Arthur Somervell: 1000 Exercises - Meaning of this notation

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Arthur Somervell's uses the following notation on his One Thousand Exercises

Is it a standard notation? What's the meaning?

Just a guess: all the letters are the first letters of the solfege syllables, do re mi fa sol la ti, so perhaps that’s what the letters refer to at least. — Todd Wilcox, Apr 06 '19 at 19:39
I was thinking about it. Maybe it's 2/4 time signature and d' is do sharp — xvan, Apr 06 '19 at 19:43
d’ = upper do, sharps ans flats are shown in the notes and. It’s a movemable do re mi. — Albrecht Hügli, Apr 06 '19 at 20:08

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '19 at 19:52

This is called the "tonic sol–fa" system. Created by a guy named John Curwen, it's not exactly a singing system like solfège, but rather a notation system.

At the risk of publicizing myself, I asked (and subsequently answered) a question on this exact distinction at What exactly is the "tonic sol–fa" system, and how is it different from solfège?

Albrecht Hügli · Answer 2 · 2019-04-06T20:01:05.323

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This standard solfege notation in certain English songbook editions: the letters are abbreviations of the doremi syllables.

There are also symbols for the note length.

I have to assume:

: = next beat. - = tied quarter

d’ = do hihgher octave

t, = lower ti

edited Apr 06 '19 at 20:01

answered Apr 06 '19 at 19:49

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The sheet music explains itself the meaning of the signs. – Albrecht Hügli Apr 06 '19 at 20:05

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