The first "urban myth" explanation I heard was simply that the capital H looks very similar to the capital B on a lined sheet. Not sure if that's the actual source for these two different styles, but they've both prevailed through centuries for some reason. There are even classical themes derived from for example the name Bach (the notes B-A-C-H or what most of you would write as Bb-A-C-B, if you wanna try it on your instrument), so I'm tempted to think the H method is quite old.


Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!
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