h5

English translation: b5

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German term or phrase:h5
English translation:b5
Entered by: Becca Resnik

21:33 Jul 14, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Music
German term or phrase: h5
This is in a user manual for a synthesizer. I see that the range they're referring to are frequencies corresponding to equal-tempered tuning: https://charlesames.net/sound/tuning.html
The '1' in 'C1' is subscript, and the '5' in 'h5' is superscript. 'C1' is the note corresponding to that frequency, but while the 'h5' value has a corresponding entry in the table, what would 'h5' mean? 'H' isn't a note.

Der Tongenerator liefert mäanderförmige Tonfrequenzspannungen in einem Bereich von 8 Oktaven (temperierte Stimmung) von C1 = 32,7 Hz ... h5 = 7902,1 Hz.
Becca Resnik
United States
Local time: 03:10
b5
Explanation:
On the contrary, "h" is a note in German.
In German "b" is equivalent to "Bb" (b flat) in English
"h" is the same as "b"
Ever heard of Bach's "Prelude and Fuge in H moll"
(Prelude and Fuge in B minor)?

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Note added at 16 mins (2020-07-14 21:50:25 GMT)
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During my 40 years in Germany I played in Big Bands and Community Bands for 30 years as a passionate amateur musician, so I have a lot of experience with German music terminology.
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Richard Stephen
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2b5
Richard Stephen
Summary of reference entries provided
Die Tonleiter auf Deutsch
Johannes Gleim
Pitch to Frequency Mappings
Chris Pr

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b5


Explanation:
On the contrary, "h" is a note in German.
In German "b" is equivalent to "Bb" (b flat) in English
"h" is the same as "b"
Ever heard of Bach's "Prelude and Fuge in H moll"
(Prelude and Fuge in B minor)?

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Note added at 16 mins (2020-07-14 21:50:25 GMT)
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During my 40 years in Germany I played in Big Bands and Community Bands for 30 years as a passionate amateur musician, so I have a lot of experience with German music terminology.

Richard Stephen
United States
Local time: 01:10
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Thank you to all! Everyone's support is truly appreciated.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karin Redclift
2 mins
  -> Thanx, Karin

agree  Johannes Gleim: The 5th octave of h.
12 mins
  -> Thanx, Johannes
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Reference comments


28 mins
Reference: Die Tonleiter auf Deutsch

Reference information:
C-Dur: C-D-E-F-G-A-H-C

D-Dur: D-E-Fis-G-A-H-Cis-D

Die leitereigenen Töne von C-Dur heißen auch Stammtöne und entsprechen den weißen Tasten auf einer Klaviatur.

Auf einer Klaviatur sind den schwarzen Tasten „erhöhte“ oder „erniedrigte“ leitereigene Töne zugeordnet. Im deutschen Sprachraum werden sie erhöht Cis, Dis, Fis, Gis und Ais genannt und erniedrigt Des, Es, Ges, As und B. In anderen Kulturräumen werden die Töne mit anderen Namen bezeichnet
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonleiter

Johannes Gleim
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Native speaker of: German
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4 hrs
Reference: Pitch to Frequency Mappings

Reference information:
http://peabody.sapp.org/class/st2/lab/notehz/

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Note added at 4 hrs (2020-07-15 01:52:45 GMT)
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Or better still...

http://www.michalkaszczyszyn.com/en/lessons/notes.html

Chris Pr
United Kingdom
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