Hi John and Nardo and "Philippe" from Ireland.
I have a question and a statement.
What are the demographics for viola playing ?
In other words do more Ladies play the Viola than Gentleman ?
This is the question part.
The following is the statement part.
I "postulate" that the Viola having a more "Robust " voice is more attractive to
the "Gracie" gender,
and in consequence is played more by them .
This statement has nothing to do with grade of playing, professionally or as a
student stature.

On another "Note",,,,, . 2 part question
Do ,Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do, ,,,, is it written the same if you go
backwards, ( From High to Low ),?
And how do you write the "semitones" ? (flats and sharps ) ?
Ascending or descending,,?
sorry, now it became a 3 part question.

Vitally
The Ancient Dino.


----- Original Message -----
From: John Howell
To: viola@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [viola] clefs


>Nardo Poy wrote:
>
><<And yes, according to my late wife, who was a
>certified Kodály teacher, you can use solfege
>for atonal music, but it gets a little hairy!>>
>
>It would only get hairy if one were to use
>movable "Do". With fixed "Do", there should be
>no such hirsuit issues.

Both systems work, each has its strengths, and
each has its weaknesses. And both can be used to
solfege atonal music. Kodály chose movable Do as
being best, but that was for his specific goals
of practical music education (just as Guido's
"movable ut" system was). The same is true of
pitch numbers or letter names or any other note
and interval identification system (although I
have to admit that I've never been able to
understand Tonic Sol-Fa, although others
certainly do). My own preference for movable do
grows out of my wife's experience; I was not
trained in either system. But it sure did work
for her and her students. (And she understood
fixed-do sufficiently to translate for and help
students brought up in that system at a number of
workshops.)

John


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Virginia Tech Department of Music
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