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  2. Solfège - Wikipedia

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    Italian "solfeggio" and English/French "solfège" derive from the names of two of the syllables used: sol and fa.[2] [3]The generic term "solmization", referring to any system of denoting pitches of a musical scale by syllables, including those used in India and Japan as well as solfège, comes from French solmisation, from the Latin solfège syllables sol and mi.

  3. Solmization - Wikipedia

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    Guidonian hand, from 1274 Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Solmization is a mnemonic system in which a distinct syllable is attributed to each note of a musical scale.Various forms of solmization are in use and have been used throughout the world, but solfège is the most common convention in countries of Western culture.

  4. Ray of Creation - Wikipedia

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    In the book Gnosis I, author Boris Mouravieff explains the names given to the notes of the solfege: DOminus (God) SIdereus orbis (Starry sky/Ensemble of all Worlds) LActeus orbis (the Milky Way) SOL (the Sun) FAtum (Fate: the Planetary World, with direct influence on human destiny) MIxtus orbis (the Earth, under the mixed rule of Good and Evil)

  5. Musical notation - Wikipedia

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    As in Western solfege, there are names for the seven basic pitches of a major scale (Shadja, Rishabha, Gandhara, Madhyama, Panchama, Dhaivata and Nishada, usually shortened to Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni). The tonic of any scale is named Sa, and the dominant Pa. Sa is fixed in any scale, and Pa is fixed at a fifth above it (a Pythagorean fifth rather ...

  6. Sarah Anna Glover - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Anna Glover. Sarah Anna Glover (13 November 1786 – 20 October 1867) was an English music educator who invented the Norwich sol-fa system. [1] Her Sol-fa system was based on the ancient gamut; but she omitted the constant recital of the alphabetical names of each note and the arbitrary syllable indicating key relationship, and also the recital of two or more such syllables when the same ...

  7. Tonic sol-fa - Wikipedia

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    Solfège table in an Irish classroom. Tonic sol-fa (or tonic sol-fah) is a pedagogical technique for teaching sight-singing, invented by Sarah Anna Glover (1786–1867) of Norwich, England and popularised by John Curwen, who adapted it from a number of earlier musical systems.

  8. History of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The first eon in Earth's history, the Hadean, begins with Earth's formation and is followed by the Archean eon at 3.8 Ga. [2]: 145 The oldest rocks found on Earth date to about 4.0 Ga, and the oldest detrital zircon crystals in rocks to about 4.4 Ga, [34] [35] [36] soon after the formation of Earth's crust and Earth itself.

  9. Panspermia - Wikipedia

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    Panspermia has a long history, dating back to the 5th century BCE and the natural philosopher Anaxagoras. [17] Classicists came to agree that Anaxagoras maintained the Universe (or Cosmos) was full of life, and that life on Earth started from the fall of these extra-terrestrial seeds. [18]