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	=== Extended solfeges for accidentals ===		=== Extended solfeges for accidentals ===
	A 31edo solfege present on [https://31edo.com] is as follows, taken directly from the website (s = subminor, S = supermajor); "uh" is pronounced as in English "strut".		Neutral intervals are generally indicated by the vowel ''u'', which goes unused in standard solfege.

			A 31edo solfege present on [https://31edo.com] that makes use of this is as follows, taken directly from the website (s = subminor, S = supermajor); "uh" is pronounced as in English "strut".
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	Solfege refers to any way of labelling notes with syllables to be sung, and conventionally one that utilizes syllables similar to the conventional ''do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti'' system for labeling the notes of a heptatonic scale. Fixed solfege for note names is discouraged for xenharmony (the existing body of work generally prefers alphabetic notation); this page primarily discusses movable solfege.		'''Solfege''' refers to any way of labelling notes with syllables to be sung, and conventionally one that utilizes syllables similar to the conventional ''do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti'' system for labeling the notes of a heptatonic scale. Fixed solfege for note names is discouraged for xenharmony (the existing body of work generally prefers alphabetic notation); this page primarily discusses movable solfege.

	== Standard solfege (heptatonic) ==		== Standard solfege (heptatonic) ==

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	Solfege refers to any way of labelling notes with syllables to be sung, and conventionally one that utilizes syllables similar to the conventional ''do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti'' system for labeling the notes of a heptatonic scale. Fixed solfege for note names is discouraged for xenharmony (the existing body of work generally prefers alphabetic notation); this page primarily discusses movable solfege.		Solfege refers to any way of labelling notes with syllables to be sung, and conventionally one that utilizes syllables similar to the conventional ''do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti'' system for labeling the notes of a heptatonic scale. Fixed solfege for note names is discouraged for xenharmony (the existing body of work generally prefers alphabetic notation); this page primarily discusses movable solfege.

	== Standard solfege ==		== Standard solfege (heptatonic) ==
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	This is the standard solfege for accidentals. Note that is it is designed with 12edo in mind, it cannot represent d2, d3, A3, d6, d7, or A7. Vector prefers to avoid extending this with microtonal accidentals for the reason that it is already overburdened as it is; twelve reasonably common consonants and five vowels produce only sixty combinations, which would likely require irregular alterations to make consistent with this system.		This is the standard solfege for accidentals. Note that is it is designed with 12edo in mind, it cannot represent d2, d3, A3, d6, d7, or A7 (in fact, it can at maximum extend itself to 19edo). Vector prefers to avoid extending this with microtonal accidentals for the reason that it is already overburdened as it is; twelve reasonably common consonants and five vowels produce only sixty combinations, which would likely require irregular alterations to make consistent with this system.

	=== Extended solfeges for accidentals ===		=== Extended solfeges for accidentals ===

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Solfege refers to any way of labelling notes with syllables to be sung, and conventionally one that utilizes syllables similar to the conventional ''do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti'' system for labeling the notes of a heptatonic scale. Fixed solfege for note names is discouraged for xenharmony (the existing body of work generally prefers alphabetic notation); this page primarily discusses movable solfege.

== Standard solfege ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Degree (1-indexed)
!Solfege
|-
|1
|do
|-
|2
|re
|-
|3
|mi
|-
|4
|fa
|-
|5
|so / sol
|-
|6
|la
|-
|7
|ti
|-
|8
|do
|}
This solfege generally represents the major [[diatonic]] scale. However, it may be applied to other 7-form scales as well.

