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Definition of Solfeggio

1. Noun. Singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major.

2. Noun. A voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable.

Definition of Solfeggio

1. n. The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.

Definition of Solfeggio

1. Noun. (music) a 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). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solfeggio

1. a solfege [n -GIOS or -GI] - See also: solfege

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solfeggio

solers soles soleship soleships soleus soleus muscle soleuses solfa solfa syllable solfanaria

solfatara solfataras solfege solfeges solfeggi solfeggio (current term) solfeggios solferino solferinos solfrino cutter

solfrino cutters solgel soli solicitant solicitants solicitate solicitation solicitations solicited

Literary usage of Solfeggio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Musical Education by Albert Lavignac (1902)
"One cannot always have at hand a good course of elementary solfeggio, intelligently directed. We indicate elsewhere another manner of undertaking this study ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"Divisions II. and III. are by the masters named in the title ; each solfeggio bearing the composer's name. IV". ..."

3. The Standard Music-reader: For Public and Private Schools : a Progressive by Benjamin Jepson (1889)
"344 Parting words 333 Pilgrim chorus 232 Reverie 320 Ship ahoy 254 solfeggio from. Zampa . . . 305 Song of the hunter 307 Sorrow 279 The Lord's prayer ..". ..."

4. King's College Lectures on Elocution: Or, the Physiology and Culture of by Charles John Plumptre (1881)
"... pupil in the art of singing is formed and developed by what is termed the practice of the solfeggio, that is, by the formation of these vowels purely, ..."

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