[Smt-talk] ut v do

[Peter Schubert, Prof.]

Nicolas Meeus wondered when ut changed to do. The earliest I know of is Bononcini's Musico prattico (1673) where he says "S'avverta, che in vece della sillaba Ut I moderni si servono di questa Do, per essere piu risuonante" (p. 35).

Peter Schubert
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