"sol-fa" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables. Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: solfège, solfege, solfeggio, solmization, solmisation Derived forms: sol-faer, sol-faism, sol-faist Related terms: fixed-do, movable-do
    Sense id: en-sol-fa-en-noun-Xmz7rmxJ Disambiguation of Music: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9

Verb

Forms: sol-fas [present, singular, third-person], sol-faing [participle, present], sol-faed [participle, past], sol-faed [past]
Etymology: From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables. Head templates: {{en-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 Translations (to sing a sol-fa): solfexar (Galician), szolmizál (Hungarian), solfear [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sol-fa-en-verb-EQBcxXSO

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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