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Quiz Solfege

Solfege

  1. Solfege is used mainly for what instrument?

    2. Piano
    Drum
    Guitar
    Voice

  2. Historians first note the use of solfege during what century?

    3. 1st century
    500 B.C.
    10th century
    20th century

  3. What did the first person known to have used solfege do for his job?

    4. Engineer
    Architect
    Organist
    Benedictine Monk

  4. From what ancient hymn were the solfege syllables taken from?

    5. Doxology
    Old Hundredth
    Ut queant laxis
    Puritan Hymnal of Psalms

  5. What is the primary purpose of solfege in our 21st century?

    6. Sight-singing
    Hymn singing
    Vocal training
    Both A and C

  6. When singing solfege, how are sharps formed?

    7. By singing "sharp" after the syllable
    Sharps are omited when singing solfege
    Replace the last solfege vowel with the vowel sound "i"
    Replace the last solfege vowel with the vowel sound "e"

  7. When using the "fixed do" system of solfege...

    8. C is always "do"
    C is never "do"
    C is sometimes "do"
    C is only "do" when singing in C Major

  8. Another word for "fixed do" is:

    9. Variety
    Choice
    Absolute
    Place

  9. The 8 solfege syllables are:

    10. Re, mi, so, te, du, la and ri
    Da, ri, me, fi, sa, li and te
    rut, sut, mut, cut, lut, tut and dut
    Do, re, mi, fa, so, la and ti

  10. The inventor of our modern staff system is the monk who first used solfege:

    11. Solo t'Adozo
    Guido d' Arezzo
    W. A. Mozart
    Benedictus Josephus

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