| Shape notes, also called character notes or patent notes, are one of many notational innovations that, like solmization syllables, attempted to make sight reading easier. |
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| Thus, the ensemble uses exclusively copies of period instruments, performs around a single choir-book or from individual part-books and bases its interpretations on the historical use of solmization techniques. |
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| In 1917, Wolfli began composing music by means of solmization, replacing traditional notation with an obscure code of words and symbols. |
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