== Solfege for accidentals ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Degree (1-indexed)
!Solfege
|-
|P1
|do
|-
|A1
|di
|-
|d2
| -
|-
|m2
|ra
|-
|M2
|re
|-
|A2
|ri
|-
|d3
| -
|-
|m3
|me
|-
|M3
|mi
|-
|A3
| -
|-
|d4
|fe
|-
|P4
|fa
|-
|A4
|fi
|-
|d5
|se
|-
|P5
|so / sol
|-
|A5
|si
|-
|d6
| -
|-
|m6
|le
|-
|M6
|la
|-
|A6
|li
|-
|d7
| -
|-
|m7
|te
|-
|M7
|ti
|-
|A7
| -
|-
|d8
|de
|-
|P8
|do
|}
This is the standard solfege for accidentals. Note that is it is designed with 12edo in mind, it cannot represent d2, d3, A3, d6, d7, or A7. Vector prefers to avoid extending this with microtonal accidentals for the reason that it is already overburdened as it is; twelve reasonably common consonants and five vowels produce only sixty combinations, which would likely require irregular alterations to make consistent with this system.

=== Extended solfeges for accidentals ===
A 31edo solfege present on [https://31edo.com] is as follows, taken directly from the website (s = subminor, S = supermajor); "uh" is pronounced as in English "strut".
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Solfege
!Interval Names
|-
!1sns
|Do Du
|P1 S1
|-
!2nds
|Ruh Re Ru Ra Ri
|s2 m2 n2 M2 S2
|-
!3rds
|Muh Me Mu Ma Mi
|s3 m3 n3 M3 S3
|-
!4ths
|Fuh Fo Fu
|s4 P4 S4
|-
!Tritones
|Fa/Suh Fi/Se
|A4/sd5 SA4/d5
|-
!5ths
|Su So Si
|s5 P5 S5
|-
!6ths
|Luh Le Lu La Li
|s6 m6 n6 M6 S6
|-
!7ths
|Tuh Te Tu Ta Ti
|s7 m7 n7 M7 S7
|-
!8ves
|Duh Do (Du)
|s8 P8 (S8)
|}

== Solfege for scaleforms ==
An alternative way to extend solfege by Vector is to ignore accidentals entirely, and let, for instance, ''fa'' stand for any note mapped to 3\7, regardless of quality and exact scale used.

Instead alternative sets of syllables are provided to extend solfege to all forms up to and including the 15-form.

To start with, the basic sequence ''do-re-na-mi-fa-zi-so-la-be-ti-do'' is constructed for the 10-form.

Every other entry, that is ''do-na-fa-so-be-do'', is used for the 5-form, and the complementary ''do-re-mi-zi-la-ti-do'' for the 6-form. The standard solfege ''do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do'' is used for the 7-form, and ''zi'' is added for the 8-form. The 9-form is equivalent to the 10-form but without ''zi''. Then, the 2- and 4-form are trivially constructible as subsets of the 8-form and similarly for the 3-form from the 6-form.

Beyond the 10-form, ''re, mi, la,'' and ''ti'' bifurcate, and so does ''zi'' in odd forms:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!7-form (1-indexed)
!
!
!12-form (0-indexed)
|-
|re
|2
|ke
|re
|1, 2
|-
|mi
|3
|vi
|mi
|3, 4
|-
|la
|6
|pa
|la
|8, 9
|-
|ti
|7
|gi (hard "g")
|ti
|10, 11
|-
|zi
| -
|je ("ye")
|wi
|6
|}
The original syllables are assigned to the major versions, as that's what they represent in standard major-scale solfege.

Therefore, the 11-form contains ''do-ke-re-vi-mi-je-wi-pa-la-gi-ti-do,'' the 12-form ''do-ke-re-vi-mi-fa-zi-so-pa-la-gi-ti-do,'' the 13-form ''do-ke-re-vi-mi-fa-je-wi-so-pa-la-gi-ti-do'', and the 14-form ''do-ke-re-na-vi-mi-fa-zi-so-pa-la-be-gi-ti-do'' which functions as a (bifurcated) superset of 7-form.

The largest form which can be represented here is the 15-form, which functions as a superset of 5-form and is ''do-ke-re-na-vi-mi-fa-je-wi-so-pa-la-be-gi-ti-do''. Extending solfege beyond 15 would not only be out of the range of most things considered a "form" for a tuning system (note that the Roklotian scale follows the given 15-form rather well) but it would also run into the issue that it runs out of consonants; remaining available sounds are rare (such as ''th'').

Additionally, these may also be used as fixed solfege syllables to name the notes of a scale.