solfeggio

American  

[sol-fej-oh, -fej-ee-oh] / sɒlˈfɛdʒ oʊ, -ˈfɛdʒ iˌoʊ /

noun

Music.

plural

solfeggi, solfeggios

1. a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.

2. the use of the sol-fa syllables to name or represent the tones of a melody or voice part, or the tones of the scale, or of a particular series, as the scale of C; solmization.

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solfeggio British  

/ sɒlˈfɛdʒɪəʊ, sɒlˈfɛʒ /

noun

1. a voice exercise in which runs, scales, etc, are sung to the same syllable or syllables

2. solmization, esp the French or Italian system, in which the names correspond to the notes of the scale of C major

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Etymology

Origin of solfeggio

1765–75; < Italian, derivative of solfeggiare, equivalent to solf ( a ) ( sol-fa ) + -eggiare v. suffix

Example Sentences

At 4, he knew his solfeggio; at 17, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music; at 21, he won the Conservatory's Prix de Rome, and went there at the French government's expense.

From Time Magazine Archive

To him the smaller and tamer cep riò replied with a sweetly modulated solfeggio of extraordinary precision, and I awoke.

From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by Sanpietro, I. Stone

Two years later she studied solfeggio with Panseron.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin

She took up her studies in solfeggio and harmony and settled down into the routine of hard, persistent study with renewed vigor.

From Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Barnard, Charles

Besides these lessons, she studied harmony and practiced solfeggio at the Conservatory.

From Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Barnard, Charles