soh

British

/ səʊ /

noun

music (in tonic sol-fa) the name used for the fifth note or dominant of any scale

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Etymology

Origin of soh

C13: see _gamut

Example Sentences

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In the Sacred Harp these are known as soh, fah, la and mi.

From The Guardian

Then he descends the scale in the same way, returning to doh, but continuing to place the discs always to the right: soh, fah, mi, re, doh.

From Project Gutenberg

You are a wonderful girl, my dear—soh!

From Project Gutenberg

Dessert came from a toli vine that was strangling a nearby soh tree—orange berries that looked something like jelly beans and smelled like dirty socks.

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"Soh, soh, my girl!" he called softly, advancing towards the shadow: and at first I supposed him to be addressing the mysterious Lydia.

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