At 06:05 PM 11/9/2007, John Howell wrote:
>At 5:19 PM -0500 11/9/07, Margaret whitby wrote:
>>Twice in recent weeks one of the clues in The National Post
>>(Canada)  crossword puzzle has been  --" Guido's highest note".  In
>>my ignorance I assumed that he was an opera singer that I'd never
>>heard of.  I'm sure that John Howell and some others must know the
>>answer!  thanks, Margaret Whitby
>
>Of course!  Ela, or e'' or E5 depending on your system.  Fourth space
>in treble clef.  He considered it the highest note used in boys (not
>men's) voices.  His system used a very specific pitch set, and did
>NOT assume that scales continued up or down to infinity.

And of course he's not an opera singer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_d%27arezzo

Aaron.

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