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Everything about Solmization
Systems associating syllables to musical notes
Solmization is a musical pitch identification system in which a distinct syllable is attributed to each note of a musical scale. Various forms of solmization are in use and have been used throughout the world, but solfège is the most common convention in countries of Western culture. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SolmizationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: When La is Re: Parallel use of absolute and relative solmizationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: White spirituals in the Southern UplandsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A Comparison of Pedagogical Resources in Solmization SystemsCited 5 times
- Go sideways: SolfègeA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Guidonian handA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun Alternative spelling of solmisation.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A Comparison of Pedagogical Resources in Solmization Systems
Review: The Theory of Hexachords, Solmization and the Modal System: A Practical Application by Gaston G. Allaire
The Theory of Hexachords, Solmization and the Modal System: A Practical Application
Lasso’s Two-Part Fantasies as a Didactic Tool for Solmization
The origin of fixed-scale solmization in The Whole Booke of Psalmes
A Cognitive Basis for Choosing a Solmization System
Nuns, Polyphony, and a Liégeois Cantor: New Light on the Las Huelgas ‘Solmization Song’
Ockeghem. Mi chiamano Mimi...but my name is Quarti toni: solmization and Ockeghem's famous mass
🆕 Influential since 2022
When La is Re: Parallel use of absolute and relative solmization
Hexachord Solmization in the Classroom: A Revival of Old Practices
Insights into the Historical Classroom: Adam Gumpelzhaimer’s Compendium Musicae as a Method for Solmization
An Analysis of Teachers’ Perceptions of the Application of Solmization in Singing Instruction
Hexachordal Solmization and Syllable-Invariant Counterpoint in the Vocal Music of William Byrd
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕White spirituals in the Southern UplandsGeorge Pullen Jackson · 1933
- 📕Reading and writing musicTibor Bachmann · 1968
- 📕Fundamenta musicaSimpertus Schmelz · 2002
- 📕Solmization syllables in musical theory, 1100 to 1600Robert Vladimir Henderson · 1970
- 📕Solmization syllables in musical theory, 1100 to 1600Robert Vladimir Henderson · 1969
- 📕Rousseau musicien des LumièresClaude Dauphin · 1992
- 📕Musica novaNikolaus Gengenbach · 1980
- 📕Das beschützte orchestreJohann Mattheson · 1717
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