Solmization is a mnemonic system in which a distinct syllable is attributed to each note of a musical scale. Various forms of solmization are in use and...

and the use of the "ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la" (do–re–mi–fa–so–la) mnemonic (solmization). The syllables ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la (do-re-mi-fa-sol-la) are taken from...

skills, pitch and sight-reading of Western music. Solfège is a form of solmization, though the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Syllables are...

century it has become quite common. Sporadic earlier encipherments used solmization syllables. It is believed that this method was first used by Josquin...

famous for its part in the history of musical notation, in particular solmization. The hymn belongs to the tradition of Gregorian chant. It is not known...

in part, with material from all voices in use, not just the tune; and Solmization masses, named soggetto cavato by Zarlino, in which the base tune is drawn...

re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, in fixed-doh solmization; also used for the 5th note, sol, when sharpened, in solmization. siciliana A Sicilian dance in 12 8 or...

Willi Apel, ed. (Cambridge: Bellknap Press, 1972), 384. Andrew Hughes, "Solmization", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited...

solmization vowels to carve out his musical notes. Using the vowel of each solmization syllable, Josquin coupled the musical pitch of the solmization...

Sargam may refer to: Swara, a way of assigning syllables to pitches (solmization) in Indian music Sargam (music), singing the notes of a musical composition...

Octoechos). With exception of vú and zō they do roughly correspond to Western solmization syllables as re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do. Byzantine music uses the eight...

with the moveable Do. Solmization that represents the functions of pitches (such as tonic sol-fa) is called "functional" solmization. All musicians that...

phonetics and pronunciation. Naradiya Siksha elaborately discusses the nature of swaras, both Vedic chants and the octave. Solfege Solmization v t e...

through a series of interlocked hexachords that formed the backbone of the solmization system—a method that eventually became the modern system of tonic sol-fa...

Vietnamese. Most countries (though not all, e.g. Serbia) where Fixed Do solmization is used also use the Fixed Do key notation. Instead of the letters C...

changed to Do), Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si. The teaching is also known as the solmization syllable. This Is the Record of John, by English Tudor composer Orlando...

égyptienne), the currency of Egypt Le, a la♯ musical note in the solfège solmization Long-exposure photography L℮, a label of estimated volume (in litres)...

toni" ( or "Mass in Mode 4"). There has been much debate about what the solmization designation of 'Mi-mi' refers too, and whether this title was given by...

(such as those in the Romance and Slavic families), notes are named by solmization syllables (do, re, mi,...) instead of letters. Tonic sol-fa is a type...

blues scale is solmized as "do-re-me-mi-sol-la"; In the La-based minor movable do solfège, the hexatonic minor blues scale is solmized as "la-do-re-me-mi-sol"...

are some examples for each interval: In addition, there are various solmization systems (including solfeggio, sargam, and numerical sight-singing) that...

describe notes and intervals. This was the source of the hexachordal solmization that was to be used until the end of the Middle Ages. Guido also wrote...

syllables for ease of recollection and transmission. In India, the origin of solmization was to be found in Vedic texts like the Upanishads, which discuss a musical...

Southern gospel West gallery music The syllables used derive from Guidonian solmization of overlapping hexachords, none of which included the entire diatonic...

(London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Andrew Hughes and Edith Gerson-Kiwi, "Solmization [solfatio, solmifatio]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians...

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pitches within a key. To this end, scale-degree numbers or movable-do solmization (do, re, mi, etc.) can be quite helpful. Using such systems, pitches...

for relative pitch and one for absolute pitch. For relative pitch, a solmization system was used. The earliest music notation discovered is a piece of...

sol, la, ti) may have been derived from the syllables of an Arabic solmization system Durr-i-Mufassal ("Separated Pearls") (dal, ra, mim, fa, sad, lam)...

music"—and Johann Mattheson, in 1739, writes that the "older singers with solmization called this pleasant interval 'mi contra fa' or 'the devil in music'...