Names of the Notes in Different Languages

[Mat]

allergo means fast
judy tooley

That is correct, Judy. But it is not an answer to my question, I believe...


Humbly,
Mat

[Contratrombone64]

Hi

I've got a question. Because in Poland we use capital letters to write major keys (for example F major or F-dur) and small letters for minor keys (f minor or f-moll). I'd like to know how it is in other countries? Is it the same way? Or the size of the letter is just not important??

Mat ... we do sometimes see F for major and f for minor, in fact I use this nomenclature myself, whether it's "kosher" to Australian ways I'm not sure!

We also, like the British and New Zealanders say quaver, semiquaver, minim et cetera ...

[tomato]

Hello, Mat!

In the United States, some people use upper and lower case letters for major and minor, some people always use upper case letters.

Hello, Contratrombone!

Here in Korea, the note values are called by fractions, just as they are in the United States, but translated into Korean, of course.

[C5Says]

we use 'do re mi fa so la ti do' and use 'C D E F G A B' when playing guitar or if it's chording a piano.

in rondalla (a group of stringed instruments), oftentimes the do re mi is used as opposed to reading the score so the way flats and sharps are written are as follows:

flat:
ra me se le te

sharp:
di ri fi si li

[jvhldb]

Hi

I've got a question. Because in Poland we use capital letters to write major keys (for example F major or F-dur) and small letters for minor keys (f minor or f-moll). I'd like to know how it is in other countries? Is it the same way? Or the size of the letter is just not important??

In South Africa we use capital letters for major keys and lower case for minor keys. We also use only one notatio system, C D E .....

Does anybody know where I can get a translation of the values of notes. I'm used to half note, whole note etc. My theory classes are in Afrikaans where we use these values, but I was informed this week that I'm doing the Royal School theory exams in May, in English, and they sometimes reffer to note values as quavers, brevets?? or something like that.

[Mat]

Thank you for all your responses.

Johan,

This article from Wikipedia may be of help for you. I'll let you know if I find something better.

[jvhldb]

Thank you for all your responses.

Johan,

This article from Wikipedia may be of help for you. I'll let you know if I find something better.

Thanks very much, this exactly what I needed.

[Izabella]

as I can see in Croatia is the same as in Poland although we use the so called absolute (do re mi fa so la si do ) and relative (do,re mi fa so la ti do)solmisation

[Serassi1836]

Latin names of notes were invented by Guido d'Arezzo in XI century, using a hymn where the first verse started with C, the second with D and the seventh with B

Ut queant laxis
Resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli tuorum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum
Sancte Ioannes

The starting syllables of these verses gave the name at their notes: ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la. Si (B) was introducted later, and it was taken with the initials of Sancte Ioannes (it was a hymn for St. John) In XVI century ut became do.

[Krummhorn]

Very interesting information, Serassi1836,

Although I've heard of "Guido", I never knew the complete story that you have explained so well above.

Thank You

[rojo]

Well, we know why 'Ut' was changed to 'Do', don't we?...

Because you can't sing '''Ut', a deer, a female deer...''




(Hey, I had to use that smilie; 'ut' is written right next to it in the smilie list. )

[Krummhorn]

ROFL, Rojo ... very good there ...

Now that stupid song is going through my head and I can't get rid of "ut" ...

[rojo]

Haha!

Sorry Kh; I know what that's like. You get a song stuck in your head, and you can't get it 'ut'.

[tomato]

Maybe you can drive it out with this song:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5.../doremi001.jpg

The words mean:

Do do do do, acorn tree,
Re re re re, the color of a lemon,
Mi mi mi mi, going down on a slide,
Fa fa fa fa, the wings of a bluebird,
So so so so, picking up a pinecone,
La la la la, the petals of a lilac,
Ti ti ti ti, the sound of a brook,
Do ti la so fa mi re do mi so do.

[Contratrombone64]

another bottomless pit of usless knowledge joins the MIMF team (thank goodness)

Latin names of notes were invented by Guido d'Arezzo in XI century, using a hymn where the first verse started with C, the second with D and the seventh with B

Ut queant laxis
Resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli tuorum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum
Sancte Ioannes

The starting syllables of these verses gave the name at their notes: ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la. Si (B) was introducted later, and it was taken with the initials of Sancte Ioannes (it was a hymn for St. John) In XVI century ut became do.