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Dave Kobrenski

Dave Kobrenski in Resources, Reference-Charts

Mar 16 2015 …

code resource physics

Recently, I came across the need to reference a chart of musical notes and their frequencies, for the purpose of calculating the wavelengths of certain notes, and realized there wasn’t a great tool out there to do this automatically. So, I created a multi-dimensional PHP array so that I could access this data, loop through it, and make whatever calculations I needed to.

Below is the resulting Gist, and it is available to use freely in your own projects.

I used this PHP array to generate a handy reference table of musical frequencies and wavelengths, available here.

More info about the topic of Musical Frequencies at this Wikipedia entry.

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About the Author

About the Author

Dave Kobrenski is a musician, artist, author, and performer. Between 2001 and 2016, he traveled extensively in West Africa to study music with master musicians such as Famoudou Konaté, Nansady Keita, Sayon Camara, and other musicians of the region. He studies the African flute with a master of the Malinké flute tradition, Lanciné Condé.

Dave plays the Fulani flute, kamale ngoni (10-string Mande harp), djembe, balafon, and guitar, and currently performs with the Donkilo! Afro Funk Orkestra, as well as with Sayon Camara and Landaya, and various other groups.

Dave is the author of the book, Djoliba Crossing: Journeys into West African Music and Culture.