• Hildegarde
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    2 days ago

    In German pitch notation, H means B-Natural, and B means B-Flat.

    This specific style of spelling a word through musical notes is a reference to the Bach motif, where JS Bach wrote his own name in his music, with the notes B, A, C, H in German. (B-flat, A, C, B-natural, in english)