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KS3 · GCSE · A Level · Choir · Note reading · Movable Do

Solfège Trainer

See the notes or identify them by ear. Do is provided; work out the other solfège syllables from there.

Choose your solfège practice

Movable Do · Ti for the seventh
Do is the home note of the key, not always C. This trainer names syllables; it does not record or assess your singing.

See the notes while answering. Listening is optional. Replay Do or the pattern as often as you need.

Learning guide · need a hand?

From the given Do to your answer

Find your starting point

The gold note is Do, the home note. Follow the stave lines and spaces upwards: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do. Count down in reverse when the note is lower. Choose Above Do, Below Do or Both sides of Do in the Range setting. The syllable stays the same in another octave: Ti just below Do, then La, Sol, Fa, Mi and Re. Early levels only use the syllables already introduced, even when they are below Do.

Try one

If Do is G, the note on the next line or space up is A: Re. B is Mi. C is Fa. The key signature tells you which notes are sharp or flat; the syllables still follow the scale.

Choose how to practise

See the notes keeps the stave visible. Listen only hides the notation until you check your answer: press Hear the pattern to hear Do first, then the numbered notes. You can replay it as often as you need. The correct notation and syllables appear in the answer.

When there are several notes

Select a numbered answer box, then choose its syllable. You can change any answer before checking. Each missing syllable earns one mark. Hear Do or the whole pattern whenever it helps.

Minor and chromatic notes

Level 5 uses Do-based natural minor: Do, Re, Me, Fa, Sol, Le, Te, Do. Level 6 adds altered syllables in major keys. Di, Ri, Fi, Si and Li raise Do, Re, Fa, Sol and La by a semitone; Ra, Me, Se, Le and Te lower Re, Mi, Sol, La and Ti. An accidental is a change from that key’s scale note, not necessarily a change from a white piano key.

Easy to mix up

In movable Do, C is not always Do. Start from the given gold note each time. Upper Do has the same syllable as the starting Do. This version uses Ti for the seventh; Si is the raised Sol at the chromatic level. Fixed Do and La-based minor are not used here.

Further reading: Open Music Theory: minor scales and solfège.

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