Posted by Eve on June 17, 2001 at 00:23:50:
In Reply to: Eb or EEb / Bb or BBb posted by Dan Schultz on June 16, 2001 at 13:50:59:
There IS more confusion (and different usage) surrounding these terms than Joe S.'s answer suggests.
Eb and EEb are also commonly used to denote not fundamental length, but
However, there is also the "notation" thingie, (I just don't know what it is called!!) but essentially it names every pitch used in music, starting (lowest) with double upper-case* letters (or maybe even triple upper-case, progressing to single upper-case letters, then to lower-case letters, then lower-case letters with a little ' after them (apostrophe).
Under that system BBb and CC would be thus, and Eb and F would be thus.
Bottom line, don't worry about it, possibly use the terms interchamgeabley, and if you are not, explain what you are or are not meaning (re: pitch, bore, whatever).
P.S. The archives has many, many threads on this topic... but I can't think what would be the best key words to use to search.
* Upper-case (capital) letters: A B C
* Lower-case (small) letters: a b c
...just in case my terminology has been unfamiliar to anybody.