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  2. Solfège - Wikipedia

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    Solfège. In music, solfège (/ ˈsɒlfɛʒ /, French: [sɔlfɛʒ]) or solfeggio (/ sɒlˈfɛdʒioʊ /; Italian: [solˈfeddʒo]), also called sol-fa, solfa, solfeo, among many names, is a mnemonic used in teaching aural skills, pitch and sight-reading of Western music. Solfège is a form of solmization, though the two terms are sometimes used ...

  3. Tonic sol-fa - Wikipedia

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    Tonic sol-fa. Tonic sol-fa (or tonic sol-fah) is a pedagogical technique for teaching sight-singing, invented by Sarah Ann Glover (1785–1867) of Norwich, England and popularised by John Curwen, who adapted it from a number of earlier musical systems. It uses a system of musical notation based on movable do solfège, whereby every note is ...

  4. Solmization - Wikipedia

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    Solmization. Solmization is a mnemonic system in which a distinct syllable is attributed to each note of a musical scale. Various forms of solmization are in use and have been used throughout the world, but solfège is the most common convention in countries of Western culture.

  5. Chromatic scale - Wikipedia

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    Chromatic scale: every key of one octave on the piano keyboard. The chromatic scale (or twelve-tone scale) is a set of twelve pitches (more completely, pitch classes) used in tonal music, with notes separated by the interval of a semitone. Chromatic instruments, such as the piano, are made to produce the chromatic scale, while other instruments ...

  6. Chord-scale system - Wikipedia

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    Chord-scale system. The chord-scale system is a method of matching, from a list of possible chords, a list of possible scales. [2] The system has been widely used since the 1970s. [3] However, the majority of older players used the chord tone/chord arpeggio method. The system is an example of the difference between the treatment of dissonance ...

  7. Kodály method - Wikipedia

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    American String Teachers. Association. v. t. e. The Kodály method, also referred to as the Kodály concept, is an approach to music education developed in Hungary during the mid-twentieth century by Zoltán Kodály. His philosophy of education served as inspiration for the method, which was then developed over a number of years by his associates.

  8. Augmented sixth chord - Wikipedia

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    In the major mode, the chromatic voice leading is more pronounced because of the presence of two chromatically altered notes, ♭ and ♯, rather than just ♯. In most occasions, the augmented-sixth chords precede either the dominant, or the tonic in second inversion. [8] The augmented sixths can be treated as chromatically altered passing ...

  9. Supertonic - Wikipedia

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    In music, the supertonic is the second degree () of a diatonic scale, one whole step above the tonic. [ 1 ] In the movable do solfège system, the supertonic note is sung as re. The triad built on the supertonic note is called the supertonic chord. In Roman numeral analysis, the supertonic chord is typically symbolized by the Roman numeral "ii ...