Harmonics chart for bass

Hyper-sloth

Hyper-sloth

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Hey all, I made a simple image with all the harmonics across the fretboard, and decided to share. Please let me know of any errors. I got the info from Adam Novick's book:
Amazon.com: Buying Choices: Harmonics for Electric Bass

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Note that the 7th harmonic (i.e., the "F" on the G string) is quite flat (31 cents flat) with respect to equal temperament. Right on the 2nd fret (and also between frets 4 and 5), you have a 9th harmonic (i.e., A on G string); it can be played quite well with the bow on DB, but is not easy to get cleanly on BG.
 
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Papageno said:
Note that the 7th harmonic (i.e., the "F" on the G string) is quite flat (31 cents flat) with respect to equal temperament. Right on the 2nd fret (and also between frets 4 and 5), you have a 9th harmonic (i.e., A on G string); it can be played quite well with the bow on DB, but is not easy to get cleanly on BG.
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968.8 cents for the 7th Harmonic. If you have the log10 function on a calc, the formula is (Log10(7/4)x3986.3137=968.8 cents. Flat by 31ish cents compared to ET, as you point out.
The 9th Harmonic is sharp by 3.9 cents compared to the ET major 2nd at 203.9 cents (Log10(9/8)x3986.3137=203.8 cents.
ET major second (Log10(1.059463)x(3986.3137)x2=199.99 or 200 cents
You prob know this stuff anyhow. But thought I'd throw in how cents are calculated for those not up to speed. Or at least one way of doing it.
 
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Prodigus Filius said:
968.8 cents for the 7th Harmonic. If you have the log10 function on a calc, the formula is (Log10(7/4)x3986.3137=968.8 cents. Flat by 31ish cents compared to ET, as you point out.
The 9th Harmonic is sharp by 3.9 cents compared to the ET major 2nd at 203.9 cents (Log10(9/8)x3986.3137=203.8 cents.
ET major second (Log10(1.059463)x(3986.3137)x2=199.99 or 200 cents
You prob know this stuff anyhow. But thought I'd throw in how cents are calculated for those not up to speed. Or at least one way of doing it.
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That’s killer info. Thanks!
 
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Papageno said:
Right on the 2nd fret (and also between frets 4 and 5), you have a 9th harmonic (i.e., A on G string); it can be played quite well with the bow on DB, but is not easy to get cleanly on BG.
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My Steinberger and Modulus basses say "hold my beer"
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btw, gonna give a shout-out to my old buddy from the conservatory Jonathan Dimond, who wrote this excellent tutorial on how to notate harmonics on the bass:
 

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