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4.1.6That Familiar "Do-Re-Mi" Scale, and the "Do-Re-Mi" Song
If you’re European, you’ll recognize the scale in Figure 10 as the “do-re-mi” scale, using the solmization system, which designates notes using syllables instead of letter names:
do re mi fa so la ti do
Or, if you’re going down the scale:
do ti la so fa mi re do
Or, as the von Trapp family sang in The Sound of Music:
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Fah, a long long way to run...
(They could sing better than they could spell.)