They are named with what are called sharps and flats. The other 5 remaining notes fall in between the natural notes. The notes named with these basic letters are called natural notes. To name the notes we use the first seven letters of the alphabet A through G - A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. (It’s not important for you to know what octaves are just yet. The same 12 notes simply keep repeating over and over in what are called different octaves. Surely you’ve seen more than 12 keys on a piano! But, its true. These musical note names are the same for bass, guitar, piano, violin and all other musical instruments. We need the musical alphabet so everyone can describe the exact same notes when talking about music. (Ex.The notes used in music are named with a system of letters and symbols called the musical alphabet. In musical notation, a natural sign ( ♮) is a sign used to cancel a flat or sharp from either a preceding note or the key signature. The Unicode character MUSIC NATURAL SIGN '♮' (U+266E) should display as a natural sign. The natural sign is derived from a square b used to denote B ♮ in medieval music (in contrast with the round b denoting B ♭, which became the flat symbol). The notes F ♭, C ♭, E ♯, B ♯, and most notes inflected by double-flats and double-sharps correspond in pitch with natural notes however, they are not regarded as natural notes but rather as enharmonic equivalents of them and are just as much chromatically inflected notes as most sharped and flatted notes that are represented by black notes on a keyboard. The scale of A minor or C major is sometimes regarded as the central, natural or basic minor scale or major scale because all of its notes are natural notes, whereas every other major scale in the circle of fifths has at least one of other accidental signs in it. On a modern concert harp, the middle position of the seven pedals that alter the tuning of the strings gives the natural pitch for each string. Natural notes are the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, and G represented by the white keys on the keyboard of a piano or organ. A note is natural when it is neither lowered nor raised by other key signatures or accidentals.

Musical flat symbol