Cents Table for 1/6 Comma Young

C# Eb F# G# Bb
90 294 588 792 996
0 196 392 498 698 894 1090 1200
C D E F G A B C

Size of 3rds
(Pure 3rd = 386 cents)
CE,DF#,GB = 392 cents
FA,AC# = 396 cents
EG#,BbD = 400 cents
(Equal Tempered 3rd = 400 cents)
EbG,BD# = 404 cents
C#E#,F#A#,AbC = 408 cents
(Pythagorean 3rd = 408 cents)

Beats per second and frequencys for 1/6 Comma Young
at A=440 hz

   These are approximate.F4350.0142
Lower Note  3rd above  4th above  5th above   You may get differentE4329.2553
Eb4 numbers on your calculator.   Eb4311.1236
D45.0127D4293.9949
C#4C#4276.5542
C44.4677      middle C >>>>>>C4262.5107
B32.2231B3246.3857
Bb3The difference willBb3233.3427
A31.981.4894usually be somewhere inA3220
G#3/Ab3the decimal and will notG#3/Ab3 207.4157
G33.34331.77251.3299effect figuring out beatsG3196.4399
F#31.6635per second since theseF#3184.3734
F34.96450are rounded off anyway.F3175.0071

F - C 1/6 G 1/6 D 1/6 A 1/6 E 1/6 B 1/6 F# - C# - G#/Ab - Eb - Bb - F

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