solfeggio
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solfeggi,
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solfeggios
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a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
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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.
noun
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a voice exercise in which runs, scales, etc, are sung to the same syllable or syllables
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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 ) ( see sol-fa) + -eggiare v. suffix
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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
No, it was solfeggio, horrid dry scales to sing, and rhythm, and notation.
From The Happy Venture by Edith Ballinger Price
The practice of solfeggio gives clearness and accuracy to the ear, and teaches the eye to read with certainty and speed.
From Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso by Charles Barnard
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 Charles Barnard
I taught solfeggio as well as French horn in the Lyons Conservatory.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke
"An apoplexy on those solfeggi and on the man who made them!" he cried.
From A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
This is only natural; the banker could not have his mind, which is occupied with important speculations, disturbed by constant solfeggi.
From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai
The large and magnificently-bound volume contains no series of solfeggi, but simply some scanty, musically impossible fiorituri, or musical examples borrowed from other works, which swim like little islands in an ocean of text.
From Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin
At the age of four he was instructed in his solfeggi by his father, who was a professor of music, and three years later he began to take lessons on the violin and piano.
From Great Italian and French Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
Months, indeed years, would be spent in the practice of simple solfeggi, to be followed by exercises in rhythm and studies for intonation.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
The first kind of a repertoire that the student should acquire is a repertoire of solfeggios.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke
After this came time exercises, solfeggios, the pointing out of notes by the boys on and between the fingers of their left hands, which represented the staff.
From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen
After a thorough drilling in solfeggios and technical exercises, I would have the student work on the operatic arias of Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, and others.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke
Composing his solfeggios in the shade, He whistles them to blackbirds as he treadeth, And violets in the wood, and in the glade Snowdrops, he spreadeth.
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee
A year of scales, exercises and solfeggios would have been far more time-saving.
From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke
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