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In music, a note is a symbol denoting a musical sound. In English usage, a note is also the ... might say either "the piece 'Happy Birthday to You' begins with two notes ... Musicalnote FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Signusedinmusicalnotation,apitchedsound Inmusic,anoteisasymboldenotingamusicalsound.InEnglishusage,anoteisalsothesounditself. Notescanrepresentthepitchanddurationofasoundinmusicalnotation.Anotecanalsorepresentapitchclass. Notesarethebuildingblocksofmuchwrittenmusic:discretizationsofmusicalphenomenathatfacilitateperformance,comprehension,andanalysis.[1] Thetermnotecanbeusedinbothgenericandspecificsenses:onemightsayeither"thepiece'HappyBirthdaytoYou'beginswithtwonoteshavingthesamepitch",or"thepiecebeginswithtworepetitionsofthesamenote".Intheformercase,oneusesnotetorefertoaspecificmusicalevent;inthelatter,oneusesthetermtorefertoaclassofeventssharingthesamepitch.(Seealso:Keysignaturenamesandtranslations.) ThenoteAorLa Namesofsomenotes Twonoteswithfundamentalfrequenciesinaratioequaltoanyintegerpoweroftwo(e.g.,half,twice,orfourtimes)areperceivedasverysimilar.Becauseofthat,allnoteswiththesekindsofrelationscanbegroupedunderthesamepitchclass. InEuropeanmusictheory,mostcountriesusethesolfègenamingconventiondo–re–mi–fa–sol–la–si,includingforinstanceItaly,Portugal,Spain,France,Romania,mostLatinAmericancountries,Greece,Albania,Bulgaria,Turkey,Russia,Arabic-speakingandPersian-speakingcountries.However,inEnglish-andDutch-speakingregions,pitchclassesaretypicallyrepresentedbythefirstsevenlettersoftheLatinalphabet(A,B,C,D,E,FandG).SeveralEuropeancountries,includingGermany,adoptanalmostidenticalnotation,inwhichHissubstitutedforB(seebelowfordetails).ByzantiumusedthenamesPa–Vu–Ga–Di–Ke–Zo–Ni(Πα–Βου–Γα–Δι–Κε–Ζω–Νη).[2] IntraditionalIndianmusic,musicalnotesarecalledsvarasandcommonlyrepresentedusingthesevennotes,Sa,Re,Ga,Ma,Pa,DhaandNi. Theeighthnote,oroctave,isgiventhesamenameasthefirst,buthasdoubleitsfrequency.Thenameoctaveisalsousedtoindicatethespanbetweenanoteandanotherwithdoublefrequency.Todifferentiatetwonotesthathavethesamepitchclassbutfallintodifferentoctaves,thesystemofscientificpitchnotationcombinesaletternamewithanArabicnumeraldesignatingaspecificoctave.Forexample,thenow-standardtuningpitchformostWesternmusic,440 Hz,isnameda′orA4. Therearetwoformalsystemstodefineeachnoteandoctave,theHelmholtzpitchnotationandthescientificpitchnotation. Contents 1Accidentals 212-tonechromaticscale 3Notedesignationinaccordancewithoctavename 4Writtennotes 5Notefrequency(hertz) 6Notenamesandtheirhistory 7Seealso 8References 9Bibliography 10Externallinks