solmization
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thumb|175px|Guidonian hand, from 1274 [[Biblioteca Ambrosiana ]]
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Europe
- Solfège
- Chromatic fixed-do systems
- Other european systems
- Asian systems
- See also
- References
thumb|175px|Guidonian hand, from 1274 [[Biblioteca Ambrosiana ]]
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “solmization” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.