The Solfege Song in the Key of C

I realized a while ago that there aren't any good Solfege songs- we have songs about Solfege, and some of them are great- but we don't have any nice songs written specifically for Solfege syllables, so I decided to write one!

In working on the song and the video, I tried to make things simple enough that anyone could sing along, but I also wanted to capture these simple lines from as many angles as I could. One of the things I love about Solfege is how it connects to the deep relationships between the notes in the scale. We could just as easily sing "G E G, G A G"- but those letters would never help us realize that "A F# A, A B A" share the same relationship. It's because of this that I like to think of Solfege as "relationship" terms- similar to words like Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sister. Now, obviously it's not a direct correlation- there is no solfege equivalent to "Mom," but there is also no sort of friend or family relationship that's similar to what 'Re' and 'So' share- and once you get into how these notes are connected- that's a relationship worth remembering too!

So as you watch and sing along to this video- think about how these solfege characters relate to each other. Each Solfege note (Do Re Mi) has it's own personality. Each note has other notes that it likes, and some that it dislikes (those relationships are fun too). And each note has a moment and a context when it shines in the song. So watch with curiosity!

I'd also like to give a huge thanks to my Solfege teacher, Ms. Sarah Shafer, for singing for this video- I hope the rest of the world gets to experience at least a little of the solfege joy that you've brought to so many already!

*Special Note on the word "So"*
Traditional spelling of Solfege syllables spells the note 'So" as "Sol', but the L is silent and should not be sung. So rather than include the traditional spelling in this video, I have spelled it as "So" to better reflects how it should sound when singing. And for all those purists out there, I assure you that this is not the first change to happened to our Solfege sounds. Each one of our solfege syllables is well over 1,000 years old, and many of them have changed quite a lot in that thousand years.

[thatchacre]

Every piece of your works deserves 10 thousand likes and more!

[musicfunwithben]

This song has so much to it. I'm gonna use it for singing and xylophone playing. Bravo!

[tamaridesu]

hi i just want to say thank you so much for all your content. i cant be the way i am without you ! you are inspire me to be better everytime i teach my student! bless you man!

[AllisonHoyt-gz]

Rad! What a great resource! Thanks for sharing this! Love the visuals and how you tie it in with the chord progression. Brilliant.

[Gabacarin]

none of the amateurs American musicians I know understand do re mi etc so my conclusion is that solfeggo is not a regular practice in music teaching in the us which is really said. It’s such a great part of understanding the music before you play it.

[HelenTown]

Oh...this is a beautiful song and arrangement! I appreciate the musicality of your work. Thank you for giving my brain an extra spark!🎉

[debanhigarcia]

This is great, I love all your videos. You do a fantastic job servicing us music teachers!

[Mscman-]

Awesome warm-up for choir, kids love it!

[wagonet]

learning this for guitar, , this is great, thank you.

[melodiehausman]

Please make more of these! This is amazing!

[burntbananas]

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[denaraptis]

JUST. WOW! And a huge thank you! I’ve been a musician my whole life, but never learned solfeggio. I recently returned to music school and if it weren’t for this YouTube channel, I don’t know what I would do. I just discovered you today and what a blessing. Keep up the great work!🎉❤

[sambador]

Hello, your videos are amazing, I use many of them on my lessons.
Thank you so much for sharing.

[Teabonesteak]

These videos are so good and important.

[ildikom]

Thank you for this AMAZING exercise. <3

[Zoia-tc]

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[seisolo]

Hi, Did you select the colours randomly or there is a reason a certain colour is associated with the degrees of the scale ?

[liweizou]

Is there an app that organizes all your work in levels?

[francescomanfredi]

Great song! Could you make a follow up video with you showing the position of the hands, are they always at the same height or they move up and down? Thanks

[natabriela]

This is the Kodaly hand signals method