《Ut queant laxis》 (English notation) Utqueant laxis

Japanese: 《Ut queant laxis》(英語表記)Utqueantlaxis
《Ut queant laxis》 (English notation) Utqueant laxis

…In Western music, seven syllables are used: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si. Its origin is said to be from the early 11th century, when Guido D'Arezzo assigned six notes (ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la) that rise one note from C to the first syllable of each subsection of the poem Ut queant laxis (around the 8th century) of the St. John's hymn. There are other theories, however. These six syllables were originally used as the names of the scales of the six-tone scale (hexachord) above C, G, and F, but eventually they became fixed above C. …

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Japanese:

…西洋音楽では,ド,レ,ミ,ファ,ソ,ラ,シの7シラブルsyllableが用いられる。その起源については,11世紀初頭にグィード・ダレッツォが,聖ヨハネ賛歌《ウト・クエアント・ラクシスUt queant laxis》の詩(8世紀ころ)の各小区分第1シラブルに,ハから1音ずつ上がってゆく6音(ut,re,mi,fa,sol,la)を当てはめたことに由来するといわれるが,異説もある。この6シラブルは当初,ハのほかト,ヘの各音上の6音音階(ヘクサコルド)の階名として使われていたが,やがてハ音上に固定されるようになった。…

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