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- [sohl fah]
- /soʊl fɑ/
- /sɒl fɑː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sohl fah]
- /soʊl fɑ/
Definitions of sol-fa word
- noun sol-fa 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. 1
- noun sol-fa the system of singing tones to these syllables. 1
- verb without object sol-fa to use the sol-fa syllables in singing, or to sing these syllables. 1
- verb with object sol-fa to sing to the sol-fa syllables, as a tune. 1
- verb sol-fa to use tonic sol-fa syllables in singing (a tune) 0
- noun sol-fa the syllables do (formerly ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, ti (or si), do (or ut), used to represent the tones of a scale, regardless of its key 0
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Origin of sol-fa
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; sol1 + fa; see gamut
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sol-fa
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sol-fa popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.