Pitch ~ Scientific Pitch Notation

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. Scientific pitch notation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_pitch_notation The first ten Cs in scientific pitch notation Where C0 is in the region of the lowest possible audible frequency. . . Scientific pitch notation is one of several methods that name the notes of the standard Western chromatic scale by combining a letter name, accidentals, and a number identifying the pitch's octave. The definition of scientific pitch notation in this article is that proposed to the Acoustical Society Of America in 1939, where C0 is in the region of the lowest possible audible frequency. .

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updating from an earlier post:

http://enterarena.blogspot.sg/2009/01/pitch-scientific-pitch-notation.html

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Music Theory Chart ~ Scientific Pitch Notation

A better illustration of the 'Scientific Pitch Notation'.

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Solfa Method ~ by PGA

This method is only for those of you who do NOT have Perfect Pitch... and this includes most of us. For more information about Perfect Pitch, go to this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch.

I use the Solfa Method (Do Re Mi) to help me pitch which is largely based on the Tonic Sol-Fa Method by Sarah Ann Glover. It consists of giving each note a particular name. More about her method can be read at this link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic_sol-fa.

And leveraging on her method, I go one step further by giving each Black Note a particular name which is just a flattened version of a White Note by changing the vowel of it's spelling to 'u'. So...

the white 'Re' is flattened to the black 'Ru'...

the white 'Mi' is flattened to the black 'Mu'...

the white 'So' is flattened to the black 'Su'...

the white 'La' is flattened to the black 'Lu'... &

the white 'Ti' is flattened to the black 'Tu'.

'Do' will be the tonic of whatever key is being used which is the the method of the Movable Do. The 'Do' in a Major Key will still be the same 'Do' in it's Relative Minor Key except it's tonic will now be the 'La'.

This figure here basically sums up the method I'm using.

And here is very useful song, 'On A Little Street In Singapore' that's able to help you practice the chromatic scale. Although the song 'Do-Re-Mi' from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'The Sound of Music' is very good at teaching the Solfa Method, it does not cover the black notes on the piano. Just like 'Do-Re-Mi', this song 'On A Little Street In Singapore' covers only one octave... BUT it goes further in that it includes all the 12 black & white notes on the piano... hence making it very useful in practicing the chromatic scale.

Download the Midi Format... to hear the song

Download the PDF Format... to print the music score

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For Lyrics & Various Video Versions of this song, click HERE.

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Music Note Chart ~ Midi, Note Name & Pitch

Midi Number, Scientific Pitch Notation & Frequency

Note that the Bass & Treble Clef are intentionally upside-down to illustrate the Lower & Higher ends of the piano. It's like playing piano from the left-side of the chart. This chart is displayed this way probably due to the incremental nature of either the ‘Midi Number’ or the ‘Note Name’ (also known as ‘Scientific Pitch Notation’) or both, hence the upside-down Bass & Treble Clef. If I have the time, maybe I'll try to plot a chart from the right-side to correct the orientation of the Bass & Treble Clef.

Click on image to enlarge for easy reading...

Vocal Ranges ~ New Harvard Dictionary of Music

http://www.library.yale.edu/cataloging/music/vocalrg.htm