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sol-fa

sol-fa noun: 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).

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).

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

Synonyms of sol-fa

All synonyms of sol-fa

Forms of sol-fa

third-person singular presentsol-fas
present participlesol-faing
past participlesol-faed
pastsol-faed

Origin of sol-fa

From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.

Words formed from sol-fa

Questions about sol-fa

What does sol-fa mean?
Sol-fa means 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).
What part of speech is sol-fa?
Sol-fa can be a noun or a verb.

Words near sol-fa in the dictionary

  1. Sol VI
  2. Sol VII
  3. Sol VIII
  4. Sol X
  5. sol'n
  6. sol-fa
  7. sol-faed
  8. sol-faer
  9. sol-faers
  10. sol-faing
  11. sol-faism

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