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sol-fa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
sol--fa
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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).

Uncountable

verb

To sing a sol-fa

Etymology

From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

sol-fas (present, singular) sol-faing (participle, present) sol-faed (participle, past) sol-faed (past)

Phrases

sol-faer sol-faism sol-faist fixed-do movable-do

Frequently Paired Words

fixed-do movable-do

Synonyms

solfège solfege solfeggio solmization solmisation

Questions

What does sol-fa mean?
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).
Where does sol-fa come from?
From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.

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