[Blob] Rab is quite right, H *is* used in Germany (and some other European countries).

[Darren, rab] duhh ? So if H = B, what equals A (second time round ?) - or is it A,H,C,D,E,F,G ?

Germans use eight letters. The British "natural" notes A to G are represented as you so very rightly say above. B is reserved for B-flat. Apparantly it has something to do with a superstition revolving around the use of the letter B. However I suspect it is more likely due to the prevailing mode of the time. (And yes, I do mean mode).

So it's A,B,H,C,D,E,F,G ... how sensible is that ? Anyway, I don't think a Xwd compiler who used "note" to mean the letter H would be very popular with his subscribers somehow.

I guess it is Seraphim and Cherubim ? Being an anagram of "punish harm I embraced".