82.41 Hz: the low E string of a guitar

82.41 Hz is the open sixth string of a guitar in standard tuning — the thickest string, and the lowest note on the instrument. Tuners print it rounded to two decimals; the exact equal-tempered value at A440 is 82.4069 Hz.

• Tune your low E with the guitar tuner
• All six standard-tuning frequencies

Which note 82.41 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 82.41 Hz

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

• 20.60 Hz · E0
• 41.20 Hz · E1
• 164.82 Hz · E3
• 329.64 Hz · E4
• 659.28 Hz · E5

Harmonics of 82.41 Hz

A real instrument playing 82.41 Hz also sounds whole-number multiples of it. The first eight, and the notes they fall nearest:

Period and wavelength

One cycle of 82.41 Hz lasts 12.134 milliseconds; in air at 20 °C, where sound travels at about 343 metres a second, one wavelength is 4.16 metres.

Convert another frequency

Or hold 82.41 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
• 146.83 Hz — the D string of a guitar
• 196 Hz — the G string of a guitar and a violin
• 246.94 Hz — the B string of a guitar
• 329.63 Hz — the high E string of a guitar
• 41.2 Hz — the low E string of a bass