How to Solfege

Want to learn solfege and how to use it? In this lesson, David Kulma introduces these music theory syllables to you, and then teaches you how to hear tonally with Movable Do solfege. This music tutorial includes analysis of 10 famous song melodies to show how you can use solfege to help you with ear training and to become a better musician on this sixth episode of Music Corner Breve.
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1. To read more about solfege, wikipedia is a great starting point. en.wikipedia.o...
2. The music in this video by Brahms (Symphony No. 1), Wagner (Lohengrin), Smetana (The Moldau), and the songs "Amazing Grace" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" are all in the public domain.
3. In this video I analyze multiple songs not in the public domain, including "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music, "Beyond the Sea," "Someday My Prince Will Come," "Take Five," "The Look of Love," and "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter. My discussion and short performance of excerpts follow fair use guidelines for commentary and criticism.
4. My tagline is a short quote from John Cage. johncage.org/