In search of a fun code? Try the musical alphabet. The following list of words can be rendered as musical notes, A to H. Although most of the world uses only the letters A to G for musical note names, in Germany, Scandinavia, and a few other places, it is common to use H to mean B natural and B for B flat. This practice grew out of the 10th-century custom of using separate noteheads for B flat (round) and B natural (square). By J. S. Bach’s time, the shapes had become replaced with the B and H note shapes and then simply the note names, used with what we now consider to be the standard shapes. Bach and many of his fans (including Harold Schoenberg, Alfred Schnittke, Robert Schumann, and some composers whose last names don’t begin with S) famously took advantage of the B/H naming distinction, sneaking the “Bach motif” (Bb A C B-natural) into various compositions.
American musicians typically don’t follow this B/H practice, in casual parlance, except when engaging in similar musical/wordplay.
So, here’s a list of words you can spell solely with note names (including H), including a handful of proper nouns and even a couple of abbreviations.
a
aa
AA
aah
aahed
ab
aba
abaca
abb
abba
ABBA
abbe
Abe
abed
accede
acceded
ace
aced
ach
ache
ached
ad
adage
add
ae
aff
ag
aga
age
aged
agee
agha
ah
aha
ahead
ba
baa
baaed
baba
babe
bac
bacca
Bach
bach
bacha
bached
bad
bade
badge
badged
baff
baffed
bag
bagged
bah
BBC
be
Bea
beach
beached
bead
beaded
bed
bedded
bedhead
bee
beech
beef
beefed
beg
begged
begad
behead
cab
cabbed
cabbage
cabbaged
cabbed
caca
cache
cached
cad
cade
cadge
cadged
cafe
caff
cage
caged
cede
ceded
cee
cha-cha
cha-cha-cha
chad
chafe
chafed
chaff
chaffed
chebec
Cheech
chef
da
dab
dabbed
dace
dacha
dad
dada
da-dah
dae
daff
daffed
dag
dah
de
dead
deaf
deb
debag
decade
decaf
dee
deed
Dee-Dee
deeded
def
deface
defaced
each
ebb
ebbed
ecce
eche
eched
Ed
edge
edged
edh
eee
eech
ef
eff
efface
effaced
effed
egad
egg
egghead
eh
fa
faa
fab
facade
face
faced
fad
fade
faded
fadge
fadged
fag
fah
fe
fed
fee
feeb
feed
feedbag
feh
gab
gabba
gabbed
gad
gae
gaed
gaff
gaffe
gaffed
gag
gagged
ged
gee
geed
ghee
ha
haaf
had
hade
haded
hae
haed
hag
hah
ha-ha
he
head
headache
headed
hebe
hedge
hedged
heed
heeded
In search of a fun code? Try the musical alphabet. The following list of words can be rendered as musical notes, A to H. Although most of the world uses only the letters A to G for musical note names, in Germany, Scandinavia, and a few other places, it is common to use H to mean B natural and B for B flat. This practice grew out of the 10th-century custom of using separate noteheads for B flat (round) and B natural (square). By J. S. Bach’s time, the shapes had become replaced with the B and H note shapes and then simply the note names, used with what we now consider to be the standard shapes. Bach and many of his fans (including Harold Schoenberg, Alfred Schnittke, Robert Schumann, and some composers whose last names don’t begin with S) famously took advantage of the B/H naming distinction, sneaking the “Bach motif” (Bb A C B-natural) into various compositions.
American musicians typically don’t follow this B/H practice, in casual parlance, except when engaging in similar musical/wordplay.
So, here’s a list of words you can spell solely with note names (including H), including a handful of proper nouns and even a couple of abbreviations.
a
aa
AA
aah
aahed
ab
aba
abaca
abb
abba
ABBA
abbe
Abe
abed
accede
acceded
ace
aced
ach
ache
ached
ad
adage
add
ae
aff
ag
aga
age
aged
agee
agha
ah
aha
ahead
ba
baa
baaed
baba
babe
bac
bacca
Bach
bach
bacha
bached
bad
bade
badge
badged
baff
baffed
bag
bagged
bah
BBC
be
Bea
beach
beached
bead
beaded
bed
bedded
bedhead
bee
beech
beef
beefed
beg
begged
begad
behead
cab
cabbed
cabbage
cabbaged
cabbed
caca
cache
cached
cad
cade
cadge
cadged
cafe
caff
cage
caged
cede
ceded
cee
cha-cha
cha-cha-cha
chad
chafe
chafed
chaff
chaffed
chebec
Cheech
chef
da
dab
dabbed
dace
dacha
dad
dada
da-dah
dae
daff
daffed
dag
dah
de
dead
deaf
deb
debag
decade
decaf
dee
deed
Dee-Dee
deeded
def
deface
defaced
each
ebb
ebbed
ecce
eche
eched
Ed
edge
edged
edh
eee
eech
ef
eff
efface
effaced
effed
egad
egg
egghead
eh
fa
faa
fab
facade
face
faced
fad
fade
faded
fadge
fadged
fag
fah
fe
fed
fee
feeb
feed
feedbag
feh
gab
gabba
gabbed
gad
gae
gaed
gaff
gaffe
gaffed
gag
gagged
ged
gee
geed
ghee
ha
haaf
had
hade
haded
hae
haed
hag
hah
ha-ha
he
head
headache
headed
hebe
hedge
hedged
heed
heeded
In search of a fun code? Try the musical alphabet. The following list of words can be rendered as musical notes, A to H. Although most of the world uses only the letters A to G for musical note names, in Germany, Scandinavia, and a few other places, it is common to use H to mean B natural and B for B flat. This practice grew out of the 10th-century custom of using separate noteheads for B flat (round) and B natural (square). By J. S. Bach’s time, the shapes had become replaced with the B and H note shapes and then simply the note names, used with what we now consider to be the standard shapes. Bach and many of his fans (including Harold Schoenberg, Alfred Schnittke, Robert Schumann, and some composers whose last names don’t begin with S) famously took advantage of the B/H naming distinction, sneaking the “Bach motif” (Bb A C B-natural) into various compositions.
