Thanks so much, John, Francis, I'll try climbing out of the ravine
today.
Colin
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:11 PM, John Liestman <[1]j...@liestman.com>
wrote:
Francis, you must have the earlier "pre-plateau" version!
I have posted a pdf file version at
[2]http://www.l
I think the point is that untrained ear singers may have a better ear for
intervals than for absolute pitch.
The shapes are an indication of the interval between the note to be sung and
the tonic or subdominant - the 4 shapes correspond to fa, sol, la, and mi - a
unison, tone, major third, and
Now this is really off-topic but might amuse some. If likely to disapprove,
please delete now.
I was once taking a sectional rehearsal for the viola in the student orchestra
at the Luxembourg conservatoire (where they use the French system) when I found
myself "translating" the rehearsal marks
Yup, I can sympathise with all this (especially the bit about unintentionally
rude or nonsensical - I was once warning a class of Germans learning English to
avoid the word "backside" when they mean "back" or "verso" and managed to make
precisely the same mistake myself in German while doing so
I also found it really confusing when trying to teach traditional
music in this system to French speaking groups.
Given that tonic solfa allows a movable "doh" (Or should that be "Doh!"?
) it's a very helpful system for singing with, as long as you indeed
don't forget which of the arbitrary nam
Thanks John. It's a gem!
Sunny up here on the plateau.
Francis
On 12 Jan 2011, at 01:11, John Liestman wrote:
> Francis, you must have the earlier "pre-plateau" version!
>
> I have posted a pdf file version at http://www.liestman.com/plateau.pdf for
> anyone to read that is so inclined. It
>I think in France they have a "fixed do" system, where mib
>=Meeflat = Eb
This is correct. At the Conservatoires they teach people to sing the note
names, which I personally find a pointless exercise for various reasons,
including the fact that they miss out the words "bémol, dièse and bécart"
>easier than straining the eye to see if that little black
>circle is an A or a C and how do I then find that pitch on the
>spot.
Fair enough, but for someone whose vision is as bad as mine, it's easier to see
where a blob is (on which line or between which lines?) than to discern the
precise
>There's still though the question 'why?'. I'd have thought if a person
>has the ability to learn the sol fa and the shapes, it would be easier
>to learn the ordinary notes.
Exactly!
C
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