146.83 Hz: the D string of a guitar

146.83 Hz is the open fourth string of a guitar in standard tuning, a perfect fourth above the A string. Drop D tuning takes the sixth string down to the same note an octave lower.

• Tune your D string with the guitar tuner
• Drop D tuning

Which note 146.83 Hz is at other reference pitches

“In tune” depends on what A4 is tuned to, so the same frequency is a slightly different distance from the nearest note in each tuning.

Octaves of 146.83 Hz

Doubling a frequency raises it an octave and halving lowers it one, so these all have the same note name.

• 18.35 Hz · D0
• 36.71 Hz · D1
• 73.42 Hz · D2
• 293.66 Hz · D4
• 587.32 Hz · D5
• 1174.6 Hz · D6

Harmonics of 146.83 Hz

A real instrument playing 146.83 Hz also sounds whole-number multiples of it. The first eight, and the notes they fall nearest:

Period and wavelength

One cycle of 146.83 Hz lasts 6.811 milliseconds; in air at 20 °C, where sound travels at about 343 metres a second, one wavelength is 2.34 metres.

Convert another frequency

Or hold 146.83 Hz as a steady tone, sweep from it, or beat it against a second tone in the tone generator. The note frequency chart lists every note from C0 to B8.

Frequently asked questions

Related frequencies

• 110 Hz — the A string of a guitar
• 196 Hz — the G string of a guitar and a violin
• 82.41 Hz — the low E string of a guitar