Comment on Everybody thinks of Do-Re-Mi, but it's Lonely Goatherd that really slaps.
jqubed@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It was only a few weeks ago that I learned “do, re, mi,” etc., are the actual names of the notes in other languages, or at least French. My wife found it confusing that English uses letters, and even more that do is the same note as C in English, so they don’t even start with the same note.
thebigslime@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Do is the root of a key in solfeggio. In the most natural key, C, Do would be C. Basically, solfeggio is relative, not absolute. Most instrumental pedagogy use absolute pitches in North America. Vocal pedagogy has more use of relative pitches. This makes sense, as many instruments have absolute means of playing most notes. The voice does not.