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This page is a list of the forms of solmization used throughout the world. In the West, solfège.
   In India, the origin of solmization was to be found in Vedic texts like the Upanishads, which discuss a musical system of seven notes, realized ultimately in what is known as sargam. In Indian classical music, the notes in order are: sa, re, ga, ma, pa, dha, and ni. Byzantine music also uses syllables derived from a hymn to name notes: starting with A, the notes are pa, vu', ga, di, ke, zo, ni.
   In Japan, Iroha, an ancient poem, is sometimes used as solfège (i, chi, yo, ra, ya, a, we).
   In Scotland, Canntaireachd was used as a means of communicating bagpipe music vocally.
   Other systems invented for teaching sight-singing are:

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