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 DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA, SI while in some other countries each note is named with a letter C, D, E, F, G, A, B.

12-tone chromatic scale

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

Feel free to add more languages in the table below (by editing this wiki page):

Bengali	সা	ঋ	রে	জ্ঞ	গ	ম	হ্ম	প	দ	ধ	ণ	নি
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
Hindi	सा	रे॒	रे	ग॒	ग	म	म॑	प	ध॒	ध	नि॒	नि
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
Korean	다 도		라 레		마 미	바 파		사 솔		가 라		나 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		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