Diagram tracing the order of syllables on a typical Guidonian hand
Diagram tracing the order of syllables on a typical Guidonian hand
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio I. European medieval and Renaissance systems 3. Mutation.: Ex.1 Anonymus 11: ‘Sic quoque mutandum G–sol–re–ut variandum’
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio I. European medieval and Renaissance systems 3. Mutation.: Ex.1 Anonymus 11: ‘Sic quoque mutandum G–sol–re–ut variandum’
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 2. China and Korea.: Table 6
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 2. China and Korea.: Table 6
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 4. India.: Table 8
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 4. India.: Table 8
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 4. India.: Ex.2
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 4. India.: Ex.2
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 6. Arab countries.: Table 10
Solmization solfatio, solmifatio II. Ancient and non-European systems 6. Arab countries.: Table 10
Guidonian hand from a MS from Mantua, last quarter of the 15th century
Guidonian hand from a MS from Mantua, last quarter of the 15th century.
A circular method of presenting the three standard hexachords
A circular method of presenting the three standard hexachords (including the ficta hexachord on B♭), suggesting the infinite scale of the Renaissance rather than the limited gamut of the Middle Ages; the outer row of arches denotes the intervals as tones or semitones: from a late 14th-century copy of Theinred of Dover's 'Breviarum regulare musice'.
Solmization system as used in the wind section of a Japanese gagaku orchestra
Solmization system as used in the wind section of a Japanese gagaku orchestra; the characters in the central column represent the solmization syllables.
