Solfege Definition

sŏl-fĕzh, sōl-
noun
Solfeggio.
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Webster's New World
The teaching of the essentials of music theory, including tonality, tempo, rhythm, etc.
Webster's New World

(music) A method of sight singing that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (so), la, and si (ti) to represent the seven principal pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the moveable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B). The relative natural minor of a scale may be represented by beginning at la.

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Origin of Solfege

  • French from Italian solfeggio solfeggio

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French solfège.

    From Wiktionary

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