10/4/2018 Table of Musical Notes and Their Frequencies and Wavelengths

Table of Musical Notes and Their

Frequencies and Wavelengths
A number of calculations useful to builders of stringed musical instruments
require the frequency or wavelength of a note as input data. The following
table presents the frequencies of all notes in ten octaves to a thousandth of
a hertz. Octaves are presented in the Scientific Pitch Notation format, also
commonly referred to as American Pitch Notation and International Pitch
Notation.

Last updated: September 11, 2018

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C 0 16.351 20.812m MIDI note # 12

C# / Db 0 17.324 19.643m Search

D 0 18.354 18.54m
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D# / Eb 0 19.445 17.5m

E 0 20.601 16.518m

F 0 21.827 15.59m Browse

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F# / Gb 0 23.124 14.716m
General Information
G 0 24.499 13.89m Technical Information
Materials, Parts and Supplies
G# / Ab 0 25.956 13.11m Construction Techniques

A 0 27.5 12.374m Lowest Note of Piano Tools, Jigs and Shop Techniques
Instruments and Plans
A# / Bb 0 29.135 11.68m Pickups and Electronics
Lutherie Myth/Science
B 0 30.868 11.024m Lowest Note of 5 string bass Research
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C 1 32.703 10.405m Lowest Note of double bass

with C extension Woodworkers' Popup Units
C# / Db 1 34.648 9.821m Conversion Calculator
D 1 36.708 9.27m Convert

D# / Eb 1 38.891 8.75m Calculator converts to/from decimal inches,

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E 1 41.203 8.259m Lowest Note of Bass

F 1 43.654 7.795m
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F# / Gb 1 46.249 7.358m
.... you can click on most of the assembly
G 1 48.999 6.945m photos on this site to enlarge them for a close
look? Also, hovering the cursor over most
linear dimension values will convert the values
G# / Ab 1 51.913 6.555m to decimal inches, fractional inches, and SI
units.
A 1 55 6.187m

A# / Bb 1 58.27 5.84m

B 1 61.735 5.512m

C 2 65.406 5.203m

C# / Db 2 69.296 4.911m

D 2 73.416 4.635m

D# / Eb 2 77.782 4.375m

E 2 82.407 4.129m Lowest Note of Guitar

F 2 87.307 3.898m

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F# / Gb 2 92.499 3.679m

G 2 97.999 3.472m

G# / Ab 2 103.826 3.278m

A 2 110 3.094m

A# / Bb 2 116.541 2.92m

B 2 123.471 2.756m

C 3 130.813 2.601m

C# / Db 3 138.591 2.455m

D 3 146.832 2.318m

D# / Eb 3 155.563 2.187m

E 3 164.814 2.065m

F 3 174.614 1.949m

F# / Gb 3 184.997 1.839m

G 3 195.998 1.736m Lowest note of violin

G# / Ab 3 207.652 1.639m

A 3 220 1.547m

A# / Bb 3 233.082 1.46m

B 3 246.942 1.378m

C 4 261.626 1.301m Middle C

C# / Db 4 277.183 1.228m

D 4 293.665 1.159m

D# / Eb 4 311.127 1.094m

E 4 329.628 1.032m

F 4 349.228 0.974m

F# / Gb 4 369.994 0.92m

G 4 391.995 0.868m

G# / Ab 4 415.305 0.819m

A 4 440 0.773m Tuning reference note

A# / Bb 4 466.164 0.73m

B 4 493.883 0.689m

C 5 523.251 0.65m

C# / Db 5 554.365 0.614m

D 5 587.33 0.579m

D# / Eb 5 622.254 0.547m

E 5 659.255 0.516m

F 5 698.456 0.487m

F# / Gb 5 739.989 0.46m

G 5 783.991 0.434m

G# / Ab 5 830.609 0.41m

A 5 880 0.387m

A# / Bb 5 932.328 0.365m

B 5 987.767 0.345m

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C 6 1046.502 0.325m

C# / Db 6 1108.731 0.307m

D 6 1174.659 0.29m

D# / Eb 6 1244.508 0.273m

E 6 1318.51 0.258m

F 6 1396.913 0.244m

F# / Gb 6 1479.978 0.23m

G 6 1567.982 0.217m

G# / Ab 6 1661.219 0.205m

A 6 1760 0.193m

A# / Bb 6 1864.655 0.182m

B 6 1975.533 0.172m

C 7 2093.005 0.163m

C# / Db 7 2217.461 0.153m

D 7 2349.318 0.145m

D# / Eb 7 2489.016 0.137m

E 7 2637.021 0.129m

F 7 2793.826 0.122m

F# / Gb 7 2959.955 0.115m

G 7 3135.964 0.109m

G# / Ab 7 3322.438 0.102m

A 7 3520 0.097m

A# / Bb 7 3729.31 0.091m

B 7 3951.066 0.086m

C 8 4186.009 0.081m

C# / Db 8 4434.922 0.077m

D 8 4698.636 0.072m

D# / Eb 8 4978.032 0.068m

E 8 5274.042 0.065m

F 8 5587.652 0.061m

F# / Gb 8 5919.91 0.057m

G 8 6271.928 0.054m

G# / Ab 8 6644.876 0.051m

A 8 7040 0.048m

A# / Bb 8 7458.62 0.046m

B 8 7902.132 0.043m

C 9 8372.018 0.041m

C# / Db 9 8869.844 0.038m

D 9 9397.272 0.036m

D# / Eb 9 9956.064 0.034m

E 9 10548.084 0.032m

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F 9 11175.304 0.03m

F# / Gb 9 11839.82 0.029m

G 9 12543.856 0.027m

G# / Ab 9 13289.752 0.026m

A 9 14080 0.024m

A# / Bb 9 14917.24 0.023m

B 9 15804.264 0.022m

* Wavelengths based on speed of sound = 340.29 m/s

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