Tonic sol-fa
- Date
- c. 1812-1841 · confidence low
- Place
- Norwich, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Sarah Ann Glover (creator, 1812-1835) and John Curwen (who popularized the system)
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Movable-do relative solfège teaching system for sight-singing, created by Sarah Ann Glover in Norwich and popularized by John Curwen; it replaces the staff with syllables indicating each note's function within the key.
What it led to
- popular music education in schools
- modern relative solfège methods
- spread of musical literacy
- pedagogical systems such as the Kodály method