<P> In the Elizabethan era, England and its related territories used only four of the syllables: mi, fa, sol, and la . "Mi" stood for modern si, "fa" for modern do or ut, "sol" for modern re, and "la" for modern mi . Then, fa, sol and la would be repeated to also stand for their modern counterparts, resulting in the scale being "fa, sol, la, fa, sol, la, mi, fa". The use of "fa", "sol" and "la" for two positions in the scale is a leftover from the Guidonian system of so - called "mutations" (i.e. changes of hexachord on a note, see Guidonian hand). This system was largely eliminated by the 19th century, but is still used in some shape note systems, which give each of the four syllables "fa", "sol", "la", and "mi" a different shape . </P> <P> An example of this type of solmization occurs in Shakespeare's King Lear, I, 2 (see § Literature). </P> <P> There are two main types of solfège Movable do and Fixed Do . </P> <P> In Movable do, or tonic sol - fa, each syllable corresponds to a scale degree . This is analogous to the Guidonian practice of giving each degree of the hexachord a solfège name, and is mostly used in Germanic countries, Commonwealth Countries, and the United States . </P>

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