Excuse me, what the fork?

It's musical notes.

@filthyranter but...excuse me, what the fork? Aren't nutes all the same in all countries? If someone composed something, it works in all countries.

@RootPixl They are called differently. On a sheet, all are the same shapes, but

German: CDEFGAHC
Several others: CDEFGABC
Latin: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti

@filthyranter French uses the Latin version, though :p

@RootPixl and no, there are note systems other than what's used in western music. Western music sounds dissonant to some musicians who are not used to it and vice versa.

@filthyranter that makes waaaay more sense

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@filthyranter a quick correction/extension, as a musician I feel involved and is also nice to know:

Latin notes are Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si and have been chosen from the first syllables of and old hymn (Do was Ut in the past and was changes but can't remember why):

UT queant laxis / REsonare fibris / MIra gestorum / FAmuli tuorum / SOLve polluti / LAbii reatum / Sancte Iohannes
Literally: so that your servants can sing with free voices about the wonder of your actions, free their unworthy lips from sin, saint Johannes.

So romantic...

The English notation is more straightforward, piano keyboards start with the note A (La) as their first key, so they called them in order from A (La) to G (Sol) and repeat. Don't know why german use H instead of B though 🤔

@michezio Germans use H because some fucktard who saw the correct one couldn't read the "b" as such, but misread it as an "h".

@michezio That's quite an interesting story, I had no idea! Thank you

@filthyranter Ah, Germans, always the funny ones, eh

@filthyranter seems like that's just inaccurate: https://music.stackexchange.com/que...

Also remember that before people began to use equal temperament, there were fewer usable keys.

In Sweden there is the classic school, and the modern. In classic, B=Bb, and H=B...

@michezio oh, thank ya!

@electrineer Hah, that's just the official explanation!