Editing Musical note (section)

==== B♭, B and H ====
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In parts of Europe, including Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Norway, Denmark, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Finland, and Iceland (and Sweden before the 1990s), the [[Blackletter|Gothic]]&nbsp;{{math|𝔟}} transformed into the letter '''h''' (possibly for ''[[wikt:hart#German|hart]]'', German for "harsh", as opposed to ''[[wikt:Blatt#German|blatt]]'', German for "planar", or just because the Gothic&nbsp;{{math|𝔟}} and {{math|𝔥}} resemble each other). Therefore, in current German music notation, '''H''' is used instead of '''B'''{{music|natural}} ('''B'''&nbsp;natural), and '''B''' instead of '''B'''{{music|flat}} ('''B'''&nbsp;flat). Occasionally, music written in [[German language|German]] for international use will use '''H''' for '''B'''&nbsp;natural and '''B'''{{sup|b}} for '''B'''&nbsp;flat (with a modern-script lower-case&nbsp;b, instead of a flat sign, {{music|b}}).{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Since a {{lang|de|Bes}} or '''B'''{{music|flat}} in Northern Europe (notated '''B'''{{music|bb}} in modern convention) is both rare and unorthodox (more likely to be expressed as Heses), it is generally clear what this notation means.