Names of the Notes in Different Languages

[Mat]

Thank you for all your responses.

Johan,

This article from Wikipedia may be of help for you. I'll let you know if I find something better.

 

[jvhldb]

Thank you for all your responses.

Johan,

This article from Wikipedia may be of help for you. I'll let you know if I find something better.

Thanks very much, this exactly what I needed.

 

[Izabella]

as I can see in Croatia is the same as in Poland although we use the so called absolute (do re mi fa so la si do ) and relative (do,re mi fa so la ti do)solmisation

 

[Serassi1836]

Latin names of notes were invented by Guido d'Arezzo in XI century, using a hymn where the first verse started with C, the second with D and the seventh with B

Ut queant laxis
Resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli tuorum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum
Sancte Ioannes

The starting syllables of these verses gave the name at their notes: ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la. Si (B) was introducted later, and it was taken with the initials of Sancte Ioannes (it was a hymn for St. John) In XVI century ut became do.

 

[Krummhorn]

Very interesting information, Serassi1836,

Although I've heard of "Guido", I never knew the complete story that you have explained so well above.

Thank You :cheers:

 

[rojo]

Well, we know why 'Ut' was changed to 'Do', don't we?...

Because you can't sing '''Ut', a deer, a female deer...''


:ut:

(Hey, I had to use that smilie; 'ut' is written right next to it in the smilie list. :lol

 

[Krummhorn]

ROFL, Rojo ... very good there ...

Now that stupid song is going through my head and I can't get rid of "ut" ... :banghead: :crazy:

 

[rojo]

Haha! :grin:

Sorry Kh; I know what that's like. You get a song stuck in your head, and you can't get it 'ut'. :lol:

 

[tomato]

Maybe you can drive it out with this song:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v500/pentatonika/doremi001.jpg

The words mean:

Do do do do, acorn tree,
Re re re re, the color of a lemon,
Mi mi mi mi, going down on a slide,
Fa fa fa fa, the wings of a bluebird,
So so so so, picking up a pinecone,
La la la la, the petals of a lilac,
Ti ti ti ti, the sound of a brook,
Do ti la so fa mi re do mi so do.

 

[Contratrombone64]

another bottomless pit of usless knowledge joins the MIMF team (thank goodness)

Latin names of notes were invented by Guido d'Arezzo in XI century, using a hymn where the first verse started with C, the second with D and the seventh with B

Ut queant laxis
Resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli tuorum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum
Sancte Ioannes

The starting syllables of these verses gave the name at their notes: ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la. Si (B) was introducted later, and it was taken with the initials of Sancte Ioannes (it was a hymn for St. John) In XVI century ut became do.