A329218 Decimal expansion of the fundamental frequency of the note B4 in hertz.

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Offset: 3

Author

Jianing Song, Nov 08 2019

Keywords

• nonn
• easy
• cons

Comments

In 12-tone equal temperament, when A4 (the fifth A on the Piano keyboard) is tuned to 440 Hz, the frequency of the note B4 (2 semitones above A4) is 440*2^(2/12) Hz = 493.9 Hz.

Examples

			Frequencies of notes in an octave (Hz):
   >--------------------------------------------------
  |
  |  C4                  261.6255653005...  (A329207)
  |           +---------------------------------------
   >----------| C#4/Db4  277.1826309768...  (A329208)
  |           +---------------------------------------
  |  D4                  293.6647679174...  (A329209)
  |           +---------------------------------------
   >----------| D#4/Eb4  311.1269837220...  (A329210)
  |           +---------------------------------------
  |  E4                  329.6275569128...  (A329211)
  |
   >--------------------------------------------------
  |
  |  F4                  349.2282314330...  (A329212)
  |           +---------------------------------------
   >----------| F#4/Gb4  369.9944227116...  (A329213)
  |           +---------------------------------------
  |  G4                  391.9954359817...  (A329214)
  |           +---------------------------------------
   >----------| G#4/Ab4  415.3046975799...  (A329215)
  |           +---------------------------------------
  |  A4                  440.0000000000
  |           +---------------------------------------
   >----------| A#4/Bb4  466.1637615180...  (A329217)
  |           +---------------------------------------
  |  B4                  493.8833012561...  (this seq)
  |
   >--------------------------------------------------
[New layout from _Jon E. Schoenfield_, Nov 08 2019]
		

Links

• Wikipedia, Piano key frequencies
• Index entries for sequences based on music
• Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 6

Crossrefs

See the Example section above for the fundamental frequency of some other notes.

Programs

Mathematica

RealDigits[440 Surd[2,6],10,120][[1]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Oct 16 2022 *)

PARI

default(realprecision, 100); 440 * 2^(1/6)

Formula

Equals 440 * 2^(1/6).