Martin Escardo on Nostr: writes "We give the notes letter names. [...] A,B,C,D,E,F,G" Thanks for the nice ...

writes "We give the notes letter names. [...] A,B,C,D,E,F,G"

Thanks for the nice thread.

I think I've already said this here a few years ago. I find it very difficult to get used to use "A,B,C,D,E,F,G" automatically without thinking. I grew up playing musical instruments with "do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si" corresponding to "C,D,E,F,G,A,B".

Question. I know the origins of the two notational systems. But why does one start with "A/la" and the other with "do/C"?

You kind of mention this in (5/n).

But when did this actually occur?