why are there 7 musical notes labelled A to G?

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Is it like the visible spectrum and we just can’t physically hear anything else?
What determines the dividing line between each note?

I know this is more than one question but I just don’t understand the science behind music

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It all depends on the culture that invented that system. A-G was invented by some guy who visualized it as the whole group, divided into 3rds, and those sections divided into halfs.

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