If you really want to muse, muse about rhythm syllables. Kodaly rhythm
syllables are iffy. Gordon syllables have syntax and account for
unusual meters. I remember getting yelled at during a meeting of music
teachers when I gave a demonstration of Gordon rhythm syllables. That's
how fucked up music education is in the USA. Oh, the musings.
It is weird though, historically, that there was a system in place for
understanding tonality but not rhythm.
Gosh, I am a nerd.
On 10/8/22 1:05 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
Lukas-Fabian Moser <[email protected]> writes:
The problem is that there's really a large number of different
"solfege" methods, some being considered as "natural" in a couple of
countries or by a certain school of theoreticians, and in fact I have
to deal with the issue of finding a common ground for students from
many different backgrounds quite often, being a theory teacher at a
major European music university with a very international student
base. For example, I know
Musing about the historical correctness of absolute vs relative solfege
is kind of an exercise in futility considering it had been invented in a
frame of tonalities very much foregoing black keys.
