Did Guido d’Arezzo’s method work? Well, as Julie Andrews (via Rodgers and Hammerstein) put it in The Sound of Music, “When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything!” ...

Now, with the help of her daughter, author Emma Walton Hamilton, Andrews has translated her musical prowess onto the page of a children’s book. “The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re ...

as Maria from The Sound of Music once told us. But in most English-speaking countries, you don’t, really. The Do-Re-Mi system (also known as solfège) was invented by Guido D’Arezzo around 1000 AD, and ...

Nearly 60 years after "Sound of Music" was released in theaters ... was also her idea to hit that magnificent high note at the end of "Do-Re-Mi," as Maria and the kids are climbing up and down ...