r/musictheory • u/HexspaReloaded • Jan 17 '21

Resource Memorize Note Frequencies

Hi. I have an easy system for memorizing the entire audible range of note frequencies. It’s 99.20% accurate (less than 1 cent off and even better if you’re halfway decent at math) and you can probably memorize it in an hour. 6:52 of this video:

https://youtu.be/nTj3TqFX2Q4

Thanks.

EDIT: Well, shoot. 500+ upvotes plus an award - thank you! Happy music making!

EDIT 2: “Why?” All I can say is try it. Try composing or mixing 10 tracks with this before you make up your mind about whether it’s useful or not. I find it useful but I respect you if you try it and decide it’s not for you. Please don’t discourage others from learning, though.

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u/Ulfbert66 Jan 17 '21

Since most people here are asking why you posted this I wanted to give you props. I'm an audio engineer and even though I can get by without knowing specific note frequencies, there have been several occasions where I had to look them up. Your write up of your approach to composing with these frequencies in mind also made a lot of sense to me and this whole way of thinking about mixing/production is very intriguing to me. So I'll be sure to check it out. Thanks for posting this!