[TPIN] sol feggio

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

Ha!  You're probably right.  With all those opera arias playing in the 
background, the Bona book would probably fit right in!

I'll never forget the first time I heard Tony solfege out of that book.  I 
use to use it for both ear training (solfege), as well as an etude book.  

One day, during a lesson, Tony picked up the book and proceeded to solfege 
one of the more difficult exercises - since I had been practicing it like 
crazy for the last couple of weeks, I could tell he was singing everything 
dead on.  It absolutely floored me.  

I walked away pretty much assuming that he just happened to "know" that 
exercise - but was years went by, I realized he could site solfege anything - 
this was a skill that Tony had really taken seriously and worked at when he 
was younger.  It was neat to hear him solfge triple tonguing parts in cornet 
solos also (Carnival of Venice, et.al)...

"Do-dig-ga, Si-dig-ga, Fa-dig-ga, Sol-dig-ga, Re-dig-ga, ..."

Hillarious... but also amazing.

- da



On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:42:08 -0500, Wilmer Wise wrote
> It must be a South Philly thing. my teacher also used the Bona book.
> Wilmer
> On Jan 15, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt wrote:
> 
> > As for learning both fixed and movable Do... it depends on how far  
> > you're
> > going to take it.  My trumpet teacher (Tony Marchione) could site- 
> > solfege
> > anything (fixed Do).  He used to do exercises out of the Pasquale  
> > Bona book.
> > For *most* people, achieving that level of ability would take  
> > dedication to
> > that type of solfege alone.