If you use theory knowledge along with practice and ear training you will improve much more rapidly and have lots of fun doing it. This is when Do depends on the key you’re in. ABC starts off the sequence of letters in the English alphabet, and they are a way of categorizing the sounds we hear and speak in the English language. Good article.. thanks! Sheet music arranged for Easy Piano in C Major (transposable).

Wha is the reson for A as La (440hz) to be the first instead? Copyright ©2020 Rebecca Fuller. Comment below and I will help you out. I remember we used to play with that a bit in ear training/sight singing in college. ), Those weren’t just random sounds he chose; they came from “Ut Queant Laxis,” a well-known hymn of the Middle Ages that was chanted for vespers.

A little knowledge will help if ever needed. The cool thing is that your ear will do much of the work for you as you continue learning both methods. "C D E F G A B" to "Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si" Use capitalization and then press convert below.

The official name for this is “solfege”. My four year old grandson will be able to share his music adventures with me and I should be able to reciprocate intelligently with him.

What is the Difference Between Do Re Mi and A B C. Depending on which country you are from in this beautiful world you may have been introduced to music theory in a different way. we simply played or sang in the original key of publication… it think learning both are good but with an explanation…, As if US of A knows anything about music. Since adults lose their ability to obtain perfect pitch; at least relative pitch can be mastered and ought to be best learned through movable do. It really depends on the country you’re in also. Good luck!!

7 available keys, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas.

So it gets a little confusing. So the more often you play, the less scientific you need to be about it.

I will be able to hear the pitches of music in any key and be better able to follow what is being played.

I’ve decided ABC is best for me to teach in because at least it doesn’t change on you. This means that do never changes. Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music - Digital Sheet Music (Easy Piano).

Each succeeding line of the song started one note higher than the previous one, so Guido used the first letters of each word of each line: UT queant laxis, REsonare fibris: MIre gestorum , FAmuli tuorum: SOLve, etc. Yah Cheryl- it kind of depends on where you are in the world. Hieronder als voorbeeld: C = Do; D = Re; E = Mi; F = Fa; G = Sol; A = La; B = Si; Ook kunnen gitaar noten je veel vertellen over de toon die moet worden gespeeld en hoe lang je deze moet aanhouden. Choir directors who teach with this method are really good at flashing these signs at choir members to help them find the correct pitches quickly (kind of cool). BY Kara Kovalchik.

as letters.

~Rebecca.

“2” means 2 different notes, “a” means the new music note to learn, here the C , is in color. Some countries use a ‘fixed do’ and others use a ‘movable do’ (even many English-speaking countries), so this is why it’s important to point out the differences and similarities.
Since the flute is a melody based instrument you get a lot of ear training every time you play.

I’m looking forward to see you improve here ~Rebecca. ~Rebecca, You are ABSOLUTELY correct about that fixed ‘do’ being confusing! Thank you Rebecca, I’ll give you my opinion in this brief article: In the movie “The Sound of Music” Maria describes “do re mi” as being similar to the alphabet, because they both start at the beginning of a musical scale. There should be no need to fix the DO to be anything else rather then C, Yup. This is what I expect to gain from movable do. I would be better prepared to guess at what I am hearing and make a better imitation of perfect pitch. Fast forward a few thousand years, when Isidore, the Archbishop of Seville during the sixth century, lamented that "Unless sounds are remembered, they perish, for they cannot be written down."

But you’ll find four links at the end of this page, to choose between G and F clef, A B C and DO RE MI name of notes. So, what is the difference between Do Re Me and A B C really? … with that fixed ‘do,’ I could easily pick out the tones… but, hmmm… is that sol.. or la…… oh no.. wait a minute… I think it’s ti! Een handig rijtje die aan de noten is te koppelen is het: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Si. They will broaden your scope as a musician and intervals will make even more sense to you as you continue learning.

