Musical query

[Alpo]

Everyone knows the scale is do re mi fa so la ti do.

 

But did those notes have names before The Sound of Music?

 

Or did you just play C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C?

[Blackwater 53393]

From a really quick query on the web:

 

The history of "do re mi" can be traced back to the 11th century when Italian monk Guido of Arezzo created the solfege system of naming notes: 

 

 

Guido based the system on the first syllable of each line of the Latin hymn "Ut queant laxis", also known as the "Hymn to St. John the Baptist". 

 

Purpose 

Guido's goal was to create a unified system of musical notation by connecting the conventional notes to a fixed sound. 

 

 Impact 

Guido's innovations laid the foundation for almost all music since then. His methods included naming notes based on a melody, writing notes on lines or in spaces, and developing a system of accurate notation. 

 

 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

1 hour ago, Alpo said:

Everyone knows the scale is do re mi fa so la ti do.

 

But did those notes have names before The Sound of Music?

 

Or did you just play C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C?

I learned do re mi … in the 50s. Sound of Music was ‘65.

[Alpo]

The movie may have come out in 65, but the musical came out in 59.

 

I learned do re mi in Sunday school in about the third grade. That would be 62/63. Learned it from a record. I thought they were saying you drink tea with German bread.

 

If the movie didn't come out till I was in the fifth grade, then I must have learned the song from the Broadway recording.

[Subdeacon Joe]

1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

From a really quick query on the web:

 

 

The history of "do re mi" can be traced back to the 11th century when Italian monk Guido of Arezzo created the solfege system of naming notes: 

 

 

 

Guido based the system on the first syllable of each line of the Latin hymn "Ut queant laxis", also known as the "Hymn to St. John the Baptist". 

 

Purpose 

Guido's goal was to create a unified system of musical notation by connecting the conventional notes to a fixed sound. 

 

 Impact 

Guido's innovations laid the foundation for almost all music since then. His methods included naming notes based on a melody, writing notes on lines or in spaces, and developing a system of accurate notation. 

 

 

 

Filling in a bit:

 

 

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Sheet music for "Ut queant laxis"

Ut queant laxīs    resonāre fibrīs
Mīra gestōrum    famulī tuōrum,
Solve pollūtī    labiī reātum,
Sancte Iohannēs.

The words were ascribed to Paulus Diaconus in the 8th century. 

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

8 minutes ago, Alpo said:

The movie may have come out in 65, but the musical came out in 59.

 

I learned do re mi in Sunday school in about the third grade. That would be 62/63. Learned it from a record. I thought they were saying you drink tea with German bread.

 

If the movie didn't come out till I was in the fifth grade, then I must have learned the song from the Broadway recording.

50s =1955

[Pat Riot]

I’m getting a headache…

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:

I’m getting a headache…

Take two Damitol and call in the morning.

[Rye Miles #13621]

It’s called solfège. Here’s a history of it. I took ear training in college and we had to sing melodies using solfège. It’s been around longer than the Sound of Music!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solfège

[Cypress Sun]

3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

Take two Damitol and call in the morning.

 

With a spoonful of sugar...makes the medicine go down easier.