This Solfege Syllables to Intervals Translation Chart was designed to help self-taught musicians follow along in future FYM Blog posts, particularly our Compositional Analysis series. This guide uses intervals relative to the root note of the key going up in half steps. Also be sure to check out Keith’s Crash Course On Intervals For Self-Taught Musicians.
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* do – Perfect Unison (Root)
* ra – Minor 2nd
* re – Major 2nd
* me – Minor 3rd
* mi – Major 3rd
* fa – Perfect 4th
* fi – Tritone
* sol – Perfect 5th
* le – Minor 6th
* la – Major 6th
* te – Minor 7th
* ti - Major 7th (Leading Tone)
* do – Perfect Octave (Root)
For example: in the key of C, C# is called ra, G is sol, Bb is te, and so forth.
Also note that some of these intervals can have a different solfege name in certain contexts, but these are the “default” names and they are all you need to know in order to understand our song analyses.
