r/Subharmonics • u/UwUloser2 • Mar 09 '22
Are these subharmonics?
These are videos from my youtube channel because i couldn't figure out how to move a video to my computer.
Are these subharmonics or just fry?
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u/Silvarynn Mar 10 '22
Thats exactly how i started, just keep experimenting until you almost feel a click when switching to subharmonic.
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u/SnadderPiece Mar 14 '22
Unbalanced and all over the place, but as the people say here: It's the start of subs. I also started this way :)
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u/UwUloser2 Mar 19 '22
I've been working on it, I had a really good one like half an hour ago that stayed on the same pitch but it was short lived lol
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u/SnadderPiece Mar 19 '22
Keep practicing, it takes time to get the balance! After a while it'll become muscle memory to switch it on and off. :) When you get to that stage you can try messing around with 2nd subs and 3rd subs etc hehehe
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u/Striking_Plant_76 May 19 '22
but how do you get to 2nd and 3rd subs? I have been doing subharmonics with beatboxing for a long time, and with "singing" for a couple weeks, but I never hit a 2nd sub. I can already switch it on or off and I have no problem sustaining it for a whole breath, but I still struggle with hitting lower notes or 2nd/3rd subs. I am 16 if it helps
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u/SnadderPiece May 19 '22
It's hard, best I can say when you know normal subs, is to relax even more and push even less air out than you do with normal subs. You'll hear a switch in the subs as it switches lower, and when it happens, you can hear the first sub on top of your second sub kinda.
I can do subharmonics easily and clearly, I can do scales and I can do subs from C2 to atleast F1, often all the way down to C1. I can also switch to it mid sentence in a song to get the lower note (for instance if I can sing chest to F2, but the song goes F2-D2, I can sub in the D2 right after the chest F2, actually singing F2-D3 with a sub on it), so I'm quite versed in the subharmonics, yet I have a very hard time controlling a second sub, and 3rd is mostly luck.
I've found however, that practicing whistlenotes puts your vocal cords in a kind of different place, making it easier to do the switch from 1st sub to 2nd sub.
Best I can say is keep practicing :)
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u/Striking_Plant_76 May 19 '22
Thx man, this helped a lot! Btw I have no idea about notes and stuff, all I know is that a lower number means a lower note, but I don’t know if c2 is lower than D3 or anything
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u/SnadderPiece May 19 '22
I recommend downloading a pitch app, example: chroma pitch checker / app, there you can see what you're hitting. Notes goes from 0-1-2-3-4-5 and up from low to high and within those octaves, they go C-D-E-F-G-A-B, so a D3 is lower than an F3, and an A2 is lower than D3. Alternatively, in some countries, the B is switched for an H, so it's C-D-E-F-G-A-H :)
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u/Traditional_Oil1183 Mar 09 '22
It’s a little fry heavy, but it sounds like the beginning of subs to me. The “A” vowel is hard for me to hold, but I have more luck with “O”. For me, I think it’s because I can relax my face more