Credit: copyright Ryan Edgar
As promised, some of my compositions for overtone choir are now published. The scores may be viewed, listened to, purchased and downloaded here:
There are currently four original compositions available:
The Dawning of the New World
One by One
A Rural Lullaby
Arcanum (in Latin)
One more song, titled 'Only Waiting', I arranged for overtone choir, written by Canadian songwriter Graham Shaw, available here: (features overtone humming)
You can view the complete scores (by clicking arrows) before purchasing, and listen to complete mp3s of computer generated choral sounds. Actual choir recordings will replace these when they become available, so that they may be heard with the lyrics.
Most of you are familiar with the name Kiva as being associated with my music, however, it was necessary to use my legal name on these scores (Kathryn Simova).
If you are aware of existing and new overtone choirs searching for material, please pass this information along. Thank you, and enjoy!
The first three audio tracks below are from Kiva's original compositions, followed by samples of overtone singing variations. The first three of these contain only one track of vocals. The last one is multi-tracked.
- Tuva on Rye - From 'The Ladder', this is the main theme of the song with overtone singing
- Regret - From 'The Ladder', the clip begins with a chorus of overtone singing
- In the Flesh - From 'Pulse', this is the complete song, with several variations of overtone singing and vocables (wordless vocalizing)
- vibrato and dynamics - Makes use of these musical qualities, along with some counter-movement.
- falsetto fundamentals - Uses high falsetto pitches as the fundamentals, generating harmonics another two octaves above.
- overtone 'yodeling' - A rhythmic clip using the 'h' to create yodel-like blips.
- The Opposite of Torture - A little piece containing glottal technique and 'falsetto' fundamentals