Cents Table for 1/6 Pythagorean Comma Mean-Tone

C# Eb F# G# Bb
86 306 588 784 1004
0 196 392 502 698 894 1090 1200
C D E F G A B C

Size of 3rds
(Pure 3rd = 386 cents)
CE,DF#,EbG,EG#,FA,GB,AC#,BbD = 392 cents
(Equal Tempered 3rd = 400 cents
(Pythagorean 3rd = 408 cents)
C#F,F#Bb,G#C,BEb = 416 cents

Beats per second and frequencys for 1/6 Pythagorean Comma Mean-Tone
at A=440 hz

   These are approximate.F4350.8058
Lower Note  3rd above  4th above  5th above   You may get differentE4329.2553
Eb4 numbers on your calculator.   Eb4313.2357
D4D4293.9949
C#4C#4275.936
C44.4677      middle C >>>>>>C4262.85107
B32.2231B3246.3857
Bb3The difference willBb3234.3981
A31.98471.4894usually be somewhere inA3220
G#3the decimal and will notG#3/Ab3 206.4863
G33.34331.77251.3299effect figuring out beatsG3196.4399
F#3per second since theseF#3184.3734
F32.98551.1873are rounded off anyway.F3175.4029

F 1/6 C 1/6 G 1/6 D 1/6 A 1/6 E 1/6 B 1/6 F# 1/6 C# 1/6 G# * Eb 1/6 Bb 1/6 F
*Wolf interval between G# and Eb.
The wolf will move depending on how accidentals are tuned.

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