17edo solfege
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Expanding the "movable-do" solfege system for [[17edo]]: an aid for microtonal singing; a way of wrapping yr brain around a new sound system. Ordinary solfege syllables work very well in 17: || C || Db || C# || D || Eb || D# || E || F || Gb || F# || G || Ab || G# || A || Bb || A# || B || || do || ra || di || re || me || ri || mi || fa || se || fi || sol || le || si || la || te || li || do || Note that syllables usually treated as enharmonic equivalents become distinct pitches in 17 (eg. "ra" & "di"). Spelling matters here. This system could work just fine on its own, but what if I want to respell the pitches to put them into another pitch class? For example, what if I want to treat D# as a kind of third (a neutral third) instead of a kind of second (an augmented second)? For pitches, we have up-down arrows (thank you Sagittal) that can allow us to respell like this: || C || Db || C# || D || Eb || D# || E || F || Gb || F# || G || Ab || G# || A || Bb || A# || B || || C || C-up || D-down || D || D-up || E-down || E || F || F-up || G-down || G || G-up || A-down || A || A-up || B-down || B || So, for example, we can respell our augmented second, D#, as a neutral third, E-down, & get something more intuitive & useful for certain purposes. But what if we want solfege syllables for these respellings? ===ru, mu, lu & tu=== I offer the suffix "-u" to indicate neutral 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, & 7ths. || C || Db || **D-down** || D || Eb || **E-down** || E || F || Gb || F# || G || Ab || **A-down** || A || Bb || **B-down** || B || || do || ra || **ru** || re || me || **mu** || mi || fa || se || fi || sol || le || **lu** || la || te || **tu** || ti || So if we encounter a "ru," we know to take it as a neutral second (not an augmented unison); if we encounter "lu," we know to take it as a neutral sixth (not an augmented fifth) & so on. ===fu & su=== What about the two tritones? Perhaps you want to respell G-flat as F-up. For this, I offer "fu"; likewise, if you want G-down in place of F-up, I offer "su". || C || Db || D-down || D || Eb || E-down || E || F || **F-up** || **G-down** || G || Ab || A-down || A || Bb || B-down || B || || do || ra || ru || re || me || mu || mi || fa || **fu** || **su** || sol || le || lu || la || te || tu || ti || ===other enharmonics=== Some offers, to fill out the octave: || C || **C-up** || D-down || D || **D-up** || E-down || E || F || F-up || G-down || G || **G-up** || A-down || A || **A-up** || B-down || B || || do || **da** || du || re || **ro** || mu || mi || fa || fu || su || sol || **sa** || lu || la || **lo** || tu || do || === === ===side-by-side=== || C || Db/C-up || C#/D-down || D || Eb/D-up || D#/E-down || E || F || Gb/F-up || F#/G-down || G || Ab/G-up || G#/A-down || A || Bb/A-up || A#/B-down || B || || do || ra || di || re || me || ri || mi || fa || se || fi || sol || le || si || la || te || li || do || || do || da || du || re || ro || mu || mi || fa || fu || su || sol || sa || lu || la || lo || tu || do ||
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<html><head><title>17edo Solfege</title></head><body>Expanding the "movable-do" solfege system for <a class="wiki_link" href="/17edo">17edo</a>: an aid for microtonal singing; a way of wrapping yr brain around a new sound system.<br />
<br />
Ordinary solfege syllables work very well in 17:<br />
<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>C<br />
</td>
<td>Db<br />
</td>
<td>C#<br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td>Eb<br />
</td>
<td>D#<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>F<br />
</td>
<td>Gb<br />
</td>
<td>F#<br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td>Ab<br />
</td>
<td>G#<br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td>Bb<br />
</td>
<td>A#<br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>do<br />
</td>
<td>ra<br />
</td>
<td>di<br />
</td>
<td>re<br />
</td>
<td>me<br />
</td>
<td>ri<br />
</td>
<td>mi<br />
</td>
<td>fa<br />
</td>
<td>se<br />
</td>
<td>fi<br />
</td>
<td>sol<br />
</td>
<td>le<br />
</td>
<td>si<br />
</td>
<td>la<br />
</td>
<td>te<br />
</td>
<td>li<br />
</td>
<td>do<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
Note that syllables usually treated as enharmonic equivalents become distinct pitches in 17 (eg. "ra" & "di"). Spelling matters here.<br />
<br />
This system could work just fine on its own, but what if I want to respell the pitches to put them into another pitch class? For example, what if I want to treat D# as a kind of third (a neutral third) instead of a kind of second (an augmented second)? For pitches, we have up-down arrows (thank you Sagittal) that can allow us to respell like this:<br />
<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>C<br />
</td>
<td>Db<br />
</td>
<td>C#<br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td>Eb<br />
</td>
<td>D#<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>F<br />
</td>
<td>Gb<br />
</td>
<td>F#<br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td>Ab<br />
</td>
<td>G#<br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td>Bb<br />
</td>
<td>A#<br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C<br />
</td>
<td>C-up<br />
</td>
<td>D-down<br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td>D-up<br />
</td>
<td>E-down<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>F<br />
</td>
<td>F-up<br />
</td>
<td>G-down<br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td>G-up<br />
</td>
<td>A-down<br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td>A-up<br />
</td>
<td>B-down<br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
