At 2/8/2006 12:30 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
>On 8 Feb 2006 at 12:10, Christopher Smith wrote:
>
>> On Feb 8, 2006, at 3:20 AM, Arkady wrote:
>> > SIMPLY PUT -- to ME it's about the INTERVALS (Relative Pitch?!) that
>> > comprise that melody!
>>
>> That's what movable do is all about.
>
>Huh? To me movable Do is all about not *needing* to think in
>intervals, because you sense where the notes are by scale-degree
>function. To sing Do-Sol, you don't need to think "up a fifth" you
>just need to think "tonic to dominant function."
I believe you are correct. But, it has a lot to do with how you learned
note reading.
I learned note names and intervales, other people may learn solfege.
>Put another way, when you know you need a fifth, you think "Do-Sol",
>when you need a fourth, "Sol-Do" (upward), or any other diatonic
>occurrence of the particular intervals.
Only if you learned solfege first. If you learned to read notes first, you
think fifths, fourths etc.
Phil Daley < AutoDesk >
http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley
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