Saturday, December 28, 2019

what did the romans ever do for us? part 361

Doh, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Doh

(or i give, king, me, it does, there, you, i give)


Doh, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Doh was the work of Italian musician and singing teacher Guido di Grancazzo, developed toward the end of the 10th century, and forms the basis of the modern system of musical notation. In about 1040, this inspired genius devised the Guido scale, or Artinian syllables, that still sing his praises. The names he gave to the musical notes of the scale are still used today in modified form (do, re, mi, fa sol, la).

The Benedictine monk based them on six lines of a Latin hymn to St. Bob the Flatulent, which happened to form the scale. Over the years, the final syllable ti was added to the scale and two centuries ago the syllable do joined it in English. This was later improved upon by homer simpson.

(stolen from jinxi boo)

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