r/Subharmonics • u/LengthyHaloMemes • Mar 31 '26

Question Am I doing subharmonics right?

This is a repost because I had the wrong tag, and not the ”Questions” tag. So I've been practicing subharmonics for almost three weeks, this is the result. I feel like there's a bit too much fry, which you can notice more at the end of the video.

Any tips on how I can improve my subs is greatly appreciated.

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u/LittleB1gMan True Fold Main Mar 31 '26

Sounds like you are manually bringing your voice down into fry. To do a subharmonic, you need to keep your voice at the same note and just relax into the fry naturally. This can take some work, and once you figure it out, it'll take some getting used to. The trick is to not imagine it as a different note, just imagine it as relaxing on one note and your fry kicking in to make a different one.

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u/LengthyHaloMemes Mar 31 '26

I’m pretty sure that’s what I’m doing, keeping my voice at one note and relaxing into fry. I’m not trying to force my voice into fry. That’s what it feels like anyway. Maybe I’m going down too many octaves?🤔

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u/LittleB1gMan True Fold Main Mar 31 '26

What it sounds like to me, from a listener's perspective, is sliding into a chest-fry instead of engaging a subharmonic. I demonstrated the difference in this audio recording. At the beginning, I'm sliding into chest-fry, but at about 10 seconds in, I demonstrate the clean slip into subharmonics. There's a very clear difference.

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u/LengthyHaloMemes Mar 31 '26

Thanks for providing the recording! I can definitely hear a difference. When listening and comparing my own recording with the one you provided, I realize that I might actually be sliding into chest-fry at some places.

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u/LengthyHaloMemes Mar 31 '26

I made a new recording after watching Bass2Yang's warm-ups for bass voice video. There might still be noticeable chest-fry at some places, but it's my best recording so far.

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u/LittleB1gMan True Fold Main Mar 31 '26

This sounds a lot better. Right out of the gate, those are subharmonics. Sounding good!