Editing Solfège (section)

====Minor====
Passages in a minor key may be sol-faed in one of two ways in movable do: either starting on do (using "me", "le", and "te" for the lowered third, sixth, and seventh degrees, and "la" and "ti" for the raised sixth and seventh degrees), which is referred to as "do-based minor", or starting on la (using "fi" and "si" for the raised sixth and seventh degrees). The latter (referred to as "la-based minor") is sometimes preferred in choral singing, especially with children.

The choice of which system is used for minor makes a difference as to how you handle modulations. In the first case ("do-based minor"), when the key moves for example from C major to C minor the syllable do keeps pointing to the same note, namely C, (there's no "mutation" of do's note), but when the key shifts from C major to A minor (or A major), the scale is transposed from do = C to do = A. In the second case ("la-based minor"), when the key moves from C major to A minor the syllable do continues to point to the same note, again C, but when the key moves from C major to C minor the scale is transposed from do = C to do = E-flat.

{| style="margin:auto;" class="wikitable"
|-
!Natural minor scale degree
!Movable do solfège syllable (La-based minor)
!Movable do solfège syllable (Do-based minor)
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey; background:#fff;"
|Lowered 1
|Le (& Lo)
|( Ti )
|- style="background:#fff;"
|'''1'''
|'''La'''
|'''Do'''
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Raised 1
|Li
|Di
|- style="border-top: 2px solid darkgrey;"
|Lowered 2
|Te (& Ta)
|Ra
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Ti'''
|'''Re'''
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey; background:#fff;"
|'''3'''
|'''Do'''
|'''Me (& Ma)'''
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Raised 3
|Di
|Mi
|- style="border-top: 2px solid darkgrey;"
|Lowered 4
|Ra
|( Mi )
|-
|'''4'''
|'''Re'''
|'''Fa'''
|-
|Raised 4
|Ri
|Fi
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey; background:#fff;"
|Lowered 5
|Me (& Ma)
|Se
|- style="background:#fff;"
|'''5'''
|'''Mi'''
|'''Sol'''
|- style="border-top: 2px solid darkgrey;"
|'''6'''
|'''Fa'''
|'''Le (& Lo)'''
|-
|Raised 6
|Fi
|La
|- style="border-top:2px solid darkgrey; background:#fff;"
|Lowered 7
|Se
|( La )
|- style="background:#fff;"
|'''7'''
|'''Sol'''
|'''Te (& Ta)'''
|- style="background:#fff;"
|Raised 7
|Si
|Ti
|}