APPENDIX

Detuning of equal temperament pitches to the
natural simple number ratios of the Harmonic Canon

 

ratio on
harmonic
canon
harmonic
canon
Hz
approximate
equal tempered pitch
equal
tempered
Hz
adjustment
in cents

1/2

4/7

3/5

5/8

2/3

5/7

3/4

4/5

5/6

6/7

7/8

1/1

8/7

7/6

6/5

5/4

4/3

7/5

3/2

8/5

5/3

7/4

1/1

128

146.3

153.6

160

170.66

182.9

192

204.8

213.33

219.4

224

256

292.6

298.66

307.2

320

341.33

358.4

384

409.6

426.66

448

512

C

D

Eb

E

F

Gb

G

Ab

A

A

Bb

c

d

d

eb

e

f

f#

g

ab

a

bb

c1

130.8

146.8

155.5

164.8

174.6

185

196

207.6

220

220

233.1

261.6

293.6

293.6

311.1

329.6

349.2

370

392

415.3

440

466.2

523.2

-38

-6

-22

-51

-40

-20

-36

-24

-53

-4

-69

-38

-6

+29

-22

-51

-40

-55

-36

-24

-53

-69

-38