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Subject: H=B(WAS:Re: Is a 4-octave vocal range very unusual?)
Date sent: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:58:52 +0100
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Yes. In Europe, H is used for B.
And just to confuse everyone: when speaking, "B" usually means Bb.
It's a very old tradition. How else do you suppose that Bach could incorporate his own name in a fugue?

Karin Mandix
(amateur soprano aged 34, who finally got the right voice teacher at age 27 and is now having fun with a REAL voice --- just for the on-going discussions on age)