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Re: USAGE: dumb ASL question

On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Mark J. Reed<markjreed@...> wrote:
> Letter notes are absolute. Solfeggio is relative.  In the key of C, do
> = C.  In the key of G, do = G (and ti is F#).

Are you really sure about this? Sorry, but I did 5 years of solfeggio
and musical theory using do-re-mi I mean - and I was taught that they
were absolute, and equivalent to the letter notation. I.e. A = la and
C=do, whether in C major (do maggiore) or in D minor (re minore) or
whatever other key

Best

Claude



Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:51 pm

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Does ASL have sign analogues of solfeggio ("do", "re", "mi", etc)? On the one hand, one wonders why it would, but I wouldn't want to rule anything out of...
Mark J. Reed
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Jul 11, 2009
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... AFAIK these would be fingerspelled. Only two letters, except for Sol, so it'd be more efficient to spell than use full-fledged signs. Lee...
Lee
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Jul 11, 2009
2:09 pm

... Er, don't Americans use letters to indicate notes, as in "C minor"? In this case maybe one could sign "music" then spell the single letter for the note?...
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Jul 11, 2009
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Letter notes are absolute. Solfeggio is relative. In the key of C, do = C. In the key of G, do = G (and ti is F#). ... -- Sent from my mobile device Mark J....
Mark J. Reed
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Jul 11, 2009
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... Are you really sure about this? Sorry, but I did 5 years of solfeggio and musical theory using do-re-mi I mean - and I was taught that they were absolute,...
Claude Almansi
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Jul 11, 2009
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There are two very common solfeggio systems – "fixed-do" and "movable-do"; the former comes out of the French tradition (and thus often uses B=si rather than...
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Jul 11, 2009
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Leland: thank you for the link! I'm on a car trip atm and can't watch the video, but will look when I get home. ... -- Sent from my mobile device Mark J. Reed...
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Jul 11, 2009
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My impression is that fixed-do is the norm in Romance-speaking countries, which use solfeggio in lieu of note letters in general ("Tocatta y Fugue en Re...
Mark J. Reed
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Jul 11, 2009
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... Depends what is trying to be communicated and the school/background of the signer. It's been awhile since I've attended one, but at the larger conversation...
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Jul 11, 2009
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