Solmization
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Solmization is a system of attributing a distinct
Overview
The seven syllables normally used for this practice in English-speaking countries are: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti (with sharpened notes of di, ri, fi, si, li and flattened notes of te, le, se, me, ra). The system for other Western countries is similar, though si is often used as the final syllable rather than ti.
Guido of Arezzo is thought likely to have originated the modern Western system of solmization by introducing the ut–re–mi–fa–so–la syllables, which derived from the initial syllables of each of the first six half-lines of the first stanza of the hymn Ut queant laxis.[1] Giovanni Battista Doni is known for having changed the name of note "Ut" (C), renaming it "Do" (in the "Do Re Mi ..." sequence known as solfège).[2] An alternative explanation, first proposed by
Byzantine music uses syllables derived from the Greek alphabet to name notes: starting with A, the notes are pa (alpha), vu (beta, pronounced v in modern greek), ga (gamma), di (delta), ke (epsilon), zo (zeta), ni (eta).[5]
In Scotland, the system known as Canntaireachd ("chanting"') was used as a means of communicating bagpipe music verbally.
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For Japanese music, the first line of Iroha, an ancient poem used as a tutorial of traditional kana, is used for solmization. The syllables representing the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, G are i, ro, ha, ni, ho, he, to respectively. Shakuhachi musical notation uses another solmization system beginning "Fu Ho U".
See also
- Solfège
- Kodály method with Curwen hand signs
- Numbered musical notation
- Shape note
- Tonic sol-fa
References
- ^ Hughes, Andrew, and Edith Gerson-Kiwi. "Solmization." Grove Music Online. 2001; Accessed 2 Jan. 2022. https://www-oxfordmusiconline-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000026154.
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McNaught, W. G. (1893). "The History and Uses of the Sol-fa Syllables". Proceedings of the Musical Association. 19. London: Novello, Ewer and Co.: 35–51. ISSN 0958-8442. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- ^ Farmer (1988), p.72–82. [full citation needed]
- S2CID 143833782
- ^ Chrysanthos of Madytos, Θεωρητικὸν μέγα τῆς Μουσικῆς, Trieste, 1832, p.25-26
- ^ Morris, Robert (2009). "Architectonic Composition in South Indian Classical Music: The "Navaragamalika Varnam"". In Tenzer, Michael (ed.). Analytical Studies in World Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 309.
The svara sections are sung in sargam (Indian solfege), using the Indian note names, sa, ri, ga, ma, pa, dha, ni (which correspond to the Western do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti).