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Why did the use these particular syllables in the do,re,me,fa,sol,la,ti,do series ?

Asked by applegate (61points) March 18th, 2008
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breedmitch's avatar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solfege

Basically, The Hymn of St. John

Maybe also check out Zoltan Kodaly.

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iSteve's avatar

Oh man, now I’ve got that song in my head…

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scamp's avatar

Ha ha! me too!!

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