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Musical Note Frequencies - Guitar and Piano

The table below lists all acoustic guitar note frequencies, and most piano note frequencies, in Hertz (cycles-per-second).

The Piano octave groupings have a pale blue background (key of C).
The Guitar octave groupings have a pale yellow background (key of E).
Other major key octave groupings are shown in other colors.

Guitar Notes - Musical Frequencies Table
 Chromatic Scale
12 half-notes per octave

-

 Diatonic Scales (Major)
(8 notes per octave)
Note Frequency
Hz.
1.999999901
(12 times root 2 below)
Piano Octaves
Guitar Octaves
Note #
Key of E

-

Guitar String

-

Key of E
Key of G
Key of A
Key of C
Key of D
Piano Octaves

12th Root of 2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

E2
E
1
# 6

do (1)

-

 so (5)

-

 re (2)

82.407

1.05946309

F2
F
2

 

 

ti (7)

 la (6)

 fa (4)

 mi (3)

87.31

1.05946309

F#
F#
3

 

re (2)

-

-

-

-

92.50

1.05946309

G2
G
4

 

mi (3)

do (1)

ti (7)

 so (5)

 fa (4)

98.00

1.05946309

G#
G#
5

 

 -

 -

-

 la (6)

-

103.83

1.05946309

A2
A
6
# 5

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

-

 so (5)

110.00

1.05946309

A#
A#
7

 

 -

mi (3)

 -

ti (7)

 la (6)

116.54

1.05946309

B2
B
8

 

so (5)

 -

re (2)

-

 -

123.47

1.05946309

C3

C
9

 

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

do (1)

 ti (7)

130.81

1.05946309

C#
C#
10

 

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

138.59

1.05946309

D3
D
11
# 4

ti (7)

so (5)

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

146.83

1.05946309

D#
D#
12

 

 -

la (6)

 -

mi (3)

 -

155.56

1.05946309

E3
E

1

 

do (1)

 -

so (5)

 

re (2)

164.81

1.05946309

F3
F

2

 

 -

ti (7)

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

174.61

1.05946309

F#
F#

3

 

re (2)

 -

 -

 -

 -

185.00

1.05946309

G3
G

4

# 3

mi (3)

do (1)

ti (7)

so (5)

fa (4)

196.00

1.05946309

G#
G#

5

 

 -

 -

 -

la (6)

 -

207.65

1.05946309

A3
A

6

 

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

 -

so (5)

220.00

1.05946309

A#
A#

7

 

 -

mi (3)

 -

ti (7)

la (6)

233.08

1.05946309

B3
B

8

# 2

so (5)

 -

re (2)

 -

 -

246.94

1.05946309

C4

C

9

 

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

do (1)

ti (7)

261.63

1.05946309

C#
C#

10

 

 -

 -

 -

-

 -

277.18

1.05946309

D4
D

11

 

ti (7)

so (5)

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

293.67

1.05946309

D#
D#

12

 

 -

la (6)

 -

mi (3)

 -

311.13

1.05946309

E4
E
1
# 1

do (1)

 -

so (5)

 -

re (2)

329.63

1.05946309

F4
F
2
1st fret

 -

ti (7)

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

349.23

1.05946309

F#
F#
3
2nd fret

re (2)

 -

 -

 -

 -

369.99

1.05946309

G4
G
4
3rd fret

mi (3)

do (1)

ti (7)

so (5)

fa (4)

392.00

1.05946309

G#
G#
5
4th fret

 -

 -

 -

la (6)

 -

415.30

1.05946309

A4
A
6
5th fret

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

 -

so (5)

440

1.05946309

A#
A#
7
6th fret

 -

mi (3)

 -

ti (7)

la (6)

466.16

1.05946309

B4
B
8
7th fret

so (5)

 -

re (2)

 -

 -

493.88

1.05946309

C5

C5
9
8th fret

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

do (1)

ti (7)

523.25

1.05946309

C#
C#
10
9th fret

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

554.37

1.05946309

D5
D
11
10th fret

ti (7)

so (5)

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

587.33

1.05946309

D#
D#
12
11th fret

 -

la (6)

 -

mi (3)

 -

622.25

1.05946309

E5
E

1

12th fret

do (1)

 -

so (5)

 -

re (2)

659.26

1.05946309

F5
F

2

13th fret

 -

ti (7)

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

698.46

1.05946309

F#
F#

3

14th fret

re (2)

 -

 -

 -

 -

739.99

1.05946309

G5
G

4

15th fret

mi (3)

do (1)

ti (7)

so (5)

fa (4)

783.99

1.05946309

G#
G#

5

16th fret

 -

 -

 -

la (6)

 -

830.61

1.05946309

A5
A

6

17th fret

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

 -

so (5)

880.00

1.05946309

A#
A#

7

18th fret

 -

mi (3)

 -

ti (7)

la (6)

932.33

1.05946309

B5
B

8

19th fret

so (5)

 -

re (2)

 -

 -

987.77

1.05946309

C6

C

9

20th fret

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

do (1)

ti (7)

1,046.50

1.05946309

C#
C#

10

21st fret

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

1,108.73

1.05946309

D6
D

11

22nd fret

ti (7)

so (5)

fa (4)

re (2)

do (1)

1,174.66

1.05946309

D#
D#

12

23rd fret

 -

la (6)

 -

mi (3)

 -

1,244.51

1.05946309

E6
E
1
24th fret

do (1)

 -

so (5)

 -

re (2)

1,318.51

1.05946309

F6
F
2
25th fret

 -

ti (7)

la (6)

fa (4)

mi (3)

1,396.91

1.05946309

F#
F#
3

 

re (2)

 -

 -

 -

 -

1,479.98

1.05946309

(1)= Tonic
(4)= Sub-dominant

(5)= Dominant
(7)= Seventh

 261.63 = Middle C

 Each horizontal line = 1 half-note = 1 fret
 Chromatic Scale = Each half-note is 5.95% higher in frequency than the previous note.
 1 octave = 12 half-notes = doubling of frequency

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10

50

50

50

50

50

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75





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This Vaughns 1-Pagers Music Note Frequency Chart web page was updated on 2007-08-25.