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Question

i dont understand how the do re mi fa etc.. falls into the E A D G B E?? my teacher tells me that D=Re A=La G=Sol B=Si E=Mi etc... Can someone explain or have website to look at I dont understand how that follows???

Answer 1

The letters (E, A, D...) represent specific notes that never change pitch; so unless you tune your guitar differently, the strings will always be E, A, D, G, B, E. They are also used to represent keys and chords (the key of E, a C major chord, etc).

There are two ways that people look at the solfage ("Do", "Re", "Mi", etc.)

(1) Fixed Do.
where "Do", "Re", "Mi" etc. represent individual unchanging notes the same way the letters do (although you would not use the solfage when you are talking about keys and chords). In this context, your teacher is right. C="do," D="re" and on down the line as you said. This is not as common as movable "do," but my musical training used it.

(2) Movable Do.
where "Do" "Re" "Mi" signify the position of that note in the major scale. In the key of G major, the first note of the scale, a G, would be called "Do," the second note, the A, would be "Re." In the key of B-flat major, B-flat would be called "Do," etc. Minor keys are a bit different - there are a few other solfage names for that.

Answer 2

Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti have to do with the notes in relation to the key. Say the key is C. Then:
Do=C
Re=D
Mi=E
Fa=F
Sol=G
La=A
Ti=B
"Do" is the note that is the Tonic of the key. The you assign the rest as you ascent through the Major Scale. This works for any Major key. Minor keys are a bit different, then the whole thing kind of becomes less and less manageable as you move more and more towards atonality and chromaticism.

Answer 3

The Do-Re-Mi scae is just a major scale. Thats it.

Answer 4

http://www.cyberfret.com/scales/andrew-koblick/g-major-scale-in-3rds/index.php

Answer 5

why not ask your teacher?
It's basic music

Answer 6

Yeah... what he said...