Re: [Re: [a natural scale?]]

Carl Lumma <clumma@nni.com> wrote:
> From: Carl Lumma So maybe you can help clear this up for me --- does
>"la-ti-do" specify the aeolian mode (as opposed to, say, dorian)? I just
>wanted to indicate the first three degrees of a generic minor scale.

Yes, "la-ti-do" are the first three notes in the Aeolian mode, or natural
minor scale, using diatonic solfege.

>What do you mean by "chromatic parlance"?

For a concise description of the chromatic solfege syllables, see:
http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/etg/sol.html.

>And -- not quite related -- is it correct to call all syllable systems
>solfeg, or...?

I would think so.

Fred

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>For a concise description of the chromatic solfege syllables, see:
>http://www.wmich.edu/mus-theo/etg/sol.html.

Thanks. According to this, I was correct in indicating the first three
notes of a generic minor scale as "do-re-me". That last syllable sounds
like "may", not "mee", which is spelt "mi" and indicates the third degree
of a generic major scale, which I incorrectly called "me" in the original
post.

Aside from all that, has anybody tried the experiment? That is, sing "do
re mi", and then "do re me" and observe the "re's".

-C.