A214 - Tonic Sol-fa

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Tonic Sol-fa : 'the individual degrees of the scale'

(Pioneered by John Curwen (1816-1880))

Degree Sol-fa Traditional
1 Doh Tonic
2 Ray Supertonic
3 Me Mediant
4 Fah Subdominant
5 Soh Dominant
6 Lah Submediant
7 Te Leading-note
8/1 Doh Tonic
See also: Chord cards for chords that can be formed on each degree of the diatonic scale
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Taken from A214, Unit 8

Last updated: 28 April, 2004