Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Musical-Notes-in-Many-Languages

How to write musical notes in different languages

Music is also said to be a language on its own.

In most of the romance language speaking countries (Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, etc.) music notes are named with pitch names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si while in some other countries each note is named with solfège C, D, E, F, G, A, B.

In the table below, you will learn the system used for several conventions.

Western chromatic scale

This is C major, the most common mode, the only mode that doesn't require sharps and flats.

Bengali	সা	ঋ	রে	জ্ঞ	গ	ম	হ্ম	প	দ	ধ	ণ	নি
Chinese
Dutch	C	Cis Des	D	Dis Es	E	F	Fis Ges	G	Gis As	A	Ais Bes	B
English	C	C-sharp D-flat	D	D-sharp E-flat	E	F	F sharp G flat	G	G sharp A flat	A	A sharp B flat	B
French	do		ré		mi	fa		sol		la		si
German	C	Cis Des	D	Dis Es	E	F	Fis Ges	G	Gis As	A	Ais B	H
Japanese	ハ	嬰ハ 変ニ	ニ	嬰ニ 変ホ	ホ	ヘ	嬰へ 変ト	ト	嬰ト 変イ	イ	嬰イ 変ロ	ロ
	ド		レ		ミ	ファ		ソル		ラ		シ
Korean	다		라		마	바		사		가		나
	도		레		미	파		솔		라		시
Latin	do	do diesis re bemolle	re	re diesis mi bemolle	mi	fa	fa diesis sol bemolle	sol	sol diesis la bemolle	la	la diesis si bemolle	si
Modern Greek	ντο		ρε		μι	φα		σολ		λα		σι
Portuguese	dó		ré		mi	fá		sol		lá		si
Russian	до	до-дие́з	ре		ми	фа		соль		ля		си
Swedish	C	Ciss Dess	D	Diss Ess	E	F	Fiss Gess	G	Giss Ass	A	Aiss Bess	H
Thai	โด		เร		มี	ฟา		ซอล		ลา		ที

Chinese chromatic scale

Chinese	黃鐘	大呂	太簇	夾鐘	姑洗	仲呂	蕤賓	林鐘	夷則	南呂	無射	應鐘
Japanese	壱越	断金	平調	勝絶	下無	双調	鳧鐘	黄鐘	鸞鏡	盤渉	神仙	上無
Korean	黃鍾	大呂	太簇	夾鐘	姑洗	仲呂	蕤賓	林鐘	夷則	南呂	無射	應鐘

Indian chromatic scale

Hindi	सा	रे॒	रे	ग॒	ग	म	म॑	प	ध॒	ध	नि॒	नि