Excerpt:
We cracked open Solfège des Solfèges—all three books, 337 exercises—and let the notes lead us. This century-old method, repackaged yet unvarnished, feels like a labor of love for the purist. Its pages hum with discipline: diatonic scales bloom into chromatic labyrinths, rhythms twist from straightforward to syncopated, and intervals stretch like vocal tightropes. There’s no flashy design or app integrations here—just ink, paper, and the relentless pursuit of precision.
For teachers, it’s a structured goldmine, ideal for layering technique week by week. Self-learners, though, may crave more guidance; these exercises assume familiarity with solfège’s language, not teaching it. We stumbled in Book II’s dissonant harmonies but emerged sharper, our ears tuned to subtler pitches.
Is it monotonous? Occasionally. Yet that repetition is its spine—each drill a brick in musical literacy. Missing? Audio accompaniments. You’ll need a piano (or a YouTube playlist) to bridge the silence.
If sight-singing mastery is your summit, Solfège des Solfèges is the boot camp. Not for the faint-hearted, but for those willing to grind, it’s a classic that delivers.
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