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solfège en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /sɒlˈfeɪʒ/
  • /sɒlˈfɛʒ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French solfège. Doublet of solfeggio.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la.
    • Her note is F – F in the German naming convention, fa in the solfege system we use in Russia. 2020, Ben Creed, City of Ghosts, London: Welbeck Publishing, →ISBN, page 264:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
solfèges Number=Plur lexicographic
solfege alternative lexicographic

Relateds

movable-do · fixed-do · Aretinian

Synonyms

sol-fa · solmisation · solfeggio · solmization

Translations (32)

co solfeghju (method of sight singing) · scn sulfèggiu (method of sight singing) · de Solfège (method of sight singing) · de Solfeggio (method of sight singing) · el σολφέζ (method of sight singing) · fr solfège (method of sight singing) · co sulfeghju (method of sight singing) · it solfeggio (method of sight singing) · sc solfègiu (method of sight singing) · ta சொல்ஃபெஜ் (method of sight singing) · ko 솔페주 (method of sight singing) · cmn 唱名 (method of sight singing) · gl solfexo (method of sight singing) · hu szolmizálás (method of sight singing) · sh solfeđo (method of sight singing) · hu szolfézs (method of sight singing) · nl solfège (method of sight singing) · ca solfa (method of sight singing) · pl solfeż (method of sight singing) · es solfeo (method of sight singing) · es solfa (method of sight singing) · pt solfejo (method of sight singing) · bg солфеж (method of sight singing) · fi solfeesi (method of sight singing) · et solfedžo (method of sight singing) · sh солфеђо (method of sight singing) · cy solffeuo (method of sight singing) · ru сольфе́джио (method of sight singing) · ca solfeig (method of sight singing) · ja ソルフェージュ (method of sight singing) · de Solmisation (method of sight singing) · ar صولفيج (method of sight singing)