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RE: What is solfege?

Author: Ginny
Date: 1999-07-05 23:07

Hi Steve, solfege (which I may have spelled incorrectly, I spell phonetically) usually refers to a method of naming notes by the do re me sylabelles while sight singing. It was used to teach sight singing when I was in music school. I learned to sing melodies on sight (no instrument) while singing the names do being C in fixed do solfege and do being the tonic note of a major key in movable do solfege. I believe the Japanese use fixed do. The English letter names have rather poor vowel sounds (trying singing "f" for a whole note). Learning to sight sing is excellent eartraining, it helps you play by ear and sight read musically.

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