246.94 Hz: the B string of a guitar

246.94 Hz is the open second string of a guitar in standard tuning, a major third above the G string. With the high E, it is one of the two plain strings that drift out of tune fastest.

• Tune your B string with the guitar tuner
• All six standard-tuning frequencies

Which note 246.94 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 246.94 Hz

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

• 30.87 Hz · B0
• 61.73 Hz · B1
• 123.47 Hz · B2
• 493.88 Hz · B4
• 987.76 Hz · B5
• 1975.5 Hz · B6

Harmonics of 246.94 Hz

A real instrument playing 246.94 Hz also sounds whole-number multiples of it. The first eight, and the notes they fall nearest:

Period and wavelength

One cycle of 246.94 Hz lasts 4.050 milliseconds; in air at 20 °C, where sound travels at about 343 metres a second, one wavelength is 1.39 metres.

Convert another frequency

Or hold 246.94 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

• 196 Hz — the G string of a guitar and a violin
• 329.63 Hz — the high E string of a guitar
• 146.83 Hz — the D string of a guitar