Accidentals[edit] Letternamesaremodifiedbytheaccidentals.Thesharpsign♯raisesanotebyasemitoneorhalf-step,andaflat♭lowersitbythesameamount.Inmoderntuningahalfstephasafrequencyratioof12√2,approximately1.0595.Theaccidentalsarewrittenafterthenotename:so,forexample,F♯representsF-sharp,B♭isB-flat,andC♮isCnatural(orC). Frequencyvspositionontrebleclef.Eachnoteshownhasafrequencyofthepreviousnotemultipliedby12√2 Additionalaccidentalsarethedouble-sharp,raisingthefrequencybytwosemitones,anddouble-flat,loweringitbythatamount. Inmusicalnotation,accidentalsareplacedbeforethenotesymbols.Systematicalterationstothesevenletteredpitchesinthescalecanbeindicatedbyplacingthesymbolsinthekeysignature,whichthenapplyimplicitlytoalloccurrencesofcorrespondingnotes.Explicitlynotedaccidentalscanbeusedtooverridethiseffectfortheremainderofabar.Aspecialaccidental,thenaturalsymbol♮,isusedtoindicateapitchunmodifiedbythealterationsinthekeysignature.Effectsofkeysignatureandlocalaccidentalsdonotaccumulate.IfthekeysignatureindicatesG♯,alocalflatbeforeaGmakesitG♭(notG♮),thoughoftenthistypeofrareaccidentalisexpressedasanatural,followedbyaflat(♮♭)tomakethisclear.Likewise(andmorecommonly),adoublesharpsignonakeysignaturewithasinglesharp♯indicatesonlyadoublesharp,notatriplesharp. Assumingenharmonicity,manyaccidentalswillcreateequivalencesbetweenpitchesthatarewrittendifferently.Forinstance,raisingthenoteBtoB♯isequaltothenoteC.Assumingallsuchequivalences,thecompletechromaticscaleaddsfiveadditionalpitchclassestotheoriginalsevenletterednotesforatotalof12(the13thnotecompletingtheoctave),eachseparatedbyahalf-step. Notesthatbelongtothediatonicscalerelevantinthecontextaresometimescalleddiatonicnotes;notesthatdonotmeetthatcriterionarethensometimescalledchromaticnotes. Anotherstyleofnotation,rarelyusedinEnglish,usesthesuffix"is"toindicateasharpand"es"(only"s"afterAandE)foraflat,e.g.,FisforF♯,GesforG♭,EsforE♭.ThissystemfirstaroseinGermanyandisusedinalmostallEuropeancountrieswhosemainlanguageisnotEnglish,Greek,oraRomancelanguage(suchasFrench,Portuguese,Spanish,Italian,andRomanian). Inmostcountriesusingthesesuffixes,theletterHisusedtorepresentwhatisBnaturalinEnglish,theletterBisusedinsteadofB♭,andHeses(i.e.,H)isusedinsteadofB(althoughBesandHesesbothdenotetheEnglishB).Dutch-speakersinBelgiumandtheNetherlandsusethesamesuffixes,butappliedthroughouttothenotesAtoG,sothatB,B♭andBhavethesamemeaningasinEnglish,althoughtheyarecalledB,Bes,andBesesinsteadofB,BflatandBdoubleflat.DenmarkalsousesH,butusesBesinsteadofHesesforB. 12-tonechromaticscale[edit] Thefollowingchartliststhenamesusedindifferentcountriesforthe12notesofachromaticscalebuiltonC.Thecorrespondingsymbolsareshownwithinparenthesis.DifferencesbetweenGermanandEnglishnotationarehighlightedinboldtypeface.AlthoughtheEnglishandDutchnamesaredifferent,thecorrespondingsymbolsareidentical. Namesofnotesinvariouslanguagesandcountries Namingconvention 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 English C Csharp(C♯) D