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Syllables of Solmization

A system of attributing a distinct syllable to each note in a musical scale for the practice of sight-singing.

There are two types of solmization:
1. movable Do (or Sol-fa): each syllable corresponds to a scale degree
2. fixed Do: each syllable corresponds to the name of a note

In a fixed do system, do is always referring to C.

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Syllable	Pitch class	Fixed do note name	Major scale degree
	11		Lowered 1
Do	0	C	1
Di	1	C♯	Raised 1
Ra	1	D♭	Lowered 2
Re	2	D	2
Ri	3	D♯	Raised 2
Me	3	E♭	Lowered 3
Mi	4	E	3
	5		Raised 3
	4		Lowered 4
Fa	5	F	4
Fi	6	F♯	Raised 4
Se	6	G♭	Lowered 5
Sol	7	G	5
Si	8	G♯	Raised 5
Le	8	A♭	Lowered 6
La	9	A	6
Li	10	A♯	Raised 6
Te	10	B♭	Lowered 7
Ti	11	B	7
	0		Raised 7