Wednesday, February 10, 2010

"Solfeggio" Lyrics

Someone wrote me over at my erniekovacs.info website, looking to find the lyrics to "Solfeggio" (a/k/a "Song of the Nairobi Trio"). In case anyone else has been wondering, here's what I wrote back:

They're not too complicated, especially if you know "Doe, a Deer" from the Sound of Music. "Solfeggio" is a musical notation system where each of the eight pitches on the major scale is given a name: do re me fa sol la ti do.

The "lyrics" to the song are nothing more than the names of the notes of the melody:

"Solfeggio" lyrics:

Mi sol la
Re fa-re sol
Do me-do fa re
Sol sol (bongo roll...)

Mi sol la
Re fa-re sol
Do me-do fa re
Sol sol do (wham!)

Do mi fa
Si re-se mi
La do-la fa re
Sol sol (bongo roll...)

Do mi-do fa
Si re-se mi
La do-la fa re
Sol sol do (wham!)

Thanks for writing!

Ben Model

5 comments:

Al Quagliata said...

Thanks for posting this Ben. Here's some info on the gent who wrote the piece, Robert Maxwell.

Ben Model said...

Great link, Al. The liner notes for the Robert Maxwell LP I have "Zing! Went the Strings of My Harp" (not kidding) states he doubled for Harpo in some of the later Marx pictures.

Al Quagliata said...

LOL! Too classic.

Al Quagliata said...

Here's another interesting post with info on the tune.

Anonymous said...

I know this song its my favorite