Hi. I've found this topic very interesting. Although I understand to some degree why solfege is taught, wouldn't it be better to learn intervals using the note names, i.e., "a", "b", etc.? Of course, I also realize that the solfege has the differentiation for the accidentals, and I understand the movable "do" system.
However, I get terribly confused jumping around (arpeggios, for example) trying to remember if I'm on la or ti, even though I can say the syllables frontwards and backwards. It just seems that it would be so much easier to learn using the note names. Also, the solfege book I am using does tell us to practice using not only syllables, but note names, "and" even using numbers (1, 3, 5, 3, 1).
Thanks for listening. Terry
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