Wait a minute, why do I recognize this? The words you just read come from Rogers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Maria sings this song to the Von Trapp children using solfege to teach them how to sing.

Solfege, also called sol-fa or solfeggio, is an educational method used to teach ear training, pitch recognition and sight reading. Solfege is a form of solmization, a system where each note of the musical scale is given a distinct syllable.