ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sol-fa

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Sol-fa is a noun meaning To sing a sol-fa.

Meaning

To sing a sol-fa.

More Meanings

  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).

Word Forms

Synonyms for sol-fa

Depending on context, synonyms include solfege, solfeggio, solmization, solmisation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include solfa, solfege, sol-faism, solmisation, solmization, modulator.

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