Klarinet Archive - Posting 000957.txt from 1998/05

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Solfeggio
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 23:13:36 -0400

Justin Wood wrote:
> >>Solfeggio is also a great way to get into playing by ear, and then into
> >>improvisation.
> I feel embarrassed, but what is Solfeggio?

You should be _more_ embarrased that you didn't go look it up in a
dictionary! But since I'm in a good mood, I'll tell you what Webster's
New World Dictionary says:
1) voice practice in which scales are sung to the sol-fa syllables;
solmization
2) the use of these syllables in singing, esp. in reading a song, etc.
at sight

And of course, the semi-circular definition of solmization:
solfeggio, or any similar use of a system of syllables in singing.
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