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Definition of Solmisation
1. Noun. A system of naming the notes of a musical scale by syllables instead of letters.
Generic synonyms: Musical Notation
Specialized synonyms: Solfa, Tonic Solfa
Derivative terms: Solmizate, Solmizate
Definition of Solmisation
1. Noun. 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 ''moveable-do'' system uses ''do'' for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is ''do'' if the piece is in the key of B). ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Solmisation
Literary usage of Solmisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"A name given to the syllables Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La; first used by Guido d"
Arezzo for the purpose of solmisation in the early part of the llth century. ..."
2. The Story of Notation by Charles Francis Abdy Williams (1903)
"... —solmisation perhaps suggested by the Greek syllables used for this purpose—The
... solmisation ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"В FA, B MI, in solmisation (music), ... by a semi-tone ; thus the leading note
to ut, called mi in solmisation, was designated by the name of B-mi, ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"solmisation. See SOLFEGGIO. Solo, a term used in musical compositions of several
parts, whether vocal or instrumental, to indicate a voice or instrument ..."
5. A complete and comprehensive dictionary of 12, 500 Italian, French, German by John Hiles (1873)
"... words of the to have taken the syllables, ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, for his
hymn to St. John the Baptist, from which Guido is said system of solmisation. ..."
6. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... [solmisation], and by the two latter country's to the note called л by the
Germans and English- LABOUR. [WAGES.] LAC, a resinous substance, ..."
7. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889) by Eminent Writers by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, Adela Harriet Sophia Bagot Wodehouse (1879)
"The entire scheme, therefore, may be represented, thus— The art of correctly
adapting the syllables to the sounds is called solmisation. ..."
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