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• They taught everyone to sing a cappella, four-part music, using solfege - reading notes with the set of syllables do, re, mi fa, sol, la and ti, each representing a different tone on a scale. Steven Denlinger: Driving with Joe Overholt
• His program note explains the gyrations: "In L.S.O., L equals the solfège syllable la, which is the note A; S becomes the note that is known as Es pronounced s in German, which is what English speakers call E flat; and O elides with the preceding S to suggest the solfège syllable sol, which is the note G. NYT > Home Page
• In one of the larger rooms there is a solfege class (singing practice, using scales), or one of composer Ramón Montes de Oca´s wonderful lectures on Chopin, or Webern, or Renaissance music. Life and music in Guanajuato
• His program note explains the gyrations: "In L.S.O., L equals the solfège syllable la, which is the note A; S becomes the note that is known as Es pronounced s in German, which is what English speakers call E flat; and O elides with the preceding S to suggest the solfège syllable sol, which is the note G. NYT > Home Page
• I can't remember, home of the guy who invented solfege. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
• I really can't hold a tune and I don't know solfege at all - so that I found ways of writing music to produce sounds that I haven't heard, and that other people haven't heard. Creative Coincidences: Cage On Cunningham
• I can't sing solfege, not a fan, so this town was kind of blah for me. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
• Male and female campers spent time on solfege, a sight-reading method that pairs a hand sign or number to each note of the musical scale - the syllables are the "do, re, mi" made famous in the musical DentonRC.com Local News
• If I'd study solfege, if I had a feeling for harmony, which I don't, I think I would simply write what people have already heard or what I would've thought - thought I heard. Creative Coincidences: Cage On Cunningham
• Miller explained that Joe had his third-grade class memorize the notes of one song using solfege. Steven Denlinger: Driving with Joe Overholt