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This is neat, but the mnemonics are pretty anglo-centric.

• riffraff 14y ago
  considering I grew up with do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si I find the mnemonics impossible. But also, I don't understand the point: why not just write "A-B-C-D" rather than strange half filled circles?
  • kemiller 14y ago
    That would make your do-re-mi problem worse, no? They're designed to be compact and visually distinct, and such mnemonics are really only useful at the very beginning anyway. I like the design, it's just a case of probably unconscious "English privilege".
    • riffraff 14y ago
      sure it would, but if one is trying to make a breaking change it's worth going all the way and giving up medieval names too, I think.
  • icarus_drowning 14y ago
    If the leading tone is "si", what do you call sharped sol?
    • riffraff 14y ago
      "sol diesis", but I believe you refer to reading it while doing solfege with chromatic alterations, where you would read Sol# as "Si", right? The answer is: I have no clue, I think we do not actually account for flat and sharp when doing solfege. Or better put: "si" was changed to "ti" in UK to be able to read chromatic alterations without ambiguity. Most of the latin and slavic world ignored this, AFAICT. But full discosure: I know very little about music, music theory or music history, I just have vague memories of reading about it.