On 8 Feb 2006, at 18:33, Phil Daley wrote:
I am having difficulty in understanding the "fixed do" school.
Is this taught instead of letters?
Yes, in France or Italy do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si are simply the
names of the notes. The adepts of french "solfège", (fixed do) use this
system to train perfect pitch: you get so used to the feel and sound of
a certain syllable sung always at the same pitch that it helps your
long-term pitch memory.
I would think that, once you know the letter names, there is no point
in "fixed do".
And, if that is true, why not teach the letter names to begin with?
See above. The French never use the aglo-saxon letter names, so they
only teach one system.
Michael Cook
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