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Si

the seventh note in music, was not introduced till the seventeenth century. The original scale introduced by Guido d'Arezzo consisted of only six notes. (See Aretinian Syllables.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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