Dsharp(D♯) E F Fsharp(F♯) G Gsharp(G♯) A Asharp(A♯) B Dflat(D♭) Eflat(E♭) Gflat(G♭) Aflat(A♭) Bflat(B♭) German[3](usedinAT,CZ,DE,DK,EE,FI,HU,NO,PL,RS,SK,SI,SE) C Cis(C♯) D Dis(D♯) E F Fis(F♯) G Gis(G♯) A Ais(A♯) H Des(D♭) Es(E♭) Ges(G♭) As(A♭) B Dutch[3](usedinNL,andsometimesinScandinaviaafterthe1990s,andIndonesia) C Cis(C♯) D Dis(D♯) E F Fis(F♯) G Gis(G♯) A Ais(A♯) B Des(D♭) Es(E♭) Ges(G♭) As(A♭) Bes(B♭) Neo-Latin[4](usedinIT,FR,ES,RO,RU,LatinAmerica,GR,IL,TR,LVandmanyothercountries)diesis/bemolleareItalianspelling do dodiesis(do♯) re rediesis(re♯) mi fa fadiesis(fa♯) sol soldiesis(sol♯) la ladiesis(la♯) si rebemolle(re♭) mibemolle(mi♭) solbemolle(sol♭) labemolle(la♭) sibemolle(si♭) Byzantine[5] Ni Nidiesis Pa Padiesis Vu Ga Gadiesis Di Didiesis Ke Kediesis Zo Pahyphesis Vuhyphesis Dihyphesis Kehyphesis Zohyphesis Japanese[6] Ha(ハ) Ei-ha(嬰ハ) Ni(ニ) Ei-ni(嬰ニ) Ho(ホ) He(ヘ) Ei-he(嬰へ) To(ト) Ei-to(嬰ト) I(イ) Ei-i(嬰イ) Ro(ロ) Hen-ni(変ニ) Hen-ho(変ホ) Hen-to(変ト) Hen-i(変イ) Hen-ro(変ロ) Indian(Hindustani)[7] Sa(सा) ReKomal(रे॒) Re(रे) GaKomal(ग॒) Ga(ग) Ma(म) MaTivra(म॑) Pa(प) DhaKomal(ध॒) Dha(ध) NiKomal(नि॒) Ni(नि) Indian(Carnatic) Sa ShuddhaRi(R1) ChatushrutiRi(R2) SadharanaGa(G2) AntaraGa(G3) ShuddhaMa(M1) PratiMa(M2) Pa ShuddhaDha(D1) ChatushrutiDha(D2) KaisikaNi(N2) KakaliNi(N3) ShuddhaGa(G1) ShatshrutiRi(R3) ShuddhaNi(N1) ShatshrutiDha(D3) Indian(Bengali)[8] Sa(সা) KomôlRe(ঋ) Re(রে) KomôlGa(জ্ঞ) Ga(গ) Ma(ম) KôṛiMa(হ্ম) Pa(প) KomôlDha(দ) Dha(ধ) KomôlNi(ণ) Ni(নি) Notedesignationinaccordancewithoctavename[edit] Seealso:Pianokeyfrequencies ThetablebelowshowseachoctaveandthefrequenciesforeverynoteofpitchclassA.Thetraditional(Helmholtz)systemcentersonthegreatoctave(withcapitalletters)andsmalloctave(withlowercaseletters).Loweroctavesarenamed"contra"(withprimesbefore),higherones"lined"(withprimesafter).Anothersystem(scientific)suffixesanumber(startingwith0,orsometimes−1).InthissystemA4isnowadaysstandardisedat440 Hz,lyingintheoctavecontainingnotesfromC4(middleC)toB4.ThelowestnoteonmostpianosisA0,thehighestC8.TheMIDIsystemforelectronicmusicalinstrumentsandcomputersusesastraightcountstartingwithnote0forC−1at8.1758 Hzuptonote127forG9at12,544 Hz. Namesofoctaves Octavenamingsystems FrequencyofA(Hz) Traditional Helmholtz Scientific MIDI subsubcontra C͵͵͵–B͵͵͵ C−1–B−1 00–11 13.75 sub-contra C͵͵–B͵͵ C0–B0 12–23 27.50 contra C͵–B͵ C1–B1 24–35 55.00 great C–B C2–B2 36–47 110.00 small c–b C3–B3 48–59 220.00 one-lined c′–b′ C4–B4 60–71 440.00 two-lined c′′–b′′ C5–B5 72–83 880.00 three-lined c′′′–b′′′ C6–B6 84–95 1760.00 four-lined c′′′′–b′′′′ C7–B7 096–107 3520.00 five-lined c′′′′′–b′′′′′ C8–B8 108–119 7040.00 six-lined c′′′′′′–b′′′′′′ C9–B9 120–127CtoG 14080.00 