Editing Solfège (section)

==Cultural references==
* The various possibilities to distinguish the notes acoustically, optically and by ways of speech and [[signed language|signs]], made the solfège a possible [[syllabary]] for an [[International Auxiliary Language]] (IAL/LAI). This was, in the latter half of the 19th century, realised in the musical language [[Solresol]].
* In ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', the song "[[Do-Re-Mi]]" is built around solfège.  Maria sings it with the von Trapp children to teach them to sing the major scale.
* [[Ernie Kovacs]]' television show had a popular recurring sketch that became known as "[[The Nairobi Trio]]". The three characters wore long [[overcoat]]s, [[bowler hat]]s, and gorilla masks, and were performed by Ernie and two other rotating persons including uncredited stars such as [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Jack Lemmon]], as well as Kovacs' wife, singer [[Edie Adams]]. There was no dialog, the three pantomimed to the song Solfeggio by [[Robert Maxwell (songwriter)|Robert Maxwell]] and the lyrics of the song were made up solely of the solfeggio syllables themselves. The sketch was so popular, that the song was re-released as "Song of the Nairobi Trio".