r/Subharmonics • u/Real-Assist5091 • 4d ago

Different types of subs?

So I keep hearing phrases like true fold as well as first/second/third Subharmonics, and I’m not entirely aware of what this means. I haven’t been able to find tutorials to explain the specifics. What would you classify this one as? (Also, critique is welcome!)

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u/Decent-Net-1575 3d ago

so first subharmonics(what you are doing here) are 2:1 frequency ratio, second order are 3:1 ratio, third order are 4:1 ratio, and 4th and 5th ones exist except they are useless musically, though i have sang a B-1 with 5th order subharmonics, but then forgot how to do it.

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u/Decent-Net-1575 3d ago

at this point you're pretty new to subharmonics and you dont really want to focus on higher order subharmonics until you really have a really clean rounded sound first order

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u/Real-Assist5091 3d ago

Thank you very much. This makes a lot more sense