On 9 Feb 2006 at 9:05, Christopher Smith wrote: > I mentioned before that the French music students in Montreal solfege > circles around the English ones. But I still maintain that if movable > do were taught with the same rigour with which the French colleges > teach fixed do, that movable do would prevail as the most useful pitch > tool (for those lacking perfect pitch.)
I would never expect movable Do solfege students to catch up, since they are doing something that is far more complicated -- they are *analyzing* the music they are solfeging, not just identifying the pitches. To me, the emphasis on developing absolute pitch that is the apparent goal of the fixed Do system is completely wrongheaded and unmusical. However, I've encountered plenty of amazingly gifted and phenomenally musical people who were trained in it. The point is not which system you used to learn music, but whether or not you've developed the necessary skills to make you a good musician. That isn't dependent on which system is used -- it's only dependent on doing the work in some form to develop the skills. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
