This reference table shows the names of the 7 natural notes and the 5 flats and sharps in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. English uses the letters A to G, hence musical alphabet, German A to H and the 3 Roman languages use do re mi fa sol la si. A handy chart to quickly look note names in different languages.
| Note | English | French | German | Italian | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | C | do | C | do | do |
| C♯ | C-sharp | do dièse | Cis | do diesis | do sostenido |
| D♭ | D-flat | ré bémol | Des | re bemolle | re bemol |
| D | D | ré | D | re | re |
| D♯ | D-sharp | ré dièse | Dis | re diesis | re sostenido |
| E♭ | E-flat | mi bémol | Es | mi bemolle | mi bemol |
| E | E | mi | E | mi | mi |
| F | F | fa | F | fa | fa |
| F♯ | F-sharp | fa dièse | Fis | fa diesis | fa sostenido |
| G♭ | G-flat | sol bémol | Ges | sol bemolle | sol bemol |
| G | G | sol | G | sol | sol |
| G♯ | G-sharp | sol dièse | Gis | sol diesis | sol sostenido |
| A♭ | A-flat | la bémol | As | la bemolle | la bemol |
| A | A | la | A | la | la |
| A♯ | A-sharp | la dièse | Ais | la diesis | la sostenido |
| B♭ | B-flat | si bémol | B | si bemolle | si bemol |
| B | B | si | H | si | si |