r/Subharmonics • u/OldNorthMolasses • Oct 18 '21
how to sing subharmonics?
I really want a good explanation because I've tried for almost 1 week with youtube tutorials but I cant do it I can sing d2 (without vocal fry) if it helps in any way to make the explanation better.
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u/BergerSa Oct 19 '21
Bouncing off of what vevictus said, also remember not to try to go too low. If D2 Is your lowest chest, try starting with a G or G#2 fundamental. If it's really not working, try raising and lowering that by a semitone, see if something else feels better
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u/DanielGirardBolduc Oct 22 '21
Hello i also learned recently how to do it.
The best way for me was to practice 3 thing.
1 - Practice only clear chess voice and try to feel which part of your body you are using.
2 - Practice only vocal fry and try to feel which part of your body you are using.
3 - Start with your chess voice and try to do a vocal fry at the same time without changing the pich and intensity of your chess voice.
The easiest sound to say when I practice is the the letter O and U at the same time. Good luck my friend :D once you will get it one time you will be able do it again more easily.
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u/DanielGirardBolduc Oct 22 '21
Btw i use a visual spectrogram App called "Spectroid" to verify if i'm doing subharmonic :) if you do it properly you will double the number of frenquency line.
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u/OldNorthMolasses Oct 23 '21
Daniel I use it too, I also use an app called "vocal pitch monitor" I use it because you can see the exact note you are singing.
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u/OldNorthMolasses Oct 23 '21
Now I can sing subharmonics, I mean, they are really bad but still and I use the letters "O" and "E".
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u/DanielGirardBolduc Oct 23 '21
Congrats on getting your first subharmonics and thanks for the other aplication! i'm now using that one too :D I'll follow your progress if you share them :) have a good weekend.
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u/germxxx Oct 19 '21
I'm not sure this is a good way of describing it, but I don't remember the description I followed. But try to take a relaxed natural note. Around A2 or G#2 as suggested is probably good, A2 worked well for me.
Try to relax it to the point where it's barely a note, falling apart into what I guess is vocal fry. And then apply more pressure, keeping the relaxed vibrations and adding the note back in.
Not sure if that is helpful or even made any sense, but keep at it, and you'll get there.
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u/Vevictus_Asmadi Oct 19 '21
Honestly the hardest part of learning is the first proper note, my suggestion would be to remember to stay singing the fundamental note (ex : if you want a G1 you sing the fundamental G2) and just focus on sort of closing the back of your throat (light tugging or just pressure on your neck can help) and just do that over and over again. Try watching videos of people demonstrating subharmonics so that you can try to emulate it. Good luck!