Musical Scales from Pitch to Beat to Day
seconds/day – the number of Modified Seconds that fit into a full day of 86400 SI seconds
new:SI second – how long each Modified Second is in terms of SI seconds.
NB: A4 is the note where the Modified and SI seconds (at 432 Hz) are the same.
|
Note |
Frequency (Hz) |
Wavelength (cm) |
seconds/day |
Modified:SI second |
|
C0 |
16.05 |
2,148.96 |
3,210 |
26.92 |
|
C#0/Db0 |
17.01 |
2,028.35 |
3,402 |
25.40 |
|
D0 |
18.02 |
1,914.50 |
3,604 |
23.97 |
|
D#0/Eb0 |
19.09 |
1,807.05 |
3,818 |
22.63 |
|
E0 |
20.23 |
1,705.63 |
4,046 |
21.35 |
|
F0 |
21.43 |
1,609.90 |
4,286 |
20.16 |
|
F#0/Gb0 |
22.70 |
1,519.54 |
4,540 |
19.03 |
|
G0 |
24.05 |
1,434.26 |
4,810 |
17.96 |
|
G#0/Ab0 |
25.48 |
1,353.76 |
5,096 |
16.95 |
|
A0 |
27.00 |
1,277.78 |
5,400 |
16.00 |
|
A#0/Bb0 |
28.61 |
1,206.06 |
5,722 |
15.10 |
|
B0 |
30.31 |
1,138.37 |
6,062 |
14.25 |
|
C1 |
32.11 |
1,074.48 |
6,422 |
13.45 |
|
C#1/Db1 |
34.02 |
1,014.17 |
6,804 |
12.70 |
|
D1 |
36.04 |
957.25 |
7,208 |
11.99 |
|
D#1/Eb1 |
38.18 |
903.53 |
7,636 |
11.31 |
|
E1 |
40.45 |
852.81 |
8,090 |
10.68 |
|
F1 |
42.86 |
804.95 |
8,572 |
10.08 |
|
F#1/Gb1 |
45.41 |
759.77 |
9,082 |
9.51 |
|
G1 |
48.11 |
717.13 |
9,622 |
8.98 |
|
G#1/Ab1 |
50.97 |
676.88 |
10,194 |
8.48 |
|
A1 |
54.00 |
638.89 |
10,800 |
8.00 |
|
A#1/Bb1 |
57.21 |
603.03 |
11,442 |
7.55 |
|
B1 |
60.61 |
569.19 |
12,122 |
7.13 |
|
C2 |
64.22 |
537.24 |
12,844 |
6.73 |
|
C#2/Db2 |
68.04 |
507.09 |
13,608 |
6.35 |
|
D2 |
72.08 |
478.63 |
14,416 |
5.99 |
|
D#2/Eb2 |
76.37 |
451.76 |
15,274 |
5.66 |
|
E2 |
80.91 |
426.41 |
16,182 |
5.34 |
|
F2 |
85.72 |
402.47 |
17,144 |
5.04 |
|
F#2/Gb2 |
90.82 |
379.89 |
18,164 |
4.76 |
|
G2 |
96.22 |
358.56 |
19,244 |
4.49 |
|
G#2/Ab2 |
101.94 |
338.44 |
20,388 |
4.24 |
|
A2 |
108.00 |
319.44 |
21,600 |
4.00 |
|
A#2/Bb2 |
114.42 |
301.52 |
22,884 |
3.78 |
|
B2 |
121.23 |
284.59 |
24,246 |
3.56 |
|
C3 |
128.43 |
268.62 |
25,686 |
3.36 |
|
C#3/Db3 |
136.07 |
253.54 |
27,214 |
3.17 |
|
D3 |
144.16 |
239.31 |
28,832 |
3.00 |
|
D#3/Eb3 |
152.74 |
225.88 |
30,548 |
2.83 |
|
E3 |
161.82 |
213.20 |
32,364 |
2.67 |
|
F3 |
171.44 |
201.24 |
34,288 |
2.52 |
|
F#3/Gb3 |
181.63 |
189.94 |
36,326 |
2.38 |
|
G3 |
192.43 |
179.28 |
38,486 |
2.24 |
|
G#3/Ab3 |
203.88 |
169.22 |
40,776 |
2.12 |
|
A3 |
216.00 |
159.72 |
43,200 |
2.00 |
|
A#3/Bb3 |
228.84 |
150.76 |
45,768 |
1.89 |
|
B3 |
242.45 |
142.30 |
48,490 |
1.78 |
|
C4 |
256.87 |
134.31 |
51,374 |
1.68 |
|
C#4/Db4 |
272.14 |
126.77 |
54,428 |
1.59 |
|
D4 |
288.33 |
119.66 |
57,666 |
1.50 |
|
D#4/Eb4 |