American musicians typically don’t follow this B/H practice, in casual parlance, except when engaging in similar musical/wordplay.
So, here’s a list of words you can spell solely with note names (including H), including a handful of proper nouns and even a couple of abbreviations.
a
aa
AA
aah
aahed
ab
aba
abaca
abb
abba
ABBA
abbe
Abe
abed
accede
acceded
ace
aced
ach
ache
ached
ad
adage
add
ae
aff
ag
aga
age
aged
agee
agha
ah
aha
ahead
ba
baa
baaed
baba
babe
bac
bacca
Bach
bach
bacha
bached
bad
bade
badge
badged
baff
baffed
bag
bagged
bah
BBC
be
Bea
beach
beached
bead
beaded
bed
bedded
bedhead
bee
beech
beef
beefed
beg
begged
begad
behead
cab
cabbed
cabbage
cabbaged
cabbed
caca
cache
cached
cad
cade
cadge
cadged
cafe
caff
cage
caged
cede
ceded
cee
cha-cha
cha-cha-cha
chad
chafe
chafed
chaff
chaffed
chebec
Cheech
chef
da
dab
dabbed
dace
dacha
dad
dada
da-dah
dae
daff
daffed
dag
dah
de
dead
deaf
deb
debag
decade
decaf
dee
deed
Dee-Dee
deeded
def
deface
defaced
each
ebb
ebbed
ecce
eche
eched
Ed
edge
edged
edh
eee
eech
ef
eff
efface
effaced
effed
egad
egg
egghead
eh
fa
faa
fab
facade
face
faced
fad
fade
faded
fadge
fadged
fag
fah
fe
fed
fee
feeb
feed
feedbag
feh
gab
gabba
gabbed
gad
gae
gaed
gaff
gaffe
gaffed
gag
gagged
ged
gee
geed
ghee
ha
haaf
had
hade
haded
hae
haed
hag
hah
ha-ha
he
head
headache
headed
hebe
hedge
hedged
heed
heeded
In search of a fun code? Try the musical alphabet. The following list of words can be rendered as musical notes, A to H. Although most of the world uses only the letters A to G for musical note names, in Germany, Scandinavia, and a few other places, it is common to use H to mean B natural and B for B flat. This practice grew out of the 10th-century custom of using separate noteheads for B flat (round) and B natural (square). By J. S. Bach’s time, the shapes had become replaced with the B and H note shapes and then simply the note names, used with what we now consider to be the standard shapes. Bach and many of his fans (including Harold Schoenberg, Alfred Schnittke, Robert Schumann, and some composers whose last names don’t begin with S) famously took advantage of the B/H naming distinction, sneaking the “Bach motif” (Bb A C B-natural) into various compositions.
American musicians typically don’t follow this B/H practice, in casual parlance, except when engaging in similar musical/wordplay.
So, here’s a list of words you can spell solely with note names (including H), including a handful of proper nouns and even a couple of abbreviations.
a
aa
AA
aah
aahed
ab
aba
abaca
abb
abba
ABBA
abbe
Abe
abed
accede
acceded
ace
aced
ach
ache
ached
ad
adage
add
ae
aff
ag
aga
age
aged
agee
agha
ah
aha
ahead
ba
baa
baaed
baba
babe
bac
bacca
Bach
bach
bacha
bached
bad
bade
badge
badged
baff
baffed
bag
bagged
bah
BBC
be
Bea
beach
beached
bead
beaded
bed
bedded
bedhead
bee
beech
beef
beefed
beg
begged
begad
behead
cab
cabbed
cabbage
cabbaged
caca
cache
cached
cad
cade
cadge
cadged
cafe
caff
cage
caged
cede
ceded
cee
cha-cha
cha-cha-cha
chad
chafe
chafed
chaff
chaffed
chebec
Cheech
chef
da
dab
dabbed
dace
dacha
dad
dada
da-dah
dae
daff
daffed
dag
dah
de
dead
deaf
deb
debag
decade
decaf
dee
deed
Dee-Dee
deeded
def
deface
defaced
each
ebb
ebbed
ecce
eche
eched
Ed
edge
edged
edh
eee
eech
ef
eff
efface
effaced
effed
egad
egg
egghead
eh
fa
faa
fab
facade
face
faced
fad
fade
faded
fadge
fadged
fag
fah
fe
fed
fee
feeb
feed
feedbag
feh
gab
gabba
gabbed
gad
gae
gaed
gaff
gaffe
gaffed
gag
gagged
ged
gee
geed
ghee
ha
haaf
had
hade
haded
hae
haed
hag
hah
ha-ha
he
head
headache
headed
hebe
hedge
hedged
heed
heeded
