> I have no recollection of learning sol-fa at school, but it's obvious > that I did, because it is ingrained; I can "hear" a piece of sol-fa, I > can sing sol-fa correctly, and with a very small effort can write it > fairly well. And I'm sure that many other people can as well ...... What > do you think?
Agreed - I 'heard' this piece the minute I looked at it without even thinking about it or why it was so easy .. interesting point raised. I didn't realize how 'ingrained' this technique was, either - this is how we learned all of our music in the small, one-room rural schools of Ontario Can. (yes - they existed well into the 1970s!!) The music teachers who travelled from school to school were experts at this technique, and could conduct up to 4 part harmony pieces using the 'hand signals' for this method. I like the ABC's for their simplicity - but I have to 'translate' them first - your Tonic was surprisingly automatic. Maybe I DID learn something in school, after all ..... ;-) .. thanks for the memories! Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
