Meanings
- uncountablea method of sight singing music that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the movable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B).
Synonyms: solfège, solfege, solfeggio, solmization, solmisation
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna method of sight singing music that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the movable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B).
Origin
From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan solfejar
- solfejarto sing a sol-fa
Hungarian szolmizál
- szolmizálto sing a sol-fa
Portuguese solfejar
- solfejarto sing a sol-fa
Spanish solfear
- solfearto sing a sol-fa
Cite this entry
sol-fa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sol-fa
“sol-fa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sol-fa. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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