Movable Do vs Fixed Do
I'm trying to train my ear, I had 2 teachers before, one of them recommends me to use scale degree in context of the key (which is basically movable do) and the other teacher recommends me fixed do.
I don't think the teacher who uses fixed do has perfect pitch but her ears seems really good. I was playing a piece (which I don't think she's heard before) I played one wrong note and she immediately says shouldn't it be this note?
my other teacher who uses movable do can hear harmonic progression very well. in real time also. but I don't know his ability to transcribe notes in real time.
now I think that movable do is superior because let's face it. fixed do is for the people who has perfect pitch but I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt because she says that you have to use fixed do for a very long time. I think she may have developed semi perfect pitch. like she can only have perfect pitch when it's only on the piano. she cannot reproduce notes or things that people who actually have perfect pitch can do.
while that seems nice but that means I literally have to sing everything I learn in fixed for a long time.
why I think movable do is practical is because well here
this guy explains this perfectly
2:25 for the main point.
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In some places in the world they use solfège as the note names. So where we say c, d, e they say do re me. In this context fixed do makes sense. You wouldn't want to call the tonic c in every key right? But in countries where we use note names c, d, e etc I think movable do just makes more sense.
With fixed do in some countries they don't change the note name if there is sharp or a flat and for me, this just doesn't make sense.
I think as far as ear training goes, learning what a scale degree sounds like in the context of the key center is very useful. movable do helps you learn this as where fix do may not.
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