Writtennotes[edit] Awrittennotecanalsohaveanotevalue,acodethatdeterminesthenote'srelativeduration.Inorderofhalvingduration,theyare:doublenote(breve);wholenote(semibreve);halfnote(minim);quarternote(crotchet);eighthnote(quaver);sixteenthnote(semiquaver).;thirty-secondnote(demisemiquaver),sixty-fourthnote(hemidemisemiquaver),andhundredtwenty-eighthnote. Inascore,eachnoteisassignedaspecificverticalpositiononastaffposition(alineorspace)onthestaff,asdeterminedbytheclef.Eachlineorspaceisassignedanotename.Thesenamesarememorizedbymusiciansandallowthemtoknowataglancetheproperpitchtoplayontheirinstruments. Audioplaybackisnotsupportedinyourbrowser.Youcandownloadtheaudiofile. ThestaffaboveshowsthenotesC,D,E,F,G,A,B,Candtheninreverseorder,withnokeysignatureoraccidentals. Notefrequency(hertz)[edit] Mainarticle:Musicandmathematics Musiccanbecomposedofnotesatanyarbitraryphysicalfrequency.Sincethephysicalcausesofmusicarevibrations,theyareoftenmeasuredinhertz(Hz),with1 Hzmeaningonevibrationpersecond.Forhistoricalandotherreasons,especiallyinWesternmusic,onlytwelvenotesoffixedfrequenciesareused.Thesefixedfrequenciesaremathematicallyrelatedtoeachother,andaredefinedaroundthecentralnote,A4.Thecurrent"standardpitch"ormodern"concertpitch"forthisnoteis440 Hz,althoughthisvariesinactualpractice(seeHistoryofpitchstandards). Thenote-namingconventionspecifiesaletter,anyaccidentals,andanoctavenumber.Eachnoteisanintegernumberofhalf-stepsawayfromconcertA(A4).Letthisdistancebedenotedn.IfthenoteisaboveA4,thennispositive;ifitisbelowA4,thennisnegative.Thefrequencyofthenote(f)(assumingequaltemperament)isthen: f = 2 n 12 × 440  Hz {\displaystylef=2^{\frac{n}{12}}\times440{\text{Hz}}\,} Forexample,onecanfindthefrequencyofC5,thefirstCaboveA4.Thereare3half-stepsbetweenA4andC5(A4→A♯4→B4→C5),andthenoteisaboveA4,son=3.Thenote'sfrequencyis: f = 2 3 12 × 440  Hz ≈ 523.2  Hz {\displaystylef=2^{\frac{3}{12}}\times440{\text{Hz}}\approx523.2{\text{Hz}}} TofindthefrequencyofanotebelowA4,thevalueofnisnegative.Forexample,theFbelowA4isF4.Thereare4half-steps(A4→A♭4→G4→G♭4→F4),andthenoteisbelowA4,son=−4.Thenote'sfrequencyis: f = 2 − 4 12 × 440  Hz ≈ 349.2  Hz {\displaystylef=2^{-{\frac{4}{12}}}\times440{\text{Hz}}\approx349.2{\text{Hz}}} Finally,itcanbeseenfromthisformulathatoctavesautomaticallyyieldpowersoftwotimestheoriginalfrequency,sincenisamultipleof12(12k,wherekisthenumberofoctavesupordown),andsotheformulareducesto: f = 2 12 k 12 × 440  Hz = 2 k × 440  Hz {\displaystylef=2^{\frac{12k}{12}}\times440{\text{Hz}}=2^{k}\times440{\text{Hz}}} yieldingafactorof2.Infact,thisisthemeansbywhichthisformulaisderived,combinedwiththenotionofequally-spacedintervals. Thedistanceofanequallytemperedsemitoneisdividedinto100cents.So1200centsareequaltooneoctave–afrequencyratioof2:1.Thismeansthatacentispreciselyequalto1200√2,whichisapproximately1.000578. ForusewiththeMIDI(MusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface)standard,afrequencymappingisdefinedby: