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Learning the Musical Alphabet


Every language has their own alphabet. And some use similar ones and even the same alphabet. Music also uses its own unique alphabet. But is easily recognizable. 

It starts on the letter A and goes until G.

Like so: A-B-C-D-E-F-G. It then repeats back to A, indefinitely.

The musical alphabet is/are the letter notes that you read in music. They are the notes that you play, and write as well. Every instrument (including voice) uses these letters and these letters/notes are all a very specific pitch/sound. And they are all very different.

You should memorize this sequence of notes/letters. It will help with reading, playing, and writing for later on.

TASK: In the task discussion area I want everyone to write at least 3 words they can make with these letters!

Task Discussion


  • EMHGAMES   Sept. 8, 2014, 4:34 p.m.

    Apple

    Banana

    Cabbage

    dalek

    echo

    fox

    grass

  • Marcelo   Aug. 22, 2014, 11:50 p.m.

    Beef.

    Cage.

    Face.

  • Jerrycho Palero   Aug. 20, 2014, 9:53 p.m.

    CABBAGE

    BAGGAGE

    FACADE

  • Swati Iyer   July 25, 2014, 9:16 a.m.

    BAG

    FAD
    CAB

    FED

    BEG

    BED

    BEAD

  • mariamaria   July 5, 2014, 4:50 p.m.

    egg

    face

    bad

  • vgmrmojo   June 6, 2014, 3:55 p.m.

    cab      bag      dab      fade     gab     edge

  • Mukul   May 29, 2014, 6:08 a.m.

    face

    fade

    bag

    egg

    ace

  • Geis   May 24, 2014, 5:47 a.m.

    BADGE

    BAD

    BAG

    CAGE

  • Audry Silva   March 13, 2014, 6:24 p.m.

    GAFE

    ADEGA

    ADAGA

    CADE

    FACA

    FACE

    BECA

  • Paddy D.   March 4, 2014, 11:32 a.m.

    I read Anna's post and it inspired me to be a little poetic, so I came up with this at first, from the perspective of 'solfeg':

    DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL-LA-TI-DO

    CAGED-DAD-EGGED-FACE-GAGGED-A-BEE-CAFE

    But something within me screamed to be more EVEN more poetic, so I had to establish new words... so I came up with the following:

    Articles in English Grammar

    A     -an English dialect for a

    DE   -a French dialect for the

    DA   -a poetic French dialect for the

    And it was with these words that the poetic inspiration, bubbling within me, came to fruition, as the following:

    DAD DA FAG... FED DE BEE... A BAD, EGG FEED

    Just 'my2cw' (my two cents worth) cheeky

  • StansSongs   Feb. 22, 2014, 5:54 a.m.

    Words I could see without reusing a letter or using a letter only once.
      Abe
      Age
      Ace
      Bad
      Cab
      Fab
      Dab
      Fad
      Gab
      Cad
      Dad
      Bad
      Bag
      fa_
      Fed
      Bed
      Beg
      Bead
      Deaf
      Fade
      Face
      Cage
      Aged
      Caged
      Edge
      Badge

  • Sohaima   Feb. 19, 2014, 12:23 p.m.

    fed

    bad

    bead

  • imdjbeng   Jan. 16, 2014, 1:39 a.m.

    bed 

    fed

    cab

  • Daniele Major Ferreira dos Santos   Dec. 2, 2013, 10:48 a.m.

    No português do Brasil:

    DICA

    FACA

    GATA

    BETA

     

     

     

  • Juan Carlos   Nov. 21, 2013, 3:30 p.m.

    GAB

    BAG

    CAD

  • Anonym   Nov. 6, 2013, 6:30 p.m.

    FADE

    AGE(D)

    ACE(D)

    FAB

  • Vigrond   Sept. 19, 2013, 7:23 p.m.

    BAD DEAD FED

  • CaitlynM   July 28, 2013, 5:15 p.m.

    FACE GAGE FADED

  • KQuinn   July 10, 2013, 5:35 p.m.

    A-B-C-D-E-F-G-(A)  [i'm presuming letters can repeat as the scale can be written as a circle of 5ths, but will add a few extras just in case)

    B-A-D-G-E

    E-D-G-E

    C-A-G-E

    F-E-E-D