B - "si" or "si flat"

[sasuke_10]

I'm wondering if B means "si flat" or "si". I've studied "si" as H and "si flat" as B but everyone says that B is "si". Which is the right one?

[lloyd_cdb]

To my knowledge, accidentals don't affect the naming system.  So the note association ignores the scale that it's in (if it's not a fixed system).  If it's a fixed system (so it starts on C no matter what the scale), I believe it's B no matter what. Although, it's entirely possible it's a language by language system.

[quantum]

There is a chart half way down the page that gives the equivalencies for different regions/languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note

[outin]

I'm wondering if B means "si flat" or "si". I've studied "si" as H and "si flat" as B but everyone says that B is "si". Which is the right one?

It is a bit confusing if you are used to the German system where H is used. The English speaking people refer to H as B and they refer to B as B flat.

[lloyd_cdb]

It is a bit confusing if you are used to the German system where H is used. The English speaking people refer to H as B and they refer to B as B flat.

Ah, that makes much more sense to me now.

[dendrite686]

To my knowledge, accidentals don't affect the naming system.  So the note association ignores the scale that it's in (if it's not a fixed system).  If it's a fixed system (so it starts on C no matter what the scale), I believe it's B no matter what. Although, it's entirely possible it's a language by language system.

Unless it's accidental I guess. Just kidding! By the way, I just saw Si flat and wanted to know more (I'm not studying music right now and when I did a long time ago it was like the basics). When I saw the mentioning of H, I got confused as I know there were only 7 notes and they should end with G (H is in chess as there are 8 squares). When I first saw this I was thinking doh, Ray me, fa, so... OK not that too then. Heard Si was related to European phonetics.