Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2010-05-02 18:59
The school I attended for my Bachelors and Masters uses fixed do in Aural Skills training, but we did use Do Sharp, Mi Flat, etc., and it seemed to work for us.
The school that I'm now teaching at uses movable chromatic solfege, so there's Do, Di, Re, Ri, Mi, Fa, Fi, etc., but Do is always tonic, not C. I understand it (even though I don't teach ear training or theory at the school), but many of the students have a hard time grasping the concept, but then again this isn't a music conservatory.
I myself do prefer fixed Do, for the same reasons ESP said, you don't have to worry about key changes to change syllables, and there's that gray area where a key is changing and has changed that you don't get confused about. In addition to the fact that C is always Do, no matter what key I may be in. I personally would be in favor of fixed chromatic solfege.
My school actually used solfege for clef reading also, and with the book we used, we learned a lot of skipping within the staffs rather than just melodic tunes.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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