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Sol`-fa" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sol-faed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Sol-faing.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa, sol.] To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.

Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.
Piers Plowman.

Sol"-fa", n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

Sol`-fa" (?), v. t. To sing to solmization syllables.

Sol`-fa" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sol-faed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Sol-faing.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa, sol.] To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.

Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.
Piers Plowman.

Sol"-fa", n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

Sol`-fa" (?), v. t. To sing to solmization syllables.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • a musical system using syllables to represent the pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. Also called solfege or solfeggio. The syllables are:
          do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, so (or soh or sol), la, ti, and do.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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