sol-fa
See also: solfa
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.
NounEdit
sol-fa (uncountable)
- 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).
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
method of sight singing — see solfège
VerbEdit
sol-fa (third-person singular simple present sol-fas, present participle sol-faing, simple past and past participle sol-faed)
- To sing a sol-fa