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.

How to write notes in different languages

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
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
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
Swedish	C	Ciss Dess	D	Diss Ess	E	F	Fiss Gess	G	Giss Ass	A	Aiss Bess	H

English system

The English system below is commonly understood internationally: