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Have you ever listened to Julie Andrews sing "Do-Re-Mi" in The Sound of Music and wonder where those syllables originated? Test your knowledge of the origin of musical notation with this quiz. All of the answers can be found in the feature The Origin of Musical Notation.

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1. Sing-A-Long Sound of Music is based on the classic film that was nicknamed ____________________ due to its record-breaking run for 20th Century Fox.
2. True/False: Sing-A-Long Sound of Music has been a smash hit at the Prince Charles Cinema in London since last summer.
3. The Sound of Music originally was a stage play based on a German film, ____________________, that told the true-life story of the von Trapps.
4. In the The Sound of Music, where does the well-known scene take place when Maria and the children, singing "Do-Re-Mi," dance around the statue of Pegasus, the winged horse?
5. The lyrics to "Do-Re-Mi" have their roots in ____________________.
6. The Italian monk named Guido d'Arezzo (990-1050) created the ____________________ using the syllables ut, re, mi, fa, sol, and la as names for the six tones C to A.
7. The seven syllables do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti sound remarkably similar to the __________ pronunciation of the same words.
8. The words to describe tempo are traditionally in what language?
9. True/False: The practice of specifying a particular tempo evolved during the Risorgimento.
10. __________ markings are found above the score at the beginning of a composition, or above the score where a change is specified.
11. __________ remains the universal musical language for tempo and dynamics.
12. __________ in Italian means faster than largo, but still slow and peaceful or thoughtful, sometimes sad.
13. __________ in Italian means as fast as possible.
14. Guido d'Arezzo created a system of musical notation using a ____________________ which has evolved into the system used today.
15. The Italian monk was also author of a major theoretical work titled __________.
16. Guido created a method to teach the musical syllables by pointing to sections of the __________.
17. Different pitches were assigned to the __________ and __________ in the hand and Guide pointed to the spot and had singers sing that note.
18. In illustrations of the __________ each Latin symbol represents a different pitch.
19. Guido d'Arezzo gave a demonstration of his teaching techniques to Pope John XIX in __________.
20. What are the words in the first line of "Do-Re-Mi"?