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Musical Scales
By Harald Mueller

Robbie wrote:

>  [ We need to know the German musical scale notation because fine
>  [ street organs made in Germany are found throughout the world,
>  [ and the pipes and the "Operator's Manual" probably read "B"
>  [ instead of B-flat or A-sharp, and "H" instead of B-natural:
>  [
>  [   German:  A, B,  H, C
>  [   Italian: A, A#, B, C

The second one is English, not Italian.  Here is a list I found on the
Internet  (
http://www.lilypond.org/stable/Documentation/user/out-www/lilypond/Pitches.html#note%20name
).
It shows

* country/language/"Locale"

* names for the 7 notes of the diatonic scale and additionally (next to
last) the semi-tone above a (or la)

* the suffixes used for heightening and lowering a note by a semi-tone

  nederlands.ly  c   d   e   f   g   a   bes b   -is         -es
  english.ly     c   d   e   f   g   a   bf  b   -s/-sharp   -f/-flat
  deutsch.ly     c   d   e   f   g   a   b   h   -is         -es
  norsk.ly       c   d   e   f   g   a   b   h   -iss/-is    -ess/-es
  svenska.ly     c   d   e   f   g   a   b   h   -iss        -ess
  italiano.ly    do  re  mi  fa  sol la  sib si  -d          -b
  catalan.ly     do  re  mi  fa  sol la  sib si  -d/-s       -b
  espanol.ly     do  re  mi  fa  sol la  sib si  -s          -b

Regards

Harald M. Mueller
Grafing b. Muenchen
Germany

 [ Thanks, Harald, for the complete nomenclature.  -- Robbie


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