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sol-fa en · NOUN

Etymology

From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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).

Deriveds

sol-faer · sol-faism · sol-faist

Relateds

movable-do · fixed-do

Synonyms

solmisation · solfège · solfeggio · solfege · solmization

sol-fa en · VERB

Etymology

From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.

Meanings

  1. To sing a sol-fa

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sol-faed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sol-faed Tense=Past lexicographic
sol-faing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sol-fas Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (5)

hu szolmizál (to sing a sol-fa) · gl solfexar (to sing a sol-fa) · pt solfejar (to sing a sol-fa) · es solfear (to sing a sol-fa) · ca solfejar (to sing a sol-fa)