Solfege and Tonic Sol Fa for Beginners - Music Performance

Solfege and Tonic Sol Fa. What is it, and how is it used? Many musicians use sol fa. Others have heard about it but are not sure how it works. In this music performance lesson, we explain the sol fa system and how it can transfer from one key to another. We explore practical uses of the sol fa system for learning music and for developing aural skills and teach you the hand signs that belong to sol fa. By the end of this music performance lesson you will know the sol fa names, how they relate to degrees of the scale within a key, and how to use the hand signs.

🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to tonic sol fa
1:12 - Degrees of the scale and their names in the sol fa system
3:11 - Written music in sol fa
4:34 - Learning the hand signs
9:16 - Why is sol fa useful to know?

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[TheSIGHTREADINGProject]

Thank you. I’m beginning to appreciate how much this can help my sight reading in the long term

[welljunenongsiej]

In India, states like Meghalaya and Mizoram use Tonic Solfa extensively

[Andionschannel]

Didn't know about the hand signs. Great idea to use additional muscle memory! Thanks a lot for the video!

[paulberry]

Thank you. I'd always been a bit dismissive of this, but now I can see that it could be a real help to non-readers - I'm going to learn the hand signs and will give it a go sometime with my choir.

[angwejoseph]

This lesson has been very much useful for me since I have been a church choir singing tenor for very long time
Thank you very much.God bless you.

[spreadingthelightofchristj]

One of the best music theory lessons offered on YouTube, God bless you, keep up the good work sir.

[emilerose]

Useful lesson well taught. You are an exemplary teacher in that you teach what you promise in a clear way. Your clarity frees the learner to think beyond the lesson to the next steps. For example, after this lesson, I am now curious as to how one would indicate the flat or sharp of a note. So off I go to find that! Thank you for the practicality, style and clarity of your teaching.

[Nieciej]

:O :O :O
It's completely new version of music notation for me - in Poland we use "solmization" (orig. Polish: solmizacja) as a names of notes where ALWAYS: C=Do, D=Re, E=Mi, F=Fa, G=Sol, A=La and B=Si (we use German H instead of B) - no matter which scale degree it is, because it depends on the scale, where from it starts so Do can be first degree only in Do-dur but third in La-moll.
Here in Poland that's usually music notation applying for SINGERS only - instrumentalists use German letters (H instead of B and B instead of B-flat/A-sharp).

In Russia (in general former USSR countries) they use the same notation for musical instruments too - "solfeggio (сольфеджио)" - До=C, Ре=D, Ми=E, Фа=F, Соль=G, Ля=A, Си=B/H.
So it all gets very complicated if you understand both Russian and English beyond your native Polish.
Greetings.

[gillchatfield]

Excellent description. I grew up with tonic sol fa, which I used up to O-level music. It was a mainstay of our chapel choir, and many of the choir used tonic sol fa hymn books. Interesting that this is the 3rd video I've seen in the last couple of weeks on YouTube about the hand signs. I knew about them from friends who had been primary school teachers, although they couldn't remember them. I hope tonic sol fa is making a comeback.

[SolarMumuns]

Excellent as always! Love these lessons. So clear, so humble and containing invaluable information.

[mrsagor]

I really enjoyed watching this video because we use this system in our choir class.
Thank you so much for making lesson on this topic.

[jayducharme]

This makes a lot of sense to me now. I never really understood why this would be used. My first exposure to it, actually, was in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That's how the humans communicated with the aliens.

[GenialGospelMusic]

This really help me and it is recommendable for beginners who have interest in learning tonic solfa.

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Thank you sir for this informative tutorial.❤

[patoni]

I'm going to use that at the next jam session... And see which one of the Jazz men know this... Thanks... Way cool

[louloumoon]

Brilliantly clear and simple, thank you.

[carlstenger]

50+ years ago, when I was a member of the Texas Boys Choir, we had an assistant director/accompanist by the name of Kalman Halasz. Mr. Halasz had been trained in the Kodaly method of Solfege by none other than Zoltan Kodaly. During my time in the choir, Solfege was always a part of our warm up exercises. I'm proud to say that I learned the Kodaly method of Solfege from someone who was taught by Kodaly.

[spaziodigitale]

In Italy we actually learn music with the Guido d'Arezzo names Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si. We practice solfeggio using thise names. The A to G system, the very first naming system of notes, is today currently used in anglophone countries, and adopted by us as a secondary system.

[davidwhite]

Another great lesson! I’ve always wanted to learn Solfege

I’m sure a great way to develop relative pitch

[gloriagentledesire]

You are a good teacher.i love music but the signs put me off.but you made me want to learn more.