I've come across this in German - it appears to be a note name, but which one? Is anyone familiar with the German system for naming notes?
Thanks
Rosemary

H is B natural, and H-moll is the key of B minor. B in German notation refers to B flat.

Thanks andante! Do you know how they refer to other flats/sharps?

Have a look at the Dolmetsch website. It's explained in the second section down.

I taught a German exchange student last year - a very enlightening experience.

Dolmetsch - as so often the case - has the info you need plus lots lots more!

http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory9.htm#notesandkeys

ETA: Ooooh look, thinking the same thing at the same time

Thank you *wonders why B Is special!*

Once more, Google is your friend. Look here.

You're too good at this! I googled H moll and got a load of pages in German..

Teehee! I Googled "German music notation".

Nyah! At least I know what it is know - my German teacher isn't musical!

Oooh I saw this in my AB guide to music theory (I think!)!! Or at least the H meaning B bit!! How strange...whoever thought of making a note called H! Interesting!

I thought it was a fudge invented by Germans so that they could play B-A-C-H on notes!

you can also play schostokovichs initials on the notes DEsCH

Hahaha that's really cool!!

Well that is how you can play the notes B-A-C-H, but surely it would have been a fugue, not a fudge!