Editing Solfège (section)

====Major====
Movable do is frequently employed in Australia, China, Japan (with 5th being so, and 7th being si), Ireland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, and English-speaking Canada. The movable do system is a fundamental element of the [[Kodály method]] used primarily in [[Hungary]], but with a dedicated following worldwide. In the movable do system, each solfège syllable corresponds not to a pitch, but to a scale degree: The first degree of a major scale is always sung as "do", the second as "re", etc. (For minor keys, see below.) In movable do, a given tune is therefore always sol-faed on the same syllables, no matter what key it is in.

The solfège syllables used for movable do differ slightly from those used for fixed do, because the English variant of the basic syllables ("ti" instead of "si") is usually used, and [[Chromatic scale|chromatically]] altered syllables are usually included as well.

{| style="margin:auto;" class="wikitable"
|-
! Major scale degree
! Mova. do solfège syllable
! # of half steps from Do
! {{abbr|Trad. pron.|Traditional pronunciation}}
|- style="background:#fff;"
|'''1'''
|'''Do'''
|0
|{{IPA|/doʊ/}}
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Raised 1
|Di
|1
|{{IPA|/diː/}}
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey;"
|Lowered 2
|Ra
|1
|{{IPA|/ɹɑː/}}
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Re'''
|2
|{{IPA|/ɹeɪ/}}
|-
|Raised 2
|Ri
|3
|{{IPA|/ɹiː/}}
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey; background:#fff;"
|Lowered 3
|Me (& Ma)
|3
|{{IPA|/meɪ/}} ({{IPA|/mɑː/}})
|- style="background:#fff;"
|'''3'''
|'''Mi'''
|4
|{{IPA|/miː/}}
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey;"
|'''4'''
|'''Fa'''
|5
|{{IPA|/fɑː/}}
|-
|Raised 4
|Fi
|6
|{{IPA|/fiː/}}
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey; background:#fff;"
|Lowered 5
|Se
|6
|{{IPA|/seɪ/}}
|- style="background:#fff;"
|'''5'''
|'''Sol'''
|7
|{{IPA|/soʊ/}}
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Raised 5
|Si
|8
|{{IPA|/siː/}}
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey;"
|Lowered 6
|Le (& Lo)
|8
|{{IPA|/leɪ/}} ({{IPA|/loʊ/}})
|-
|'''6'''
|'''La'''
|9
|{{IPA|/lɑː/}}
|-
|Raised 6
|Li
|10
|{{IPA|/liː/}}
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey; background:#fff;"
|Lowered 7
|Te (& Ta)
|10
|{{IPA|/teɪ/}} ({{IPA|/tɑː/}})
|- style="background:#fff;"
|'''7'''
|'''Ti'''
|11
|{{IPA|/tiː/}}
|}

If, at a certain point, the key of a piece modulates, then it is necessary to change the solfège syllables at that point. For example, if a piece begins in C major, then C is initially sung on "do", D on "re", etc. If, however, the piece then modulates to F major, then F is sung on "do", G on "re", etc., and C is then sung on "sol".