9th Grade Choir9 Grade ChoirMiss Ruffner

Solfege is a technique used to teach sightSolfege is a technique used to teach sight singing. A syllable is used for each note of the score.

Sight singing skills will help each of you to sing more effectively and it will improve your ear. One day you might not depend on the piano or aOne day you might not depend on the piano or a CD to teach you the notes because you will be able to read them.

If you go on to sing after high school, you will use solfege.

“In the early 1000’s, a monk named Guido invented two musical tools that made life much easier for the rest of us: the musicalmuch easier for the rest of us: the musical staff (which made music notation much more accurate and reliable), and a sight-singingaccurate and reliable), and a sight singing method called solfeggio, or (en francais) solfege.”

Use it as your “hint” to name the solfegesymbolssymbols.

doremimifasollatitido

do

la

ti

fa

so

re

mi

do

In Movable do, do changes with each key. In C Major, C is do and in G Major, G is do.j , j ,

In Fixed do, one syllable belongs to one note. For example, C is do, no matter what key you are in.

We use Movable do.

Solfege symbols are Our solfege scale is written in place of note names (f g a )

the same as a major scale.

(f,g,a…).In Freshmen choir, we are going towe are going to learn solfege in the key of C Major.key of C Major.

Can any one tell me howCan any one tell me how many sharps or flats y p

there are in the key of C M j ?Major?

What are the notes of the C Major scale jstarting on C?

CCDDEFFGABBC

C=doD=reE=miF=faG=soA lA=laB=tiC doC=do

Now, let’s say them together.

When singing songs, the notes do not always move step by step.

If d h h lf b l fIf we start on do, what the solfege symbol for the third (or skip) above do?

The solfege symbol is mi.

Take out a sheet of paper and put your name up top.

Wh i h f lf ?What is the purpose of solfege?

Write the 7 solfege symbols discussed todayWrite the 7 solfege symbols discussed today.

Write in the solfege for the following line ofWrite in the solfege for the following line of music.

Leibson M (n d ) Retrieved July 29 2008 fromLeibson, M. (n.d.). Retrieved July 29, 2008 from http://www.heathertrail.com/sightsigning.pdf

Randolph, G. (2002). Introduction to solfege. Retrieved July 29, 2008 from http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/44/2

Wikipedia. (2008). Solfege. Retrieved July 28, 2008 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solf%C3%A8gep // p g/ / g