SingLet gives every music note you've ever run into a unique, singable label. These SingLets are monosyllables with monogesture articulation, i.e. monogesture words, as defined in How It Works.
Monogesture Defined
Some words are not only monosyllabic but also pronounceable through one smooth, uninterrupted articulatory movement, which the author defines as monogesture.
Words such as “A,” “Ben,” and “song” can be articulated monogesturally. Words such as “F,” “exist,” and “C-sharp” cannot.
Monogesture forms are single letters or monosyllables whose core pronunciation is a vowel nucleus, while both a consonant onset and a permissive coda are optional. In syllable terms, SingLets therefore take the structures V, VN, CV, or CVN.
Every SingLet syllable is designed so that its pronunciation can be realized through one smooth tongue movement, without interruption or secondary articulator re-targeting. All SingLets are monogesture words.
SingLet Design Principles
Natural SingLets keep the familiar letter names A, B, C, D, E, and G, while F shifts to Fi. In pronunciation, these correspond to /eɪ/, /bi/, /si/, /di/, /i/, /fi/, and /dʒi/.
Note F gets rid of its alphabetic pronunciation of /ɛf/, two discrete phones, and obtains /fi/, a CV.
This lets the natural domain preserve direct letter-name identity while improving singability where it is most needed.
Going to the accidentals, E variants are given a consonant onset "/j/" as "y" as in "yeh /jɛ/" to have CV SingLets.
The consonant onsets are: A→/-/ (missing), B→/b/, C→/s/, D→/d/, E→/j/, F→/f/, and G→/dʒ/.
These are the foundations for A-G pitch classes, permitting a systematic design for using distinctively V (and VN) rhymes to flag both accidental directions (sharp vs flat) and accidental tiers (single, double, ...).
Accidental directions (sharp vs flat) and tiers (single, double, etc.) are distinguished by systematic vowel shifts. Natural notes rhyme with a bright vowel /i/, single and double sharp SingLets move toward darker vowels (/ɑ/ and /ɔ/), and flat SingLets toward /ɛ/ and /u/, respectively. These create a mnemonic ladder from bright to dark vowels.
Higher tiers extend the system to /ɑn/ and /ɔŋ/ for triple and quadruple sharp notes, and /ɛn/ and /uŋ/ for triple and quadruple flat notes.
The complete specification, including natural notes, accidental families, and the full pattern summary, now lives on its own page.
This page follows the Theory section. If you want to revisit the circle of fifths, key signatures, relative major/minor relationships, and enharmonic spelling, that background stays available there.
Scale comparisons and minor-key tables now live under Theory, while songs and demos live under Pilot/Demo, so this explanation can stay focused on the system design.
Pattern Summary
Assigning the seven onset cases nine distinct Let forms results in 7×9=63 SingLets. Every SingLet is a monosyllable with monogesture articulation. Accidental directions and tiers are distinguished by systematic vowel shifts. Natural notes rhyme with /i/, single and double sharps move toward darker vowels /ɑ/ and /ɔ/, and flats use /ɛ/ and /u/. Higher tiers extend the ladder to /ɑn/, /ɔŋ/, /ɛn/, and /uŋ/.
If accidentals higher than the 4th tier, such as quintuple or sextuple, ever become necessary, their SingLets can be created accordingly.
After this system overview, continue to Theory for the scales branch or Pilot/Demo for songs and short pilot media examples.