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Webster 1913 Edition


Sol-fa

Solˊ-fa′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sol-faed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sol-faing
.]
[It.
solfa
the gamut, from the syllables
fa
,
sol
.]
To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending;
as,
do
or
ut
,
re
,
mi
,
fa
,
sol
,
la
,
si
,
do
, or the same in reverse order
.
Yet can I neither
solfe
ne sing.
Piers Plowman.

Sol′-fa′

,
Noun.
The gamut, or musical scale. See
Tonic sol-fa
, under
Tonic
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sol-fa

SOL-FA

,
Verb.
I.
To pronounce the notes of the gammut, ascending or descending, ut, re ,mi, sol, la, and e converso.

Definition 2024


sol-fa

sol-fa

See also: solfa

English

Noun

sol-fa (uncountable)

  1. a method of sight singing music that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the movable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B).

Synonyms

Related terms

  • fixed-do
  • movable-do

Translations

Verb

sol-fa (third-person singular simple present sol-fas, present participle sol-faing, simple past and past participle sol-faed)

  1. To sing a sol-fa

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