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. In contrast to movable systems, (-5[1])fixed systems named for this sound set it to the tonic of a C major (10[1])scale. (10[1])This sound is the first title word (10[2])of a song from The Sound of Music, (10[1])in which Maria follows (10[1])a (10[1])homophone of this sound (10[1])with the lyric (10[1])“a deer, a female deer.” For 10 points, name this first syllable in the solfège (“SOLE-fezh”) system, where it precedes re (“ray”) and mi ■END■