sol-fa
Americannoun
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Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
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the system of singing tones to these syllables.
verb (used without object)
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sol-fas,
present (3rd person singular)
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sol-faed,
past participle, past
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sol-faing
present participle
verb (used with object)
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sol-fas,
present (3rd person singular)
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sol-faed,
past participle, past
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sol-faing
present participle
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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sol-fasimple
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sol-fassimple
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have sol-faedperfect
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has sol-faedperfect
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am sol-faingprogressive
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are sol-faingprogressive
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is sol-faingprogressive
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have been sol-faingperfect progressive
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has been sol-faingperfect progressive
Past
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sol-faedsimple
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had sol-faedperfect
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was sol-faingprogressive
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were sol-faingprogressive
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had been sol-faingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of sol-fa
Example Sentences
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These quiet words were Greek to Myra, conveying no more to her mind than if Jane had said: "I have been learning Tonic sol-fa."
From The Rosary by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
In fact, not quite so much, seeing that Lady Ingleby had herself once tried to master the Tonic sol-fa system in order to instruct her men and maids in part-singing.
From The Rosary by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
"Dodo" may be impersonated by showing a bar of music containing the two representative notes of the tonic sol-fa method.
From Breakfasts and Teas Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Paul Pierce
At the same time I took sol-fa lessons from M. Savard who was excellent.
From My Recollections by Jules Massenet
They sing to la and sol-fa syllables scales gradually rising.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen
There is nothing funnier than what the French call "natural sol-faing;" it consists in removing the real meaning of things and putting in their place other meanings which only distract us.
From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There is nothing more natural than sol-faing by transposition, when the scale is transposed.
From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
We articulate the notes we sing the better to distinguish them; hence the custom of sol-faing with certain syllables.
From Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The boys sing a new piece to words at once, never sol-faing.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen
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