305.47 |
112.94 |
61,094 |
1.41 |
|
E4 |
323.63 |
106.60 |
64,726 |
1.33 |
|
F4 |
342.88 |
100.62 |
68,576 |
1.26 |
|
F#4/Gb4 |
363.27 |
94.97 |
72,654 |
1.19 |
|
G4 |
384.87 |
89.64 |
76,974 |
1.12 |
|
G#4/Ab4 |
407.75 |
84.61 |
81,550 |
1.06 |
|
A4 |
432.00 |
79.86 |
86,400 |
1.00 |
|
A#4/Bb4 |
457.69 |
75.38 |
91,538 |
0.94 |
|
B4 |
484.90 |
71.15 |
96,980 |
0.89 |
|
C5 |
513.74 |
67.15 |
102,748 |
0.84 |
|
C#5/Db5 |
544.29 |
63.39 |
108,858 |
0.79 |
|
D5 |
576.65 |
59.83 |
115,330 |
0.75 |
|
D#5/Eb5 |
610.94 |
56.47 |
122,188 |
0.71 |
|
E5 |
647.27 |
53.30 |
129,454 |
0.67 |
|
F5 |
685.76 |
50.31 |
137,152 |
0.63 |
|
F#5/Gb5 |
726.53 |
47.49 |
145,306 |
0.59 |
|
G5 |
769.74 |
44.82 |
153,948 |
0.56 |
|
G#5/Ab5 |
815.51 |
42.30 |
163,102 |
0.53 |
|
A5 |
864.00 |
39.93 |
172,800 |
0.50 |
|
A#5/Bb5 |
915.38 |
37.69 |
183,076 |
0.47 |
|
B5 |
969.81 |
35.57 |
193,962 |
0.45 |
|
C6 |
1,027.47 |
33.58 |
205,494 |
0.42 |
|
C#6/Db6 |
1,088.57 |
31.69 |
217,714 |
0.40 |
|
D6 |
1,153.30 |
29.91 |
230,660 |
0.37 |
|
D#6/Eb6 |
1,221.88 |
28.24 |
244,376 |
0.35 |
|
E6 |
1,294.54 |
26.65 |
258,908 |
0.33 |
|
F6 |
1,371.51 |
25.15 |
274,302 |
0.31 |
|
F#6/Gb6 |
1,453.07 |
23.74 |
290,614 |
0.30 |
|
G6 |
1,539.47 |
22.41 |
307,894 |
0.28 |
|
G#6/Ab6 |
1,631.01 |
21.15 |
326,202 |
0.26 |
|
A6 |
1,728.00 |
19.97 |
345,600 |
0.25 |
|
A#6/Bb6 |
1,830.75 |
18.84 |
366,150 |
0.24 |
|
B6 |
1,939.61 |
17.79 |
387,922 |
0.22 |
|
C7 |
2,054.95 |
16.79 |
410,990 |
0.21 |
|
C#7/Db7 |
2,177.14 |
15.85 |
435,428 |
0.20 |
|
D7 |
2,306.60 |
14.96 |
461,320 |
0.19 |
|
D#7/Eb7 |
2,443.76 |
14.12 |
488,752 |
0.18 |
|
E7 |
2,589.07 |
13.33 |
517,814 |
0.17 |
|
F7 |
2,743.03 |
12.58 |
548,606 |
0.16 |
|
F#7/Gb7 |
2,906.14 |
11.87 |
581,228 |
0.15 |
|
G7 |
3,078.95 |
11.21 |
615,790 |
0.14 |
|
G#7/Ab7 |
3,262.03 |
10.58 |
652,406 |
0.13 |
|
A7 |
3,456.00 |
9.98 |
691,200 |
0.13 |
|
A#7/Bb7 |
3,661.50 |
9.42 |
732,300 |
0.12 |
|
B7 |
3,879.23 |
8.89 |
775,846 |
0.11 |
|
C8 |
4,109.90 |
8.39 |
821,980 |
0.11 |
|
C#8/Db8 |
4,354.29 |
7.92 |
870,858 |
0.10 |
|
D8 |
4,613.21 |
7.48 |
922,642 |
0.09 |
|
D#8/Eb8 |
4,887.52 |
7.06 |
977,504 |
0.09 |
|
E8 |
5,178.15 |
6.66 |
1,035,630 |
0.08 |
|
F8 |
5,486.06 |
6.29 |
1,097,212 |
0.08 |
|
F#8/Gb8 |
5,812.28 |
5.94 |
1,162,456 |
0.07 |
|
G8 |
6,157.89 |
5.60 |
1,231,578 |
0.07 |
|
G#8/Ab8 |
6,524.06 |
5.29 |
1,304,812 |
0.07 |
|
A8 |
6,912.00 |
4.99 |
1,382,400 |
0.06 |
|
A#8/Bb8 |
7,323.01 |
4.71 |
1,464,602 |
0.06 |
|
B8 |
7,758.46 |
4.45 |
1,551,692 |
0.06 |
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