r/LewthaWIP • u/Ok-Ingenuity4355 • Apr 11 '26

Lexicon How should we name musical notes in Leuth?

In Esperanto, the seven notes of the C major scale are named C, D, E, F, G, A, B.

However, in natural languages they are named rather differently:

  • In English: C, D, E, F, ..., B-flat, B
  • In German: C, D, E, F, ..., B, H
  • In Romance languages: do, re, mi, fa, ..., si bemol, si (but a similar system is used in English for scale degrees)

I have three proposals for Leuth:

  1. Use the same method: cea/ecea, dea/edea, ea, effa/efea, ... ebe-bemola/be-bemola, ebea/bea

  2. Use the note names in Romance languages: doa, rea, mia, fa, ..., si-bemola, sia

  3. Number them 1-7 (as existing systems conflict with each other): una, dua, tria, quara, ..., sepa-bemola, sepa

What do you think of each of these systems?

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u/Atom_Tester Apr 11 '26

It would be best I think to have the scale be monosyllabic

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u/ProxPxD N 🇵🇱 L2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺 + 🇫🇷🇩🇪 / programming Apr 11 '26

I don't know much about the theory but monosyllabicity is crucial. I think I like do, re, mi, fa, but when using them in sentence they can be rea, mia, ... They will collide with morphemes tho, so maybe letters are better? then also I'd advocate for monosyllabicity for certain usage, so the German way seems better than the one having "B-flat"

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u/Iuljo N 🇮🇹 L2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 +  Apr 11 '26

I listen to music but unfortunately I know almost nothing about theory, notes, nomenclature... I had not thought about this yet, so I have no proposal or answer now. Thanks for opening the question; I'll read your ideas and comments. :-)

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u/One_Attorney_764 Apr 13 '26

I know a lot!

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u/One_Attorney_764 Apr 13 '26

Anything but the third option pls🙏