Use this music calculation for a precise timing, pitch, tuning, MIDI, dynamics, or audio-engineering conversion under a stated tempo and reference convention.

Scale Length Millimeters (mm)

Required number input.

Fret Number

Required number input.

Distance in millimetres from the nut to an equal-tempered fret on a string of given scale length. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Distance From Nut Millimeters (mm)

The resulting distance from nut millimeters returned as a number.

• Results depend on tuning reference, temperament, note naming, tempo map, meter, MIDI implementation, sample rate, level reference, weighting, and artistic performance. Equal temperament and ideal timing are not universal musical requirements.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Keep the reference pitch and timing grid explicit, verify against the target instrument or DAW, and use listening tests for perceptual decisions.

• Capo Transposition Fret

  Sounding equal-tempered MIDI note after placing a capo at a fret above the open-string note.

• Equal Temperament Ratio From Semitones

  Frequency ratio for a signed number of equal-tempered semitones in 12-TET.

• Frequency From MIDI Calculator

  Convert a MIDI note number to its equal-tempered frequency with A4 = 440 Hz.