Become a Musicnotes Pro - Plus member today and receive PDFs included with every song plus take 15% off all digital sheet music purchases! My little ole’ opinion is to use A,B,C… and this is why: Not every country uses the exact same method of do, re mi. Brother Guido was familiar with solmization, and noted that most of the Gregorian chants popular at that time could easily be learned by singers if they could see the tone progression up and down the scale, and associate it with the sound. THAT explains where the hand signals came from in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind!” LOL! And which one is best to learn from? It’s worth it to get to know these signs and syllables. If at first I don’t know what key I hear it in I will be naturally more tuned to hear the tonic and distinguish the sounds and name them in do re mi terms. This is sometimes referred to as Kinesthetic or Tactile Learning. I expect my sight reading skills will improve as I begin to hear in my head the relative pitches as I read them. LOL how about I just whistle it for you! There ‘are a few different approaches.

It eliminates any confusion of ‘fixed’ or ‘moveable’.

Some countries use do re mi fa sol la ti do, and some countries use alphabet letters instead. That’s why I use ABC for this whole course (even for the Europeans). He assigned the notes of the scale—C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C—a syllable: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do.

Every country uses a slightly different version of this.

I should be better prepared to repeat the tones and describe them in any key as appropriate. Your high-resolution PDF file will be ready to download in This is what we are taught in Spanish as the notes, not

~R, In Canada we learned do re mi..do a deer a female deer, ray a drop of golden sun… etc…but we did not study keys then.guess it was the fixed style…. “Ut” was eventually deemed too difficult pronounce and was changed to “Do.”, Did the Guido method work?

The pitch C is “do” no matter what key you are in. Includes 1 print + interactive copy with lifetime access in our free apps.

Your first music (musical) reading is the “2a” with only C (do) and G (sol). Convert Notes from C D E F G A B to Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si. Have any questions? So, to end off this little discussion I’d say that because of the confusion of ‘moveable’ or ‘fixed’ do the A B C method is more universal. This Gap is closed now, which makes me happy. Moreover do,re,mi,.. sounds so much better than A,B,C. I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady).

I hope that’s super easy to understand so far. since they are real name for the notes, not just letters. Using A,B,C is like calling the planets with letters instead of using their cool names. Yah, it just depends on which country you’ve learned it. Glad you’r here learning.

They do this so that you use more of your senses. Agreed!

I was too ashamed to show my own special lack of education.

But, it really depends on where you are and the teacher you are studying from.

New BeginnerReturning BeginnerAbove Beginner. In de geschreven taal gebruikt men voor de aanduiding van de toonaard van een bepaald werk gewoon een hoofdletter voor de grote-tertstoonladder en een kleine letter voor de kleine-tertstoonladder, eventueel met de bijkomende vermelding groot of klein.
Het do-re-mi is in het westen de bekendste vorm van een toonladder, de majeur- of grote-tertstoonladder. October 28, 2013. .. Jim, Hi Diedrich- I know it’s kind of a strange thing to see – do re mi and then A B C – confusing! It should help me transcribe music, and write music.

Sight, sound,  and movement/touch. Your Current Skill Level (required) The official name for this is “solfege”. I bet you’re smarter now, and the next time you come across this subject you may be able to join in on the conversation as well. Solmization, or the practice of assigning syllables to the different “steps” of the scale, originated in ancient India.

All Rights Reserved. I heard these syllables “do re mi” often and never knew what it meant. Do, re, mi, are the first three syllables that represent the first three notes or “tones/pitches” of a scale. Or if you are in the key of A Major, “do” is A, “re” is B, “mi” is C#. Love your effort – let me know how you’re doing as a student of flute playing. It’s a good thing when it’s actually ‘on’ the staff, it’s all the same. So, don’t take this as a 100% truth.

If you are in the key of C Major, “do” would be C, “re” would be D, and “mi” would be E, etc.

I am, of course a little bias since I studied music here in the U.S., but there you have it.

A Benedictine monk who was also a master of music named Guido d'Arezzo set to work to prevent so many sacred tunes from being lost.

Not every country uses the same method of do, re mi!

Let’s Go: Your First Music Reading With a Color Note! If you are in the key of C Major, “do” would be C, “re” would be D, and “mi” would be E, etc.

Om de hoogte van een toon te bepalen wordt een notenbalk gebruikt. Well, as Rodgers and Hammerstein later put it, “When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything!”. Why are Notes of the Tonal Scale Called "Do, Re, Mi" etc.?

~Rebecca.