From mgarvi–(at)–anix.com Tue Apr 23 12:14:52 CDT 1996
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From: mgarvi–(at)–anix.com (Mark Garvin)
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Subject: Re: Chart of frequencies ??Where can I get it ??
Date: 22 Apr 1996 14:24:56 -0400
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>>Ryan Daniels (rdaniel–(at)–reenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
>>: I am going to be build guitar pedals so I need a chart of way of determining
>>: the frequincies of the notes in the whole spectrum.

>jsheeh–(at)–x.netcom.com (John Sheehy) writes:
>You can’t round off to integers, like 82. This is way out of tune. You
>have to keep the decimals. You can’t round off the 12th root of 2,
..

RG was probably trying to take the context into account. The query
was about designing fx pedals, and there’s no way (or reason) to
maintain high precision on eq center points or whatever. (What *are*
you doing, anyway, Ryan?)

So…here’s a chart of bass and guitar frequencies:

E = 41.20 hz <- E string on bass F = 43.65 hz F# = 46.25 hz G = 49.00 hz G# = 51.91 hz A = 55.00 hz <- A string on bass A# = 58.27 hz B = 61.74 hz C = 65.41 hz C# = 69.30 hz D = 73.42 hz <- D string on bass D# = 77.78 hz E = 82.41 hz <- low E string on guitar F = 87.31 hz F# = 92.50 hz G = 98.00 hz <- G string on bass G# = 103.83 hz A = 110.00 hz <- A string on guitar A# = 116.54 hz B = 123.47 hz C = 130.81 hz C# = 138.59 hz D = 146.83 hz <- D string on guitar D# = 155.56 hz E = 164.81 hz F = 174.61 hz F# = 185.00 hz G = 196.00 hz <- G string on guitar G# = 207.65 hz A = 220.00 hz A# = 233.08 hz B = 246.94 hz <- B string on guitar C = 261.63 hz C# = 277.18 hz D = 293.66 hz D# = 311.13 hz E = 329.63 hz <- high E string on guitar F = 349.23 hz F# = 369.99 hz G = 392.00 hz G# = 415.30 hz A = 440.00 hz A# = 466.16 hz B = 493.88 hz C = 523.25 hz C# = 554.37 hz D = 587.33 hz D# = 622.25 hz E = 659.26 hz <- high E string at 12th fret F = 698.46 hz F# = 739.99 hz G = 783.99 hz G# = 830.61 hz A = 880.00 hz A# = 932.33 hz B = 987.77 hz C = 1046.50 hz C# = 1108.73 hz <- that's it for 21-fret guitars D = 1174.66 hz D# = 1244.51 hz E = 1318.51 hz <- unless you have a 24-fret guitar

Regards,
Mark Garvin

 

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