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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.
European chromatic scale
This is C major, the most common mode for the piano, the only mode that doesn't require sharps and flats.
Bengali | সা | ঋ | রে | জ্ঞ | গ | ম | হ্ম | প | দ | ধ | ণ | নি |
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Chinese | C | 升C
降D |
D | 升D
降E |
E | F | 升F
降G |
G | 升G
降A |
A | 升A
降B |
B |
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
(いちこつ) |
断金
(たんぎん) |
平調
(ひょうじょう) |
勝絶
(しょうぜつ) |
下無
(しもむ) |
双調
(そうじょう) |
鳧鐘
(ふしょう) |
黄鐘
(おうしき) |
鸞鏡
(らんけい) |
盤渉
(ばんしき) |
神仙
(しんせん) |
上無
(かみむ) |
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 |
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