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# Notation - Solfege

Learn moveable-do Solfege to recognize a note's function.

### Setup
Clefs Use these checkboxes to select which clefs should be used in the quiz. Keys Use these checkboxes to select which keys should be used in the quiz. Answer by Use these radio buttons to select whether the quiz should accept input via buttons or through typing. Allow nondiatonic notes Enabling this checkbox will allow notes that are not in the key signature to be used in the quiz.

### Learning Solfege
Aquallegro teaches moveable-do Solfege exclusively. This is because fixed-do Solfege is not related to relative pitch, it is more of a note naming system (it is taught in the Note Names module, however), and la-based minor and similar systems are easily learned if one knows the Solfege for the major mode. Chromatically One way to learn Solfege is to memorize the syllables as a chromatic scale. Basically, Solfege is a way of representing notes relative to the tonic of the key. Each step of the scale has its own syllable, and if that same step is raised or lowered, it shares the same first letter. Here is a traditional chromatic scale, upwards and downwards. (It may help to look at a keyboard while thinking through the chromatic scale.)
### Scale Degree | ### Solfege
1 | Do
Raised 1 | Di
2 | Re
Raised 2 | Ri
3 | Mi
4 | Fa
Raised 4 | Fi
5 | Sol
Raised 5 | Si
6 | La
Raised 6 | Li
7 | Ti
1 | Do
### Scale Degree | ### Solfege
1 | Do
7 | Ti
Lowered 7 | Te
6 | La
Lowered 6 | Le
5 | Sol
Lowered 5 | Se
4 | Fa
3 | Mi
Lowered 3 | Me
2 | Re
Lowered 2 | Ra
1 | Do