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Musical note

G5

  • G5
  • 783.99 Hz
  • MIDI 79

G5 is MIDI note 79, sounding at 783.991 Hz in equal temperament with A4 = 440 Hz. Its wavelength in air is 0.4375 m, and it sits in octave 5.

Pitch

Scientific pitch notationG5
MIDI note number79
Frequency783.9909 Hzequal temperament, A4 = 440 Hz, a convention rather than a constant
Pitch classG (7)
Octave5

As a sound wave

Wavelength in air0.4375 mat 343 m/s, dry air at 20 °C
Period1.2755 ms
Frequency one octave up1,567.982 Hzdoubling the frequency
Frequency one octave down391.995 Hz
AudibleYeshuman hearing runs roughly 20 Hz to 20 kHz and narrows with age

Intervals from here

Octave belowG4 · 392 Hz
Perfect fifth belowC5 · 523.25 Hz
Semitone belowF#5 · 739.99 Hz
Semitone aboveG#5 · 830.61 Hz
Major third aboveB5 · 987.77 Hz
Perfect fifth aboveD6 · 1,174.66 Hz
Octave aboveG6 · 1,567.98 Hz

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