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Solfege syllables are a system of mnemonics. Simply, a way to assist in
remembering. Just as our alphabet symbols are learned and used to help us
remember sounds to form words (numbers to count objects, label, measure/distance,
and remember quantity) solfege syllables are learned to help us
remember the sound of musical tones or intervals/distances between pitches.
In the movie, starring Julie Andrews, the
Captain's children
learned to sing this organized system
of mnemonics,
syllables in the song "Do Re Mi." These mnemonics are taught by listening and
repeating the song.
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Tonal relationships in the song are learned intuitively by the children and
represent an organized system of sound syllables called
Solfege,
a form of solmization.
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