The Curwen Hand Signs for Sol-Fa
Used to sing and reinforce relative sol-fa.
Raise hand proportionately from the tone or semi-tone below.
Hands pictured as seen by the viewer.
Try scrolling up and down this page imitating the hand signs as you sing the major scale. When that is easy try the chromatic scale!
Major Scale
Accidentals
do
fist at
forehead
ti
hand at
eye level pointer up
ta
(flat 7) (hand at eye level pointer down)
la
relaxed
hand hanging down from wrist chin level
si
(aug 5) (open hand slanted up, palm to chest)
sol
palm
towards chest
fi
(aug
4) (thumb up)
fa
thumb down
mi
flat hand
horizontal
or ma 
(min 3)
(pointer up or down from flat hand, as appropriate)
ri
(aug
2nd)
re
flat hand,
palm down, slanting upward
di
(lift
wrist from do)
dolow
"do" is a fist at belt height