Post by Blue on Oct 9, 2012 15:33:21 GMT
Let's see how moveable do solfege works in practice then with respect to a “D dizi.”
I have no background in music, so I welcome anyone to correct me if I am really wrong here.
Define O as uncovered hole
Define X as covered hole
Define H as half-covered hole
Define 7* as a dot underneath the 7 in Jianpu notation.
A “D dizi” gets its name from the fact that the fingering XXXOOO = D
Therefore, the absolute scale and fingering correspondence is as follows:
Observe that this actually corresponds to D major (ie DEF#GABC#). How wonderful that we don't have to deal with half-covered holes for this major scale: this means we can play the scale “naturally.”
Next, let's arbitrarily assign D as solfege syllable “Do” or the jianpu equivalent 1.
Then we have
But suppose we want to play everything according to G major (GABCDEF#). Then what we could do is to re-assign G as the solfege syllable Do or jianpu 1, which means that all the solfege syllables and jianpu numbers must shift accordingly. Additionally, observe that the D-pitch dizi was not designed to play the note C naturally, so one will have to struggle with a partial covered hole when playing G-major on a D-pitched dizi! Again: “naturally” means having to avoid half-covered holes.
Therefore the G-major construction for a D-pitched dizi becomes
So here I demonstrate two possibilities to assign Do / 1. I could assign it as “G” if I want to play G-major, or I could assign Do / 1 as “D” if I want to play D-major. Therefore, I can move the location of my Do according to my needs, and that defines the spirit of a “movable do solfege.”
(Gasp, this was how I wanted to answer your question all along without any ambiguity or confusion. But typing all of this requires too much effort and thinking because I wasn't able to find a fingering chart with such clear mapping).
I have no background in music, so I welcome anyone to correct me if I am really wrong here.
Define O as uncovered hole
Define X as covered hole
Define H as half-covered hole
Define 7* as a dot underneath the 7 in Jianpu notation.
A “D dizi” gets its name from the fact that the fingering XXXOOO = D
Therefore, the absolute scale and fingering correspondence is as follows:
| Fingering | Absolute scale |
| XXXXXX | A |
| XXXXXO | B |
| XXXXOO | C# |
| XXXOOO | D |
| XXOOOO | E |
| XOOOOO | F# |
| OXXOOO | G |
Observe that this actually corresponds to D major (ie DEF#GABC#). How wonderful that we don't have to deal with half-covered holes for this major scale: this means we can play the scale “naturally.”
Next, let's arbitrarily assign D as solfege syllable “Do” or the jianpu equivalent 1.
Then we have
| Fingering | Absolute Scale | Solfege syllable / jianpu |
| XXXXXX | A | So / 5* |
| XXXXXO | B | La / 6* |
| XXXXOO | C# | Si (Ti) / 7* |
| XXXOOO | D | Do / 1 |
| XXOOOO | E | Re / 2 |
| XOOOOO | F# | Mi / 3 |
| OXXOOO | G | Fa / 4 |
But suppose we want to play everything according to G major (GABCDEF#). Then what we could do is to re-assign G as the solfege syllable Do or jianpu 1, which means that all the solfege syllables and jianpu numbers must shift accordingly. Additionally, observe that the D-pitch dizi was not designed to play the note C naturally, so one will have to struggle with a partial covered hole when playing G-major on a D-pitched dizi! Again: “naturally” means having to avoid half-covered holes.
Therefore the G-major construction for a D-pitched dizi becomes
| Fingering | Absolute Scale | Solfege syllable / jianpu |
| XXXXXX | A | Re / 2* |
| XXXXXO | B | Mi / 3* |
| XXXXHO | C | Fa / 4* |
| XXXOOO | D | So / 5* |
| XXOOOO | E | La / 6* |
| XOOOOO | F# | Si (Ti) / 7* |
| OXXOOO | G | Do / 1 |
So here I demonstrate two possibilities to assign Do / 1. I could assign it as “G” if I want to play G-major, or I could assign Do / 1 as “D” if I want to play D-major. Therefore, I can move the location of my Do according to my needs, and that defines the spirit of a “movable do solfege.”
(Gasp, this was how I wanted to answer your question all along without any ambiguity or confusion. But typing all of this requires too much effort and thinking because I wasn't able to find a fingering chart with such clear mapping).
