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Re: A beginning Band

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Subject: Re: A beginning Band
From: Henry Howey <MUS_HEH@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 11:20:56 -0500
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>Henry - Can you please clarify something about this?  Is the Solfege
>system the
>one where C is always referred to as "Doh" no matter what key you are in?  I
>know there is a difference between Solfege and Solfah, and I think that
>this is
>it.  How does Solfege work when the key contains a great number of sharps and
>flats?  What exactly were the benefits of people learning in this way?


Nigel et al:

There are two flavors of Solfege (Sol-Fa is a variant).  One is "Fixed" DO
wherein C is always DO, F is FA, G is SI, etc.   This is the "classical"
system which still obtains at the French Conservatory and is the system by
which Arnold Jacobs was trained at the Curtis Institute.  The other (which
I prefer) is "movable" DO.  Where DO is the tonic in major, FA is
subdomonant, etc.   This is the system promoted by Zoltan Kodaly and used
in his system of musical training.  It also makes multitudes of sharps and
flats easier;-)

The idea behind all of this is to "internalize" the notes so that music
becomes a total sound in one's head, not merely all of the technical
considerations.

I believe that true musical geniuses such as the Brothers Childs operate at
this level.  Their long exposure to the skill of their father gave them an
ideal sound and a familiarity with the repertoire that exceeds the
experience of the rest of us.  In the same vein, when asked when to begin a
child's music education, Zoltan Kodaly answered, "Nine months before the
birth of the mother."



Henry Howey
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