Language/Multiple-languages/Vocabulary/Musical-Notes-in-Many-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 solfège do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si while in some other countries each note is named with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, B.
In the table below, you will learn the system used for several conventions.
European
This is C major, the most common mode for the piano, the only mode that doesn't require sharps and flats (Ionian).
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 |
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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 | do dièse,
ré bémol |
ré | ré dièse,
mi bémol |
mi | fa | fa dièse,
sol bémol |
sol | sol dièse,
la bémol |
la | la dièse,
si bémol |
si |
German | C | Cis,
Des |
D | Dis,
Es |
E | F | Fis,
Ges |
G | Gis,
As |
A | Ais,
B |
H |
Italian | 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 |
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 | 올림다,
내림라 |
라 | 올림라,
내림마 |
마 | 바 | 올림바,
내림사 |
사 | 올림사,
내림가 |
가 | 올림가,
내림나 |
나 |
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 | ντο δίεση,
ρε ύφεση |
ρε | ρε δίεση,
μι ύφεση |
μι | φα | φα δίεση,
σολ ύφεση |
σολ | σολ δίεση,
λα ύφεση |
λα | λα δίεση,
σι ύφεση |
σι |
Polish | C | Cis,
Des |
D | Dis,
Es |
E | F | Fis,
Ges |
G | Gis,
As |
A | Ais,
B |
H |
Portuguese | dó | dó sustenido,
ré bemol |
ré | ré sustenido,
mi bemol |
mi | fá | fá sustenido,
sol bemol |
sol | sol sustenido,
lá bemol |
lá | lá sustenido,
si bemol |
si |
Russian | до | до-диез,
ре-бемоль |
ре | ре-диез,
ми-бемоль |
ми | фа | фа-диез,
соль-бемоль |
соль | соль-диез,
ля-бемоль |
ля | ля-диез,
си-бемоль |
си |
Spanish | do | do sostenido,
re bemol |
re | re sostenido,
mi bemol |
mi | fa | fa sostenido,
sol bemol |
sol | sol sostenido,
la bemol |
la | la sostenido,
si bemol |
si |
Swedish | C | Ciss,
Dess |
D | Diss,
Ess |
E | F | Fiss,
Gess |
G | Giss,
Ass |
A | Aiss,
Bess |
H |
Chinese
Chinese | 黃鐘
(ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ) |
大呂
(ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄩˇ) |
太簇
(ㄊㄞˋ ㄘㄨˋ) |
夾鐘
(ㄐㄧㄚˊ ㄓㄨㄥ) |
姑洗
(ㄍㄨ ㄒㄧㄢˇ) |
仲呂
(ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄌㄩˇ) |
蕤賓
(ㄖㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄧㄣ) |
林鐘
(ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄥ) |
夷則
(ㄧˊ ㄗㄜˊ) |
南呂
(ㄋㄢˊ ㄌㄩˇ) |
無射
(ㄨˊ ㄧˋ) |
應鐘
(ㄧㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Japanese | 壹越
(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
(황종) |
大呂
(대려) |
太簇
(태주) |
夾鐘
(협종) |
姑洗
(고선) |
仲呂
(중려) |
蕤賓
(유빈) |
林鐘
(임종) |
夷則
(이칙) |
南呂
(남려) |
無射
(무역) |
應鐘
(응종) |
Chinese | 上 | 尺 | 工 | 凡 | 六 | 五 | 乙 |
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Indian
Bengali | সা | ঋ | রে | জ্ঞ | গ | ম | হ্ম | প | দ | ধ | ণ | নি |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hindi | सा | रे॒ | रे | ग॒ | ग | म | म॑ | प | ध॒ | ध | नि॒ | नि |
Tamil | ஸ | ரி1 | ரி2,
க1 |
ரி3,
க2 |
க3 | ம1 | ம2 | ப | த1 | த2,
நி1 |
த3,
நி2 |
நி3 |
Indonesian
Balinese | ᭦ | ᭡ | ᭢ | ᭨ | ᭣ | ᭤ | ᭩ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Javanese | ꦗꦶ | ꦫꦺꦴ | ꦭꦸ | ꦥ꧀ | ꦩ | ꦤꦼꦀ | ꦥꦶ |
Balinese | ᭦ | ᭡ | ᭢ | ᭣ | ᭤ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Javanese | ꦗꦶ | ꦫꦺꦴ | ꦭꦸ | ꦩ | ꦤꦼꦀ |
ꦫꦺꦴ | ꦭꦸ | ꦩ | ꦤꦼꦀ | ꦥꦶ | |
Sundanese | ᮓ | ᮙᮤ | ᮔ | ᮒᮤ | ᮜ |