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Decimal expansion of the fundamental frequency of the note B4 in hertz.
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%I #13 Aug 21 2023 11:15:49

%S 4,9,3,8,8,3,3,0,1,2,5,6,1,2,4,1,1,1,8,3,0,7,5,4,5,4,1,8,5,8,8,3,8,9,

%T 8,7,1,4,2,2,6,0,8,8,8,6,7,0,1,5,4,1,7,1,5,1,3,7,8,0,2,0,0,1,8,8,4,7,

%U 7,7,6,2,4,4,8,9,7,8,9,4,8,7,1,8,6,8,6,2,1,9,9

%N Decimal expansion of the fundamental frequency of the note B4 in hertz.

%C In 12-tone equal temperament, when A4 (the fifth A on the Piano keyboard) is tuned to 440 Hz, the frequency of the note B4 (2 semitones above A4) is 440*2^(2/12) Hz = 493.9 Hz.

%H Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_key_frequencies">Piano key frequencies</a>

%H <a href="/index/Mu#music">Index entries for sequences based on music</a>

%H <a href="/index/Al#algebraic_06">Index entries for algebraic numbers, degree 6</a>

%F Equals 440 * 2^(1/6).

%e Frequencies of notes in an octave (Hz):

%e >--------------------------------------------------

%e |

%e | C4 261.6255653005... (A329207)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e >----------| C#4/Db4 277.1826309768... (A329208)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e | D4 293.6647679174... (A329209)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e >----------| D#4/Eb4 311.1269837220... (A329210)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e | E4 329.6275569128... (A329211)

%e |

%e >--------------------------------------------------

%e |

%e | F4 349.2282314330... (A329212)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e >----------| F#4/Gb4 369.9944227116... (A329213)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e | G4 391.9954359817... (A329214)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e >----------| G#4/Ab4 415.3046975799... (A329215)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e | A4 440.0000000000

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e >----------| A#4/Bb4 466.1637615180... (A329217)

%e | +---------------------------------------

%e | B4 493.8833012561... (this seq)

%e |

%e >--------------------------------------------------

%e [New layout from _Jon E. Schoenfield_, Nov 08 2019]

%t RealDigits[440 Surd[2,6],10,120][[1]] (* _Harvey P. Dale_, Oct 16 2022 *)

%o (PARI) default(realprecision, 100); 440 * 2^(1/6)

%Y See the Example section above for the fundamental frequency of some other notes.

%K nonn,easy,cons

%O 3,1

%A _Jianing Song_, Nov 08 2019