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The ancient Greeks called these harmonics "multiples", and considered them to be a unique interval class separate from [[superparticular]] and [[superpartient]] intervals. | The ancient Greeks called these harmonics "multiples", and considered them to be a unique interval class separate from [[superparticular]] and [[superpartient]] intervals. | ||
A '''subharmonic''' is a unit fraction of the fundamental frequency of a sound. It is an element of the [[subharmonic series]]. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||