Cents Table for Equal Temperament
| C# | Eb | F# | G# | Bb |
| 100 | 300 | 600 | 800 | 1000 |
| 0 | 200 | 400 | 500 | 700 | 900 | 1100 | 1200 |
| C | D | E | F | G | A | B | C |
Size of 3rds
(Pure 3rd = 386 cents)
Equal Tempered 3rds = 400 cents
(Pythagorean 3rd = 408 cents)
Beats per second and frequencys for Equal Temperament
at A=440 hz
| These are approximate. | F4 | 349.2282 | |||||||
| Lower Note | 3rd above | 4th above | 5th above | You may get different | E4 | 329.6275 | |||
| Eb4 | numbers on your calculator. | Eb4 | 311.1269 | ||||||
| D4 | D4 | 293.6647 | |||||||
| C#4 | C#4 | 277.1826 | |||||||
| C4 | 10.38 | 1.18 | -0.88 n | middle C >>>>>> | C4 | 261.6255 | |||
| B3 | 9.79 | 1.11 | -0.83 n | B3 | 246.9416 | ||||
| Bb3 | 9.24 | 1.05 | -0.78 n | The difference will | Bb3 | 233.0818 | |||
| A3 | 8.73 | .99 | -0.70 n | usually be somewhere in | A3 | 220 | |||
| G#3/Ab3 | 8.24 | .93 | -0.78 n | the decimal and will not | G#3/Ab3 | 207.6523 | |||
| G3 | 7.77 | .88 | -0.66 n | effect figuring out beats | G3 | 195.9977 | |||
| F#3 | 7.34 | .83 | -0.62 n | per second since these | F#3 | 184.9972 | |||
| F3 | 6.92 | .78 | -0.59 n | are rounded off anyway. | F3 | 174.6141 |
F = C = G = D = A = E = B = F# = C# = G# = Eb = Bb = F
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