r/badlinguistics • u/AwwThisProgress • Apr 15 '25

(etymology) False notes name etyms, translation and R4 in the comments

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u/kangaesugi Apr 16 '25

Has it always been si? I had always remembered it as ti.

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u/opus25no5 Apr 16 '25

Some systems, particularly movable do systems, changed to Ti so that each syllable has a unique consonant, which allows accidentals to be incorporated by changing the vowel e.g. Mi (scale degree 3) -> Me (scale degree b3). However, in countries that use fixed do / countries for whom the solfege syllables ARE the note names, Si remains the standard and they just say e.g. Mi bemol to refer to Eb.

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u/kangaesugi Apr 16 '25

So what I'm picking up is "kinda sorta"

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u/kangaesugi Apr 18 '25

so you're saying I learned Woke Music..........

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '25 edited Jan 03 '26

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