Re: H vs. B in German musical alphabet #952200 01:28 AM Joined: Posts: 14 Germany D Deutsch OP Junior Member OP Deutsch Junior Member D Joined: Posts: 14 Germany Bachophile -- I think I had heard that once before, but had forgotten. (It probably didn't make any sense to me at the time.) Thanks for the reminder.



Mozart -- We were just discussing that the other day at a party. Somebody mentioned that Italy used Solfege, as do other European countries. (Is it really "Si" - not "Ti" in Italy, or was that a typo?) Unfortunately, I never learned it well enough to teach it. My son (who attends Juilliard) is having to learn it now. Said that everyone else in his ear-training class is working on their ear (his is already excellent) while he is working on his solfege, which he's never studied before.



Now I'm wondering if any place other than the US uses ABCDEFG.



Also curious if anyone knows the history of why the Germans use the H and B that way? (Why does the B-flat have a letter designation, when all the other flats have "-es"?)

