Talk:Solfege
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[edit] Missing solfege syllables
What are the syllables for augmented 3, diminished 4, dminished 1, and augmented 7? I guess you could use "De" and "Fe" for dim 1 and dim 4, respectively, but I've never heard of those. Do such things exist? -- Merphant
It has to do with the number of half steps between the scale degrees. For example, between "si" and "la" there is only one half step. Because there is only one half step between "mi" and "fa," there is no theoretical need for a raised 3 (likewise a lowered 4 or a lowered 1). If you find one, I would assume you're either in the middle of a modulation, in which case solfege is generally tossed, or in a less tonal piece, in which case, again, solfege is tossed. I'm sure there are exceptions here, but this will be generally true. -- GDPmumin
[edit] Diphthongs
Vocalists are often concerned with the proper singing of diphthongs, not only in singing text but also in sight reading/solfege situations. I would say that (especially depending on dialect) the pronunciation hints given in the chart are very conducive to unpleasant diphthongs if used as a reference.
Perhaps IPA or SAMPA pronunciation guides would be more appropriate? Ideas? -- TrbleClef 03:57, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Sol, Si, Sharp-Flat
We call the perfect fifth sol, not so and the major seventh si, not ti. Then, augmented fifth becomes sil and diminished fifth becomes sel. On some occasions, we even call the minor seventh si flat, the augmented fifth sol sharp, and we do similar thing to the other notes. -- ErikDT
[edit] Healing Codes frequencies
I took out the table "Solfeggio frequencies" table for the lack of explanation about its origin and the potential misunderstanding as to its meaning. I strongly feel that, if this belongs in Wikipedia at all, it should have its own article. I'm afraid that the "healing powers" aspect of the information leaves me reluctant to see it inline with more conventional writing. WikiWikiPhil 01:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- I made no mention to the Healing Frequences. The Solfeggio Frequences are true, regardless of "correlations" with ideas you disagree with. Until you can show that these frequencies are wrong, they should be left in. Michael.Pohoreski 01:15, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
- I can show the frequencies are not musical. A perfect fifth should be in the ratio 2:3, but here Ut1 -> Sol1 is *1.87, and Ut2 -> Sol2 is *1.37. Could you cite a couple of sources to show the link with the rest of this article? WikiWikiPhil 01:07, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Schools that offer Solfege
I'm interested to continue learning Solfege,ut my question iswhich schools usually offer Solfege?
[edit] Ti - si?
- "In Continental Europe and East Asia, si is the seventh major, instead of ti"
I don't know about other European countries but here in Hungary we call the seventh major ti. (And I think Hungary is defenitely part of Central Europe.) So the statement above is not true in this form. I recomend the following change:
- "In many countries of Continental Europe and East Asia, si is the seventh major, instead of ti"
or if we know more about exactly how many countries are using ti and si maybe
- "In most countries of Continental Europe and East Asia, si is the seventh major, instead of ti".
[edit] Commercial Spam Link
I removed the "solfeggio miracle toothbrush" link. Commercial and not appropriate.
And I just removed it as well.
