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Definition: Sol-fa
Sol-fa
\Sol`-fa"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Sol-faed;p. pr. & vb.
n.
Sol-faing.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa,
sol.]
To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as,
do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse
order.
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Yet can I neither solfe ne sing. --Piers
Plowman.
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Sol-fa
\Sol`-fa"\, v. t.
To sing to solmization syllables.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Sol-fa
\Sol“-fa”\, n.
The gamut, or musical scale. See
Tonic sol-fa, under
Tonic, n.
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