So, for example, we can respell our augmented second, D#, as a neutral third, E-down, & get something more intuitive & useful for certain purposes.<br />
<br />
But what if we want solfege syllables for these respellings?<br />
<br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:0:<h3> --><h3 id="toc0"><a name="x--ru, mu, lu & tu"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:0 -->ru, mu, lu & tu</h3>
<br />
I offer the suffix "-u" to indicate neutral 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, & 7ths.<br />
<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>C<br />
</td>
<td>Db<br />
</td>
<td><strong>D-down</strong><br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td>Eb<br />
</td>
<td><strong>E-down</strong><br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>F<br />
</td>
<td>Gb<br />
</td>
<td>F#<br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td>Ab<br />
</td>
<td><strong>A-down</strong><br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td>Bb<br />
</td>
<td><strong>B-down</strong><br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>do<br />
</td>
<td>ra<br />
</td>
<td><strong>ru</strong><br />
</td>
<td>re<br />
</td>
<td>me<br />
</td>
<td><strong>mu</strong><br />
</td>
<td>mi<br />
</td>
<td>fa<br />
</td>
<td>se<br />
</td>
<td>fi<br />
</td>
<td>sol<br />
</td>
<td>le<br />
</td>
<td><strong>lu</strong><br />
</td>
<td>la<br />
</td>
<td>te<br />
</td>
<td><strong>tu</strong><br />
</td>
<td>ti<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
So if we encounter a "ru," we know to take it as a neutral second (not an augmented unison); if we encounter "lu," we know to take it as a neutral sixth (not an augmented fifth) & so on.<br />
<br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:<h3> --><h3 id="toc1"><a name="x--fu & su"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->fu & su</h3>
<br />
What about the two tritones? Perhaps you want to respell G-flat as F-up. For this, I offer "fu"; likewise, if you want G-down in place of F-up, I offer "su".<br />
<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>C<br />
</td>
<td>Db<br />
</td>
<td>D-down<br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td>Eb<br />
</td>
<td>E-down<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>F<br />
</td>
<td><strong>F-up</strong><br />
</td>
<td><strong>G-down</strong><br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td>Ab<br />
</td>
<td>A-down<br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td>Bb<br />
</td>
<td>B-down<br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>do<br />
</td>
<td>ra<br />
</td>
<td>ru<br />
</td>
<td>re<br />
</td>
<td>me<br />
</td>
<td>mu<br />
</td>
<td>mi<br />
</td>
<td>fa<br />
</td>
<td><strong>fu</strong><br />
</td>
<td><strong>su</strong><br />
</td>
<td>sol<br />
</td>
<td>le<br />
</td>
<td>lu<br />
</td>
<td>la<br />
</td>
<td>te<br />
</td>
<td>tu<br />
</td>
<td>ti<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:<h3> --><h3 id="toc2"><a name="x--other enharmonics"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->other enharmonics</h3>
<br />
Some offers, to fill out the octave:<br />
<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>C<br />
</td>
<td><strong>C-up</strong><br />
</td>
<td>D-down<br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td><strong>D-up</strong><br />
</td>
<td>E-down<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>F<br />
</td>
<td>F-up<br />
</td>
<td>G-down<br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td><strong>G-up</strong><br />
</td>
<td>A-down<br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td><strong>A-up</strong><br />
</td>
<td>B-down<br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>do<br />
</td>
<td><strong>da</strong><br />
</td>
<td>du<br />
</td>
<td>re<br />
</td>
<td><strong>ro</strong><br />
</td>
<td>mu<br />
</td>
<td>mi<br />
</td>
<td>fa<br />
</td>
<td>fu<br />
</td>
<td>su<br />
</td>
<td>sol<br />
</td>
<td><strong>sa</strong><br />
</td>
<td>lu<br />
</td>
<td>la<br />
</td>
<td><strong>lo</strong><br />
</td>
<td>tu<br />
</td>
<td>do<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:<h3> --><h3 id="toc3"><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 --> </h3>
<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:8:<h3> --><h3 id="toc4"><a name="x--side-by-side"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:8 -->side-by-side</h3>
<br />
<table class="wiki_table">
<tr>
<td>C<br />
</td>
<td>Db/C-up<br />
</td>
<td>C#/D-down<br />
</td>
<td>D<br />
</td>
<td>Eb/D-up<br />
</td>
<td>D#/E-down<br />
</td>
<td>E<br />
</td>
<td>F<br />
</td>
<td>Gb/F-up<br />
</td>
<td>F#/G-down<br />
</td>
<td>G<br />
</td>
<td>Ab/G-up<br />
</td>
<td>G#/A-down<br />
</td>
<td>A<br />
</td>
<td>Bb/A-up<br />
</td>
<td>A#/B-down<br />
</td>
<td>B<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>do<br />
</td>
<td>ra<br />
</td>
<td>di<br />
</td>
<td>re<br />
</td>
<td>me<br />
</td>
<td>ri<br />
</td>
<td>mi<br />
</td>
<td>fa<br />
</td>
<td>se<br />
</td>
<td>fi<br />
</td>
<td>sol<br />
</td>
<td>le<br />
</td>
<td>si<br />
</td>
<td>la<br />
</td>
<td>te<br />
</td>
<td>li<br />
</td>
<td>do<br />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>do<br />
</td>
<td>da<br />
</td>
<td>du<br />
</td>
<td>re<br />
</td>
<td>ro<br />
</td>
<td>mu<br />
</td>
<td>mi<br />
</td>
<td>fa<br />
</td>
<td>fu<br />
</td>
<td>su<br />
</td>
<td>sol<br />
</td>
<td>sa<br />
</td>
<td>lu<br />
</td>
<td>la<br />
</td>
<td>lo<br />
</td>
<td>tu<br />
</td>
<td>do<br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body></html>