Doh is the first note of the sol-fa scale that singers use — the home note. The eight notes go doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, and then doh again, higher, which is why people say it is the first note or the eighth.

Doh isdoh是 the first note of the sol-fa scale that singers use歌手在唱首調唱名（sol-fa）時用的第一個音 — the home note.——也就是「主音」。 The eight notes go doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te, and then doh again, higher,這八個音依序是doh、ray、me、fah、soh、lah、te，然後回到更高音的doh， which is why people say it is the first note or the eighth.這也是為什麼大家會說它是第一個音，也是第八個音。

In many books you will see it spelled do; doh is the English spelling, common in British teaching. Tunes often feel “finished” when they come back to doh.

In many books you will see it spelled do;在很多書裡你會看到拼成do； doh is the English spelling, common in British teaching.doh則是英式教學裡常見的英文拼法。 Tunes often feel “finished” when they come back to doh.旋律回到doh的時候，常常會讓人覺得「結束了」。

In Taiwan you already know this as Do, the 1 in 簡譜. Some classrooms keep Do as C all the time; others move it when the key changes. Same idea, two classroom habits.

In Taiwan you already know this as Do,在台灣，你早就認識這個音，叫做Do， the 1 in 簡譜.也就是簡譜裡的1。 Some classrooms keep Do as C all the time;有些教室一律把Do固定當作C； others move it when the key changes.有些則會隨調性改變而移動Do的位置。 Same idea, two classroom habits.概念一樣，只是兩種教室習慣。

This is not the cartoon cry “D’oh!” — different spelling, different meaning.

This is not the cartoon cry “D’oh!”這跟卡通裡那句「D'oh！」的驚呼不一樣， — different spelling, different meaning.——拼法不同，意思也不同。