[time-nuts] Re: Is there a term for the reverse/inverse of harmonic?

[Magnus Danielson]

Hi,

A reflection. You might not have the fundamental accessable, but it may 
be relevant indirectly. Two frequencies may be say 2/5 or 3/5 of some 
other frequency, thus you do 2 or 3 cycles while the higher does 5 
cycles. Thus they can be locked and have a fixed relationship and that's 
where fractional frequency becomes relevant without having a fundamental 
or subtone.

Cheers,
Magnus

On 2025-04-28 12:36, Hal Murray via time-nuts wrote:
> Thanks for all the replies.
>
>
> Tom asked me to take care of the backlog -- that is let anything great
> through but don't flood our mailboxes.
>
> I just dropped a dozen or so.  (and fatfingered one that went through,
> apologies)
>
> Here is a summary of the ones I dropped
>    There were 10 mentions of subharmonic.
>    There were 3 mentions of fundamental
>    There was one suggestion of undertone
>      and another of fractional harmonic or fractional frequency
>
>
> On Wikipedia, subharmonic redirects to "Undertone series" which begins "In
> music...".
>
> Meriam-Webster has an entry for subharmonic.
>     : a component of a periodic wave having a frequency that is an integral
> submultiple of the fundamental frequency
>
>