This sound may have been named after a Florentine humanist who modified a system developed by Guido of Arezzo from the hymn “Ut queant laxis” (“oot QUEE-awnt LAK-sees”). A system developed in Norwich inspired John Curwen to describe this sound as “firm.” In the Kodály (“koh-DIE”) method, this sound is represented by a closed fist. (10[1])In contrast to movable systems, fixed systems named for this sound set it (10[1])to the tonic of a C major scale. (-5[1])This sound is the first title word of a song from The Sound of Music, (10[2])in which Maria follows a homophone of this sound with the lyric “a deer, a female deer.” For 10 points, name this first syllable in the solfège (“SOLE-fezh”) system, where it (10[1])precedes re (“ray”) and mi ■END■