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Definition of Tonic solfa
1. Noun. A system of solmization using the solfa syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonic Solfa
Literary usage of Tonic solfa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz, Alexander John Ellis (1885)
"t [One of the practical results of the tonic solfa system of teaching to sing
the diatonic major scale as marked on p. 2746, No. I, in just intonation, ..."
2. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"tonic solfa. A system of teaching music (principally vocal) which has attained
wide success in ... The tonic solfa was invented by Miss Glover, of Norwich, ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"To indicate tonic solfa. Various attempts have been made at different ... A system
similar to Rousseau's in its leading features, called the tonic solfa, ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1871)
"This last examination was instituted hist year at the request of the tonic solfa-
isls, who pay the expenses and the prize money. —No less than forty-three ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"To indicate tonic solfa. Various attempts have been made at different times to
introduce a musical notation in which the staff with its lines and spaces is ..."
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