds 81 subscribers Patrick Moore – cello Stuart Hinds – overtone singing performed at St. Thomas University, 9.29.16 The inspiration for Alas! came from the lute songs of John Dowland. Even though there are no lyrics, the emotional content and polyphonic style are similar to Dowland’s. The piece was originally composed for voice and bassoon and has also been performed with bass clarinet, but this performance was given with cello.

Overtone Choir Spektrum – Chaconne (Stuart Hinds)

Overtone Choir Spektrum – Chaconne (Stuart Hinds)

691 views•Oct 26, 2015 50ShareSaveOvertone Choir Spektrum 70 subscribers Overtone Choir Spektrum (Prague, Czech Republic) Conductor: Jan Stanek CD Paian (2015) Published: Alikvotní sbor Spektrum, copyright 2015, AS 002-2 All rights reserved (OSA)

STUART HINDS in PHOTOS and BIO

Biography

Stuart Hinds is active as a composer, performing musician, and teacher. His original compositions include electroacoustic music as well as music for traditional instruments and voices. A substantial part of his work as a composer is devoted to writing pieces that feature his unique style of overtone singing. His repertoire includes solo vocal works and works for voice with keyboard synthesizer or other instruments. Hinds has been commissioned to compose several new works for chorus with overtone singing and a work for oboe with overtone singing. He has received prizes and awards for composition, including a composition competition prize for Beauty, a choral work featuring overtone singing. In addition to composing and performing, Hinds offers lectures and workshops on overtone singing and composition topics.


Stuart Hinds’ amazing ability to produce two discreet melodies at the same time makes him unique among overtone singers. Hinds takes overtone singing to a new expressive level, creating a completely new genre of vocal music. In a quantum leap beyond traditional drone-based overtone singing with an unchanging fundamental pitch, Hinds sings a truly contrapuntal music, vocally producing two melodic lines simultaneously – the fundamental line and the overtone line. The fundamental is no longer confined to a fixed pitch. The fundamental line moves with complete freedom while the overtone line conforms to the natural harmonics of the sounding fundamental at any given time. Both parts move with a high level of independence, given that they are produced by a single vocal tract. In one of his compositions, Renaissance Man, Hinds actually sings in strict canon with himself – the overtone line follows the fundamental line at four beats separation and transposed up a fifth!

Developing contexts for overtone singing is a major focus in Hinds’ work as a composer. As technical abilities increase, so will the compositional and expressive possibilities of the medium. For example, Hinds is currently working with combining text with overtone singing.

Hinds’ original compositions reflect his classical training, with influences from many musical cultures, often borrowing from ethnic or popular models. This diversity creates a highly personal style of music that appeals to a broad range of listeners. One Swedish reviewer wrote that “Hinds is a true master of the technique,” and commented: “I’ve never heard anything like this . . . This shows a true and uncorrupted artistry. I am glad I came across this CD, which not only gives me musical joy, but also a spiritual uplifting.”

Hinds’ on-going study of traditional world music has given him “new” ideas for composing: forms, scales, performance techniques, etc. Sometimes the influence is subtle; other times the borrowing is obvious to a knowledgeable listener. An example of the latter type is Tabuh-tabuhan for two percussionists, which employs interlocking rhythmic figuration textures as practiced in the gamelan music of Java and Bali.

Another example of his cross-cultural work is a group of compositions based on Indian raga. Hinds attempted to remain true to “the color of the melody” as practiced by classical Indian musicians, but in the context of his own formal and contrapuntal designs. Some of the pieces “sound Indian,” some don’t, but each composition is harmonically as well as melodically distinctive as a result of the rag in use. In 1997-1998, Hinds collaborated with classical Indian singer Nanda Banerjee and a jazz ensemble on a series of three “East Meets West” concerts. One of these programs was named one of Houston’s Ten Best concerts of 1997 by the Houston Chronicle.

If Hinds can be said to occupy a niche in society, then his niche must certainly involve teaching. He has taught at every educational level from elementary school to graduate school. He has worked with the brightest students and with those having severe challenges to learning. He has received substantial training in effective teaching techniques and has attended numerous professional development courses on the subject. Hinds also possesses qualities that cannot be taught: a natural rapport with his students and a sincere desire for their success.

At the college level, Hinds has taught music theory and composition, analog and digital synthesis, MIDI sequencing, and music appreciation. He has led a graduate seminar on world music for composers. He has presented guest lectures on Javanese gamelan, the traditional music of Thailand, tape music techniques, composition, and overtone singing. Students have reacted very positively to his broad knowledge, careful and thoughtful preparation, and strong commitment to music as an art form.

https://www.stuarthinds.com/bio/

Oberton Adventskalender 2019, 4. Türchen. Christmas Dance, Stuart Hinds

Oberton Adventskalender 2019, 4. Türchen. Christmas Dance, Stuart Hinds

225 vues•4 déc. 2019 8 0 Partager EnregistrerOberton Adventskalender 59 abonnés “Christmas Dance”, gesungen von Stuart Hinds/sung by Stuart Hinds Weitere Videos von/more Videos by Stuart Hinds: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheStuar…https://www.stuarthinds.com/overtone-…

Stuart Hinds performance at Lawndale Art Center

Stuart Hinds performance at Lawndale Art Center

Ajoutée le 5 déc. 2011

Lawndale Art Center is pleased to present a performance by composer and overtone signer Stuart Hinds. In recent years, overtone singing has become more widely known and appreciated. Overtone singing can be heard in pop music, movie soundtracks, and even prime time television commercials. This rise in popularity is largely due to successful tours and recordings by musicians representing the two major styles: Tibetan Buddhist chant and Tuvan/Mongolian throat singing. In the West, an increasing number of musicians are employing the techniques in their work. All these styles have in common an essentially drone-based musical texture with an unchanging fundamental pitch and a melody of overtones. Stuart Hinds is unique among overtone singers for the level of technical mastery and fluency he has achieved. Hinds takes overtone singing to a new expressive level. In a quantum leap beyond traditional drone-based singing, Hinds is able to vocally produce two distinct musical lines at the same time. His original compositions stretch the boundaries of overtone singing into a completely new genre of music that can embrace any musical style. Hinds work reflects his classical training, with influences from many musical cultures a unique style that appeals to a broad range of listeners. stuarthinds.com
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