Cents Table for 1/5th Comma Well-Temperament

C# Eb F# G# Bb
90 294 588 792 996
0 194.4 388 498 697.2 891.6 1086 1200
C D E F G A B C

Size of 3rds
(Pure 3rd = 386 cents)
CE,GB = 388 cents
DF#,FA = 393.6 cents
AC#,BbD = 398.4 cents
(Equal Tempered 3rd = 400 cents)
EbG = 403.2 cents
EG# = 404 cents
C#E#,F#A#,AbC,BD# = 408 cents
(Pythagorean 3rd = 408 cents)

Beats per second and frequencys for 1/5th Comma Well-Temperament
at A=440 hz

   These are approximate.F4350.4914
Lower Note  3rd above  4th above  5th above   You may get differentE4329.1068
Eb4 numbers on your calculator.   Eb4311.5477
D4D4294.129
C#4C#4276.93
C42.084      middle C >>>>>>C4262.8686
B32.6712B3246.1623
Bb3The difference willBb3233.66
A32.3871.7864usually be somewhere inA3220
G#3/Ab3the decimal and will notG#3/Ab3 207.6985
G31.5582.13341.5963effect figuring out beatsG3196.6181
F#3per second since theseF#3184.62
F33.7710are rounded off anyway.F3175.2457

F - C 1/5 G 1/5 D 1/5 A 1/5 E 1/5 B - F# - C# - G#/Ab - Eb - Bb - F

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