I'm curious, how did they decide to associate particular kana
("ro-tsu-re...") with certain notes on the shakuhachi? They say that
"do-re-mi..." came from the first syllables of the lines of a hymn to
Saint John the Baptist.
<http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/~spencer/FF/G.html#Guido%20d'Arezzo>
Is there something similar going on here?
A related question is why different schools have different note
names, but I'm mostly interested is what kind of system it is, rather
than the precise details.
Curiously,
James
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