p = 69 + 12 × log 2 ⁡ f 440  Hz {\displaystylep=69+12\times\log_{2}{\frac{f}{440{\text{Hz}}}}} wherepistheMIDInotenumber(and69isthenumberofsemitonesbetweenC−1(note0)andA4).Andintheoppositedirection,toobtainthefrequencyfromaMIDInotep,theformulaisdefinedas: f = 2 p − 69 12 × 440  Hz {\displaystylef=2^{\frac{p-69}{12}}\times440{\text{Hz}}} FornotesinanA440equaltemperament,thisformuladeliversthestandardMIDInotenumber(p).Anyotherfrequenciesfillthespacebetweenthewholenumbersevenly.ThisletsMIDIinstrumentsbetunedaccuratelyinanymicrotuningscale,includingnon-westerntraditionaltunings. Notenamesandtheirhistory[edit] Musicnotationsystemshaveusedlettersofthealphabetforcenturies.The6th-centuryphilosopherBoethiusisknowntohaveusedthefirstfourteenlettersoftheclassicalLatinalphabet(theletterJdidnotexistuntilthe16thcentury), ABCDEFGHIKLMNO, tosignifythenotesofthetwo-octaverangethatwasinuseatthetime[9]andinmodernscientificpitchnotationarerepresentedas A2B2C3D3E3F3G3A3B3C4D4E4F4G4. Thoughitisnotknownwhetherthiswashisdevisingorcommonusageatthetime,thisisnonethelesscalledBoethiannotation.AlthoughBoethiusisthefirstauthorknowntousethisnomenclatureintheliterature,Ptolemywroteofthetwo-octaverangefivecenturiesbefore,callingittheperfectsystemorcompletesystem–asopposedtoother,smaller-rangenotesystemsthatdidnotcontainallpossiblespeciesofoctave(i.e.,thesevenoctavesstartingfromA,B,C,D,E,F,andG). Followingthis,therange(orcompass)ofusednoteswasextendedtothreeoctaves,andthesystemofrepeatinglettersA–Gineachoctavewasintroduced,thesebeingwrittenaslower-caseforthesecondoctave(a–g)anddoublelower-caselettersforthethird(aa–gg).Whentherangewasextendeddownbyonenote,toaG,thatnotewasdenotedusingtheGreeklettergamma(Γ).(ItisfromthisthattheFrenchwordforscale,gammederives,andtheEnglishwordgamut,from"Gamma-Ut",thelowestnoteinMedievalmusicnotation.) Theremainingfivenotesofthechromaticscale(theblackkeysonapianokeyboard)wereaddedgradually;thefirstbeingB♭,sinceBwasflattenedincertainmodestoavoidthedissonanttritoneinterval.Thischangewasnotalwaysshowninnotation,butwhenwritten,B♭(B-flat)waswrittenasaLatin,round"b",andB♮(B-natural)aGothicscript(knownasBlackletter)or"hard-edged"b.Theseevolvedintothemodernflat(♭)andnatural(♮)symbolsrespectively.Thesharpsymbolarosefromabarredb,calledthe"cancelledb". InpartsofEurope,includingGermany,theCzechRepublic,Slovakia,Poland,Hungary,Norway,Denmark,Serbia,Croatia,Slovenia,FinlandandIceland(andSwedenbeforethe1990s),theGothicbtransformedintotheletterH(possiblyforhart,Germanforhard,orjustbecausetheGothicbresembledanH).Therefore,inGermanmusicnotation,HisusedinsteadofB♮(B-natural),andBinsteadofB♭(B-flat).Occasionally,musicwritteninGermanforinternationalusewilluseHforB-naturalandBbforB-flat(withamodern-scriptlower-casebinsteadofaflatsign).SinceaBesorB♭inNorthernEurope