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noun
Sol-fa  n.  The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.



verb
Sol-fa  v. t.  To sing to solmization syllables.



Sol-fa  v. i.  (past & past part. sol-faed;pres. part. sol-faing)  To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order. "Yet can I neither solfe ne sing."






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"Sol-fa" Quotes from Famous Books



... man, woman, or child in this island would for a moment even dream of singing a worldly song. We are all converted here, except a few benighted Catholics. The vain, fleeting joys of this world are as dross to us. The missionary has a modulator, and he trains the young men and women in the sol-fa so that they may sing Sankey's hymns in all the parts." I was dreadfully floored by this answer, and could only mutter mechanically, "Dross," "Missionary,'" "Modulator," in a vain effort to seize the situation. Conversion I understood and approved of, but where, in the ...
— Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland • Daniel Turner Holmes



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