“The Musical Alphabet” is very small in comparison to the normal alphabet. In music, there are only seven names for notes:

• A,
• B,
• C,
• D,
• E,
• F, and
• G;

whereas the English alphabet contains 26 letters.

This is due to the note sounds being repeated at different pitches. For example, “A” sounds like this note:

However, it also sounds like these notes too:

They all sound the same, right? However, some sound lower and some sound higher.

We only use 7 note names as only 7 different note sounds can be heard, they’re just heard at higher or lower pitches.

This rule applies to all of the letters stated above, and it explains why there are only 7 letters used in music. However, there are a further 5 notes in between A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, which allow you to play chromatic scales. To find out about these, other names for notes, and octaves: keep reading…

References:

https://www.yamaha-keyboard-guide.com/images/musical-alphabet-notes.png

http://www.ars-nova.com/Theory%20Q&A/Q104.html

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