Name of Music Notes – A B C D E F G and DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI

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Staff, Clef, and Name of Music Notes

The name of each music note is determined by its place on the staff

Music notes can be written on the lines and in the spaces of the staff.
Music notes can be written on the lines and in the spaces of the staff.

…and the music clef placed at the beginning of this staff.

Seven Notes of Music and Two Systems to Name Them

There are seven notes of music and two different systems to name the music notes: A B C D E F G and DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI.

The Syllabic Musical Notation: DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI (TI)

G Clef (Treble Clef): 17 music notes in Syllabic notation: DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI
G Clef (Treble Clef): 17 music notes in Syllabic notation: DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI. Follow this link or select the image to learn to read music notes in syllabic notation.

The origin of the syllabic notation is due to the Italian monk Guido of Arezzo (XIth century) who used the first syllables of a Latin hymn to name the music notes and is regarded as the inventor of the modern musical notation:

DO (or UT) – RE – MI – FA – SOL – LA – SI (TI)


DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI
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The Alphabetical Musical Notation: A B/H C D E F G

G Clef (Treble Clef): 17 music notes in Alphabetical notation: A B C D E F G
G Clef (Treble Clef): 17 music notes in Alphabetical notation: A B C D E F G. Follow this link or select the image to learn to read music notes in alphabetic notation.

Mainly used in Anglo Saxon countries (and so in jazz), it uses the letters of the alphabet:

A – BCDEFG


A B C D E F G
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The German Alphabetical Music Notes Notation

The German music notation uses a H and not a B (SI/TI in syllabic notation):

A – H – CDEFG

Music Notation and Countries

Syllabic musical notation is used by Italian, Portuguese, Greek, French, Russian, Flemish, Romanian, Spanish, Hebrew and Turkish people.

Alphabetical musical notation is used by Anglophone countries.

German Alphabetical notation is used in Germany, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia.

Correspondence Between the Name of Music Notes

Syllabic Alpha
betical
German
Do C C
Re D D
Mi E E
Fa F F
Sol G G
La A A
Si B H

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Music Staff (or Stave)

The music staff (or stave) is made by five parallel horizontal lines.

Clefs – Treble, Bass, Alto, Tenor

Learn about the different musical clefs and which one is used for each musical instrument.

7 Note Values (Whole Note, Half Note, Quarter Note…)

The type (shape) of musical notes (Quarter Note, Half Note, Whole Note) fixes the note values (duration).

Music Rests (Whole Rest, Half Rest…)

For each music note, there is a music rest of equivalent value.