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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.
Last updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Note

Octav
e

Frequency

Wavelength (M)*

16.351

20.812

C# / Db

17.324

19.643

18.354

18.540

D# / Eb

19.445

17.500

20.601

16.518

21.827

15.590

F# / Gb

23.124

14.716

24.499

13.890

G# / Ab

25.956

13.110

27.5

12.374

A# / Bb

29.135

11.680

30.868

11.024

Comment

Lowest Note of Piano

32.703

10.405

C# / Db

34.648

9.821

36.708

9.270

D# / Eb

38.891

8.750

41.203

8.259

43.654

7.795

F# / Gb

46.249

7.358

48.999

6.945

G# / Ab

51.913

6.555

55

6.187

A# / Bb

58.27

5.840

61.735

5.512

65.406

5.203

C# / Db

69.296

4.911

73.416

4.635

D# / Eb

77.782

4.375

82.407

4.129

87.307

3.898

F# / Gb

92.499

3.679

97.999

3.472

G# / Ab

103.826

3.278

110

3.094

A# / Bb

116.541

2.920

123.471

2.756

Lowest Note of Bass

Lowest Note of Guitar

130.813

2.601

C# / Db

138.591

2.455

146.832

2.318

D# / Eb

155.563

2.187

164.814

2.065

174.614

1.949

F# / Gb

184.997

1.839

195.998

1.736

G# / Ab

207.652

1.639

220

1.547

A# / Bb

233.082

1.460

246.942

1.378

261.626

1.301

C# / Db

277.183

1.228

293.665

1.159

D# / Eb

311.127

1.094

329.628

1.032

349.228

0.974

F# / Gb

369.994

0.920

391.995

0.868

G# / Ab

415.305

0.819

440

0.773

A# / Bb

466.164

0.730

493.883

0.689

Lowest note of violin

Middle C

Tuning reference note

523.251

0.650

C# / Db

554.365

0.614

587.33

0.579

D# / Eb

622.254

0.547

659.255

0.516

698.456

0.487

F# / Gb

739.989

0.460

783.991

0.434

G# / Ab

830.609

0.410

880

0.387

A# / Bb

932.328

0.365

987.767

0.345

1046.502

0.325

C# / Db

1108.731

0.307

1174.659

0.290

D# / Eb

1244.508

0.273

1318.51

0.258

1396.913

0.244

F# / Gb

1479.978

0.230

1567.982

0.217

G# / Ab

1661.219

0.205

1760

0.193

A# / Bb

1864.655

0.182

1975.533

0.172

2093.005

0.163

C# / Db

2217.461

0.153

2349.318

0.145

D# / Eb

2489.016

0.137

2637.021

0.129

2793.826

0.122

F# / Gb

2959.955

0.115

3135.964

0.109

G# / Ab

3322.438

0.102

3520

0.097

A# / Bb

3729.31

0.091

3951.066

0.086

4186.009

0.081

C# / Db

4434.922

0.077

4698.636

0.072

D# / Eb

4978.032

0.068

5274.042

0.065

5587.652

0.061

F# / Gb

5919.91

0.057

6271.928

0.054

G# / Ab

6644.876

0.051

7040

0.048

A# / Bb

7458.62

0.046

7902.132

0.043

8372.018

0.041

C# / Db

8869.844

0.038

9397.272

0.036

D# / Eb

9956.064

0.034

10548.084

0.032

11175.304

0.030

F# / Gb

11839.82

0.029

12543.856

0.027

G# / Ab

13289.752

0.026

14080

0.024

A# / Bb

14917.24

0.023

15804.264

0.022

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

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