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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 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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 Curwen, John Spencer

There is nothing more natural than sol-faing by transposition, when the scale is transposed.

From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

We articulate the notes we sing the better to distinguish them; hence the custom of sol-faing with certain syllables.

From Emile by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques