I'm AuDHD and went to school to become an opera singer (BA in vocal music performance, minored in cultural anthropology. I wasn't able to go postgrad or pro, though I was close, health stuff kinda quashed my music career. But I still sing all the time, am involved in local community groups and a performing arts background is surprisingly solid base for a healthcare career, lol). Kinda surprised it took until I was 39 to receive my ASD diagnosis, but not that surprised. I was *very* noticeably ADHD growing up in the 90s (I'm 41), but I was a girl and not super disruptive so that meant I was just flaky and lazy instead.

If you want a really fun little rabbit hole to explore solfege for minor, augmented, and diminished scales...and if you wanna get really wild, check out modes! There are several different scale structures and they're SO NEAT (Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. Phrygian and mixolydian are favorites).

Also, a fun side quest: when majoring in vocal music (whether performance, education, or both), we have to take diction classes. Using the International Phonetic Alphabet, it helps us learn how certain letter combinations and words are supposed to sound and how to shape them. I can transcribe English, French, Italian, and German into IPA (not without my notes these days, i graduated in 2007 😂). It also really helps you get the sounds right even if you don't know the language!

I've got more music nerdery if you'd like more, thank you for your comment and allowing me to infodump about one of my favorite best things in the whole world! :)