String Frequencies ?

[bongo122819]

I know the Fundamental A string = 440 hz
how about the other strings?
how about Bass ?
can anyone point me to a source?

 

[omboy]

I know the Fundamental A string = 440 hz
how about the other strings?
how about Bass ?
can anyone point me to a source?

http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html

Low E on your guitar is E2, 82.41 Hz

You should be able to figure it out from there. . . .

 

[Adwex]

440 Hz is the harmonic at the 5th fret, which is 2 octaves higher than the fundamental. Since each octave doubles the frequency, then 440 is 4 x the fundamental, so the open A string is actually 110 Hz.

 

[cherrick]

You should ask Ken if he knows the frequency.

You know Ken, right? He looks just like Dan Rather.

 

[rog951]

There's a nifty chart about halfway down the page:

click me!

 

[bongo122819]

I'm relatively smart but................
I don't understand the chart - what does row 1 thru 11 across the top stand for ?
why is 440 in column 6 ?
On Ohmboy's chart - I don't follow any of it - isn't there a chart that says A= ?, E = ?, etc
What's with all the E1, E2 subscripts ?
Help-the Engineers are picking on me !!!

 

[keef]

What's the use of knowing the string frequencies?

You need to tune a guitar with a tempered tuning - if you tune all the strings according to their standard frequencies chances are that chords played on your guitar will sound out of tune.

 

[soulwobby]

You need to tune a guitar with a tempered tuning - if you tune all the strings according to their standard frequencies chances are that chords played on your guitar will sound out of tune.

how come? I mean, there's little I know about this stuff...isn't tuning tuning no matter how you tune?


grtz

 

[keef]

how come? I mean, there's little I know about this stuff...isn't tuning tuning no matter how you tune?

grtz

Uh - no.

Not easy to explain....here's some background.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_temperament

 

[bongo122819]

my interest has little to do with tuning the guitar or Bass -
More for recording, sometimes you want to EQ a particular instrument, I never could relate ,say, Bass notes to any Frequency on a Parametric EQ. Maybe I should ask the question a different way ?

 

[Adwex]

I'm relatively smart but................
I don't understand the chart - what does row 1 thru 11 across the top stand for ?
why is 440 in column 6 ?
On Ohmboy's chart - I don't follow any of it - isn't there a chart that says A= ?, E = ?, etc
What's with all the E1, E2 subscripts ?
Help-the Engineers are picking on me !!!

This chart is generalized, it's not specific to guitar. Each column represents different octaves of the same note.

Contrary to popular belief, 440 Hz is NOT the frequency of the open A string, it is 2 octaves above the open string (5th fret harmonic), so the open A string is 110 Hz.

 

[sine_wave]

my interest has little to do with tuning the guitar or Bass -
More for recording, sometimes you want to EQ a particular instrument, I never could relate ,say, Bass notes to any Frequency on a Parametric EQ. Maybe I should ask the question a different way ?

Bongo... The individual string frequency has nothing to do whatsoever with what frequency the guitar takes up in a mix. I think you're lumping two totally different things together. I recommend you get a good audio engineer book and read up on the frequencies of the respected instruments.

 

[vivaoaxaca]

On Ohmboy's chart - I don't follow any of it - isn't there a chart that says A= ?, E = ?, etc
What's with all the E1, E2 subscripts ?
Help-the Engineers are picking on me !!!

Take off the top 9 rows and the bottom three rows of that chart and the 88 rows you'll have left correspond (from lowest to highest) with the notes on a standard piano keyboard, which typically goes from A0 to C8 (seven octaves plus a minor 3rd).

 

[John Vasco]

I see shit all about a Gibson Les Paul in this thread.

String frequencies, FFS! What next? Masturbation techniques???

 

[John B.]

I don't have the right temperament to deal with this!:spabout

 

[J T]

Yes


Why?


Are you planning on moving your frets to better locations on the fretboard?

 

[John B.]

I don't have the right temperament to deal with this!:spabout

Maybe I should get a distemper shot! :drac