(i.e.,aBelsewhere)isbothrareandunorthodox(morelikelytobeexpressedasHeses),itisgenerallyclearwhatthisnotationmeans. InItalian,Portuguese,Spanish,French,Romanian,Greek,Albanian,Russian,Mongolian,Flemish,Persian,Arabic,Hebrew,Ukrainian,Bulgarian,TurkishandVietnamesethenotenamesaredo–re–mi–fa–sol–la–siratherthanC–D–E–F–G–A–B.ThesenamesfollowtheoriginalnamesreputedlygivenbyGuidod'Arezzo,whohadtakenthemfromthefirstsyllablesofthefirstsixmusicalphrasesofaGregorianchantmelody"Utqueantlaxis",whichbeganontheappropriatescaledegrees.Thesebecamethebasisofthesolfègesystem.Foreaseofsinging,thenameutwaslargelyreplacedbydo(mostlikelyfromthebeginningofDominus,Lord),thoughutisstillusedinsomeplaces.Fortheseventhdegree,thenamesi(fromSancteIohannes,St.John,towhomthehymnisdedicated),thoughinsomeregionstheseventhisnamedti. ThetwonotationsystemsmostcommonlyusedtodayaretheHelmholtzpitchnotationsystemandthescientificpitchnotationsystem.Asshowninthetableabove,theybothincludeseveraloctaves,eachstartingfromCratherthanA.ThereasonisthatthemostcommonlyusedscaleinWesternmusicisthemajorscale,andthesequenceC–D–E–F–G–A–B–C(theCmajorscale)isthesimplestexampleofamajorscale.Indeed,itistheonlymajorscalethatcanbeobtainedusingnaturalnotes(thewhitekeysonthepianokeyboard)andistypicallythefirstmusicalscaletaughtinmusicschools. Inanewlydevelopedsystem,primarilyinuseintheUnitedStates,notesofscalesbecomeindependentofmusicnotation.InthissystemthenaturalsymbolsC–D–E–F–G–A–Brefertotheabsolutenotes,whilethenamesdo–re–mi–fa–so–la–tiarerelativizedandshowonlytherelationshipbetweenpitches,wheredoisthenameofthebasepitchofthescale(thetonic),reisthenameoftheseconddegree,etc.Theideaofthisso-called"movabledo,"firstsuggestedbyJohnCurweninthe19thcentury,wasfullydevelopedandinvolvedintoawholeeducationalsystembyZoltánKodályinthemiddleofthe20thcentury,whichsystemisknownastheKodálymethodorKodályconcept. Seealso[edit] Ghostnote Gracenote Musicaltone Pensato Shapenote Universalkey References[edit] ^Nattiez1990,p. 81,note9. ^SavasI.Savas(1965).ByzantineMusicinTheoryandinPractice.TranslatedbyNicholasDufault.HerculesPress. ^ab-is=sharp;-es(afterconsonant)and-s(aftervowel)=flat ^diesis=sharp;bemolle=flat ^diesis(ordiez)=sharp;hyphesis=flat ^嬰(ei)=♯(sharp);変(hen)=♭(flat) ^AccordingtoBhatkhandeNotation.Tivra=♯(sharp);Komal=♭(flat) ^AccordingtoAkarmatrikNotation(আকারমাত্রিকস্বরলিপি).Kôṛi=♯(sharp);Komôl=♭(flat) ^Boethius,GottfriedFriedlein [de](editor).Deinstitutionemusica:textattheInternationalMusicScoreLibraryProject.BookIV,chapter14,p.341. Bibliography[edit] Nattiez,Jean-Jacques(1990)[1987].MusicandDiscourse:TowardaSemiologyofMusic[Musicologiegénéraleetsémiologie].TranslatedbyCarolynAbbate.ISBN 0-691-02714-5. Externallinks[edit] WikimediaCommonshasmediarelatedtoMusicalnotes. 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