Guidonian hand
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The Guidonian hand is a medieval musical teaching tool that mapped pitches onto parts of the human hand to help singers learn and sight-read chant.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval pedagogical tool
ⓘ
music theory concept ⓘ musical mnemonic device ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Gregorian chant
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
monophonic liturgical music ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Guido of Arezzo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guidonian notation NERFINISHED ⓘ solmization syllables ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la ⓘ |
| basedOn | hexachord system ⓘ |
| category |
hand sign system
ⓘ
mnemonic technique ⓘ |
| context | Latin liturgical chant ⓘ |
| developedIn |
11th century
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Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
music education
ⓘ
music theory ⓘ |
| geographicScope | Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
pitches assigned to finger joints
ⓘ
pitches assigned to fingertips ⓘ pitches assigned to the palm ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval music ⓘ |
| influenced | later solfège pedagogy ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Guido of Arezzo’s hexachord theory ⓘ |
| maps | musical pitches to parts of the human hand ⓘ |
| medium | human hand ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Guido of Arezzo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notationSystem | gamut from low G to high E ⓘ |
| pedagogicalStyle | visual-kinesthetic learning ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Guidonian gamut
NERFINISHED
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hexachordal solmization ⓘ medieval music notation ⓘ |
| represents |
the gamut of medieval pitch names
ⓘ
the system of overlapping hexachords ⓘ |
| teaches |
location of semitones in hexachords
ⓘ
relative pitch relationships ⓘ |
| teachingGoal |
improving accuracy of pitch in choir singing
ⓘ
reducing reliance on rote memorization of melodies ⓘ |
| teachingMethod | pointing to joints and tips of fingers ⓘ |
| timeOfUse | 11th to 16th centuries ⓘ |
| usedBy |
choir directors in monastic schools
ⓘ
medieval singing teachers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
memorizing musical pitches
ⓘ
sight-reading Gregorian chant ⓘ teaching chant ⓘ teaching sight-singing ⓘ |
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